History Film / Sisters

* ''[[Film/Sisters2015 The 2015 Tina Fey and Amy Poehler film]]''

* ''[[Film/Sisters2016 The 2016 Tina Fey and Amy Poehler film]]''

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->''"There was no body because there was no murder. Repeat."''
-->-- '''Dr. Emil Breton'''

A cult psychological thriller/horror film from 1973, directed by Creator/BrianDePalma. It was the first of his films in the thriller-horror vein, and featured MargotKidder in an early starring role as well as De Palma regular character actor William Finley, who would go on the following year to star as the Phantom in his CultClassic horror rock musical ''Film/{{Phantom Of The Paradise}}''.

The plot concerns a murder, witnessed by a reporter from a neighboring apartment window, committed by a young model who, it becomes apparent, was born one half of a set of conjoined twins. The film is, in part, a homage to the works of Creator/AlfredHitchcock, and in particular borrows from and references ''Film/RearWindow'' and ''Film/{{Psycho}}''.

[[SimilarlyNamedWorks Shares a name]] with a 2015 comedy from Creator/TinaFey and Creator/AmyPoehler.
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!!This film contains examples of:

%%* AmateurSleuth: Grace.
%%* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler: Philip.]]
%%* BedlamHouse
* BerserkButton: For Dominique, any man getting intimate with Danielle.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Danielle seems gentle and sweet, but [[spoiler:suffers from trauma-induced SplitPersonality, one of her personalities a violent murderess.]]
* CarryingACake: Grace, finding the birthday cake during the investigation of Danielle's apartment, proudly bears it out to the detectives as proof of the existence of Danielle's twin, only trips and drops the cake onto the unimpressed detective's shoes.
* ChekhovsGun: The psychiatric ward is mentioned by Grace's mother in the first half of the film. It doesn't make an appearance until toward the end of the film.
* ChekhovsGunman: Dr. Breton is at first just a face in the audience of the opening sequence game show.
* CompellingVoice: Dr. Breton uses a deep, calm voice while he [[spoiler:hypnotizes Grace.]]
%%* DecoyProtagonist
* DiscretionShot: During Grace's hallucination nightmare, when Dr. Breton operates with the cleaver.
* DownerEnding: Or ''maybe'' BittersweetEnding, if you assume that [[spoiler: Dr. Breton deserved to die, and that Danielle/Dominique will be arrested for murder.]] Still, even at best, [[spoiler: Grace remembers nothing of the murder she was investigating, courtesy of Dr. Breton's hypnosis...and the private detective is left watching the couch holding the body, somehow ''still'' [[CompletelyMissingThePoint thinking it'll lead to something big]].]]
%%* EpiphanyTherapy: Subverted.
%%* EvilTwin
* JewishMother: Grace's mother, while seemingly not Jewish, constantly pesters he about settling down with a man of respectable profession.
%%* LoveMakesYouEvil: Dr. Breton and Dominique.
%%* ManipulativeBastard: Dr. Breton.
* MeatgrinderSurgery: The hallucination nightmare scene.
* MindRape: [[spoiler:Dr. Breton on Grace.]]
%%* MoodWhiplash
* MurderTheHypotenuse: [[spoiler:Danielle, as "Dominique", murders Philip and then Dr. Breton to keep them away from Danielle.]]
* MySiblingWillLiveThroughMe: [[spoiler:Dominique's death induces Danielle to try to keep her alive by periodically becoming her sister in her mind, à la Norman Bates.]]
* MySisterIsOffLimits: Rare ([[spoiler:and deadly]]) female version - Dominique is jealous and protective towards Danielle.
* MysteriousWatcher: For the first half of the film, Dr. Breton.
* NightmareFace: [[spoiler: Danielle]] during the murder.
* NosyNeighbour: Grace, with good cause.
* PoliceAreUseless: The detectives are reluctant to even investigate the murder, preferring to argue with and belittle Grace in the lobby of the apartment building while Danielle and Dr. Breton are cleaning up the evidence above.
%%* PsychoPsychologist: Dr. Breton.
* PsychoticLoveTriangle: In an unusual form. Dr. Breton is mad for Danielle, and Dominique is obsessive over her sister. Of course, Dominique [[spoiler: now exists in Danielle's mind only as another personality.]]
* RearWindowWitness: Grace, and subsequent RearWindowInvestigation.
* SecretChaser: Grace, [[spoiler:unfortunately for her and others.]]
%%* SlasherMovie
%%* SplitPersonality: [[spoiler:Danielle.]]
* SplitScreen: The murder clean-up.
* StalkerWithACrush: Dr. Breton follows his ex-wife Danielle a year after their divorce, demanding she come home with him and standing outside her apartment at night.
* StalkingIsLove: Danielle eventually submits to Dr. Breton's attention, and [[spoiler: embraces him lovingly after his death.]]
%%* TheCassandra: Grace.
* TragicDream: Dr. Breton hopes to cure and remarry Danielle.
%%* {{Yandere}}: Dominique.
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* MySisterIsOffLimits: Rare ([[spoiler: and deadly]]) female version - Dominique is jealous and protective towards Danielle.

* CompellingVoice: Dr. Breton uses a deep, calm voice while he[[spoiler:hypnotizes Grace.]]

Shares a name with a 2015 comedy from Creator/TinaFey and Creator/AmyPoehler.

The plot concerns a murder, witnessed by a reporter from a neighboring apartment window, committed by a young model who, it becomes apparent, was born one half of a set of conjoined twins. The film is, in part, a homage to the works of Creator/AlfredHitchcock, and in particular borrows from and references ''RearWindow'' and ''Film/{{Psycho}}''.

* BernardHerrmann: composed the score.