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A Movie A Day: VISITING HOURS (1982)
+ Brian DePalma’s DRESSED TO KILL (1980)!!

"That bird there's dressed to kill, I imagine." by YackBacker	Oct 9th, 2009 12:44:20 AM
-Michael Caine
Ironside looks like Jack on that shot..... by charabicharabia	Oct 9th, 2009 12:48:10 AM
And the Spanish Poster is freaking amazing. Thanks for the post ! I'll be checking this one out for shoooah....
Macabre's Kind of Awful... by The_Floating_Skull_of_Robert_Log gia	Oct 9th, 2009 01:15:26 AM
A Blade in the Dark is only slightly better. Private Parts is a lot of fun, though. Very twisted. You should enjoy that. Also, in keeping with your "crazed children" motif, I wish you'd had included "Who Could Kill a Child?". It's a great, nasty little chiller that, in my mind, is the best "kids suddenly become killers for no discernible reason" flick of all time.
Visiting Hours is another great weird Canuck horror by reflecto	Oct 9th, 2009 01:44:45 AM
Tough as nails Lee Grant is the only person who could possibly take Ironside.
THE BODY SNATCHER and THE LEOPARD MAN? DAMN, YES! by Continentalop	Oct 9th, 2009 02:01:08 AM
You've saved the best Val Lewton movies for last, Quint. THE BODY SNATCHER is a very good movie, one of Karloff's best acting roles, and THE LEOPARD MAN is friggin' amazing, a truly great proto-slasher movie. For a double feature, maybe watch THE BODY SNATCHER with THE DOCTOR AND THE DEVILS, and THE LEOPARD MAN with director Jacques Tourneur's last great horror movie, NIGHT OF THE DEMON.
Oh, and as for the two today by Continentalop	Oct 9th, 2009 02:05:08 AM
I liked VISITING HOURS as a kid, but haven't seen it for years. But I do remember that Ironside was a very disturbing villain. And DRESSED TO KILL is just a classic. Yes it stole from Hitchcock (besides PSYCHO, the entire Dickinson in the museum was taken from VERTIGO) but how often did Hitchcock show extreme CU of Angie Dickinson's privates while she masturbated in the shower (or at least her body double)?
It's not Angie Dickinson in the shower scene by Gorgomel	Oct 9th, 2009 02:57:02 AM
but a body double. This scene will lead to another great movie from Brian. Can you guess its title?
I walked with a Zombie by Bloo	Oct 9th, 2009 04:24:19 AM
Quint, I know you reviewed that last year, but I just wanted to say thanks, TCM back in June or July was doing a director a day type feature where they were featuring works from one or two directors each day, and they showed I Walked With A Zombie at like 2 in the afternoon, and I loved it. I don't think I would have watched it if you hadn't reviewed it, so thanks for that man
I'm in the rip-off camp by hst666	Oct 9th, 2009 05:07:32 AM
And I have never understood the respect that DePalma gets from people. He is adequate, but hardly worthy of study. Having said that I like this movie and love me some Angie Dickinson.
Dressed to Kill isn't available from netflix where I live... by The_Crimson_King	Oct 9th, 2009 05:22:20 AM
though Body Double still is, damn you Netflix! good thing I saw Dressed To Kill years ago though and it's pretty good and pretty creepy
Caine's role was offered originally to by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Oct 9th, 2009 07:05:18 AM
Sean Connery who passed on it because of scheduling I believe, but recommended this to his friend. Caine was great, but it would have been cool to see Connery in that. These and other tidbits available in Michael Caine's autobiography What's It All About? Read it, or remain ignorant.
the lift scene by Buffalo500	Oct 9th, 2009 07:05:39 AM
the lift scene in Dressed to Kill is just awesome, when Nancy Allen sees that weird blonde in the mirror when she reaches in to get something she dropped (can't remember what it was), always creeps me out. Also that museum scene is also a classic. I'm definitely in the De Palma genius camp.
Brian De Palma's The Clams by TheBloop	Oct 9th, 2009 07:43:20 AM
Any recall that great Saturday Night Live kit from the early 80's. It was a fake movie trailer that came between the opening monologue and the first skit. Love how they did the De Palma "split screen" showing people running on one side and the clams chasing them on the other. Rated R for "rip off".
"I love Dressed To Kill! Everything except the dee-KNOW-ment, th by Nasty In The Pasty	Oct 9th, 2009 07:49:24 AM
"That's DENOUEMENT!"
at was stupid" by Nasty In The Pasty	Oct 9th, 2009 07:49:49 AM
FIX THE FUCKING SITE, HARRY.
The Body Snatcher by MediaNerd	Oct 9th, 2009 07:52:33 AM
May have been my favorite of the Val Lewton series. So hard to choose though...
Buffalo500, the movie took place in NYC by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Oct 9th, 2009 08:16:55 AM
therefore it's an elevator, not a lift. All joking aside yeah, that was a great scene. I'm surprised no one's mentioned the love for Dennis Franz yet. All he does is play asshole cops, but he plays them so well.
"Dressed to Kill" kicks ass by Skyway Moaters	Oct 9th, 2009 08:30:45 AM

