History Film / DressedToKill

** And [[spoiler:in the final dream sequence]], a beautiful blonde nurse in white stockings and garterbelt gets strangled by Dr. Elliott.

* TheImmodestOrgasm: Kate is having one in bed with her husband. Later she admits it was all faked.

'''''Dressed to Kill''''' is a 1980 erotic crime thriller film written and directed by BrianDePalma and starring MichaelCaine, Angie Dickinson and Nancy Allen. It centers on the murder of a housewife, and the investigation headed by the witness to the murder, a young prostitute, and the housewife’s teenaged son.

* DecoyProtagonist: The first half of the movie follows Angie... [[spoiler:until she gets killed]].

* EroticDream: Angie is having one in the opening scene.

* TheImmodestOrgasm: Angie is having one in bed with her husband. Later she admits it was all faked.

''Dressed to Kill'' is a 1980 erotic crime thriller film written and directed by BrianDePalma and starring MichaelCaine, Angie Dickinson and Nancy Allen. It centers on the murder of a housewife, and the investigation headed by the witness to the murder, a young prostitute, and the housewife’s teenaged son.

* CreepyCrossdresser: Bobbi

* HotMom: Angie

* {{Fanservice}}: Gratuitous nudity in the shower scenes.

* {{Jerkass}}: Detective Marino. [[spoiler Turns out it's a bit of an act, though.]]

* {{Jerkass}}: Detective Marino

* DeadStarWalking: Angie Dickinson is top-billed in the credits alongside MichaelCaine, but gets brutally murdered less than halfway into the movie. It's appropriate, since ''Dressed To Kill'' is an overt homage to [[AlfredHitchcock Hitchcock]].

* DeadStarWalking: Angie Dickinson is top-billed in the credits alongside MichaelCaine, but gets brutally murdered less than halfway into the movie. It's appropriate, since ''Dressed To Kill'' is an overt homage to Hitchcock.

->''"Oh Doctor, I'm so unhappy. I'm a woman trapped inside a man's body--and you're not helping me to get out!"''

* TwistEnding: [[spoiler:Dr. Elliott being the razor blade killer.]]

* TwistEnding: [[spoiler:Dr. Elliott and Bobbi are the same person.]]

* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Liz

* TheShrink: Dr. Elliott

* NerdsLoveToughSchoolwork: Peter embracing his science project.

* TheShrink: Dr. Elliott, being Type 3 (compassionate and understanding)

* Nerd: Peter

* Nerds Love Tough Schoolwork: Peter embracing his science project.

* EroticDream: Angie is having one in the opening scene

* Jerkass: Detective Marino
* MirrorScare: Mirror shot in the final bathroom scene

* DaydreamSurprise: [[spoiler:The [[BookEnds opening and closing]] shower scenes are revealed to be dream sequences.]]

* CatapultNightmare: Liz waking from her nightmare followed by a WakeUpFighting with Peter in the closing scene.

* ElevatorActionSequence: Where the murder happens

-->Voice of Bobbi on Elliott's answering machine

''Dressed to Kill is a 1980 erotic crime thriller film written and directed by BrianDePalma and starring MichaelCaine, Angie Dickinson, Nancy Allen in a Golden Globe-nominated performance. It centers on the murder of a housewife, and the investigation headed by the witness to the murder, a young prostitute, and the housewife’s teenaged son. The film was the target of some backlash from the gay and transgender communities, who felt that its portrayal of transgender people was misguided and transphobic. In addition, De Palma was accused of being misogynistic by feminist groups.

* BookEnds: The movie start and finished with a tense Hitchcockian shower scene. [[spoiler:Both scenes turn out to be dream sequences.]]

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->''"Oh Doctor, I'm so unhappy. I'm a woman trapped inside a man's

body--and you're not helping me to get out!"''

''Dressed to Kill is a 1980 erotic crime thriller film written and

directed by BrianDePalma and starring MichaelCaine, Angie Dickinson,

Nancy Allen in a Golden Globe-nominated performance. It centers on the

murder of a housewife, and the investigation headed by the witness to

the murder, a young prostitute, and the housewife’s teenaged son. The

film was the target of some backlash from the gay and transgender

communities, who felt that its portrayal of transgender people was

misguided and transphobic. In addition, De Palma was accused of being

misogynistic by feminist groups.

* BookEnds: The movie start and finished with a tense Hitchcockian

shower scene. [[spoiler:Both scenes turn out to be dream sequences.]]
* CatapultNightmare: Liz waking from her nightmare followed by a

WakeUpFighting with Peter in the closing scene.

* TheImmodestOrgasm: Angie is having one in bed with her husband.

Later she admits it was all faked.

* PsychoStrings: Kicks in right after Liz picks up the murder weapon

from the elevator floor.
* TheShrink: Dr. Elliott, being Type 3 (compassionate and

understanding)