Sounds like 'Bitch Killer' by Darkocity	Oct 9th, 2009 08:34:54 AM
from Man to Man with Dean Learner, a classic, p://www.youtube.com/watch?v =06al10MconQ even if its distinctly early British and A Hopkins. All the same though what Dean Learner did to that poor fella Randolph Caer was a travesty! The opening Wiki of DTK says "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 homophobic". Ouch. Thats not ctiticism or j'accuse levelled at asy side just curiosity honestly
Grammaton Cleric Binks by Buffalo500	Oct 9th, 2009 08:40:25 AM
I was actually gonna put in lift/elevator just to cover all areas! Yeah Franz is also superb in Blow Out, another scummy character!
Doh, I was thinking of "Body Double"... by Skyway Moaters	Oct 9th, 2009 08:43:03 AM
But it's not really horror, more "thriller" genre, and chock full of "Hitchcockisms". "Dressed to Kill" is cool too as I remember, though I haven't seen it in at least 15 years.
Body Double is pretty awesome too... by The_Crimson_King	Oct 9th, 2009 08:47:01 AM
you have to love a movie that has an entire sequence devoted to a Frankie Goes To Hollywood song, plus the music that plays when Craig Wasson spies on the girl is awesome too
"The movie inside the movie"... by Skyway Moaters	Oct 9th, 2009 08:53:33 AM
... plot device in "Body Double" will bend your brain I guarantee...
Betamax, Baby by DerekHaas	Oct 9th, 2009 08:54:55 AM
VISITING HOURS has the distinction of being the first movie my parents rented for our shiny new VCR. I was 12.
The museum sequence in Dressed To Kill by skimn	Oct 9th, 2009 09:00:49 AM
is one of the best examples of pure cinema in recent years. All acting, camera movement and editing. Brilliant.
They guy who played Dickinson's son by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Oct 9th, 2009 09:08:11 AM
did this, Chrstine, and then kind of faded away. I wonder whatever happened to him. He was a good actor, but maybe he got pigeonholed into geek roles. At least in Dressed to Kill he was a geek on a mission.
Although I will admit, after Sisters, Carrie and Dressed To Kill by skimn	Oct 9th, 2009 09:09:57 AM
The heroine waking up to the nightmare at the end did get played out.
He's a director that has directed quite a few by skimn	Oct 9th, 2009 09:10:32 AM
Dexters.
Oh yeah, and Back to School. by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Oct 9th, 2009 09:10:57 AM

Grammaton by skimn	Oct 9th, 2009 09:14:34 AM
Keith Gordon that is...
Heh now i remembered something by ominus	Oct 9th, 2009 09:15:04 AM
Ironside as a cyborg baddie in that scifi bmovie,how was it called,Space Hunter or something.I remember he had large mechanical claws instead of hands.Anyway now he is Sam Fisher.
ominus by skimn	Oct 9th, 2009 09:19:03 AM
was that the 3D movie with a young Molly Ringwald?
i think yes that was it by ominus	Oct 9th, 2009 09:24:04 AM

Spacehunter:Adventures in the Forbidden Zone by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Oct 9th, 2009 09:27:34 AM
This is often confused with Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn. Both were in future waste worlds, both in 3-d, and both had bald baddies with mechanical claws. Richard Moll played the baddie in the latter.
Just checking to see if anyone gives a fuck about these articles by REVENGE_of_FETT	Oct 9th, 2009 09:43:36 AM
Conclusion: Not really.
Metal Storm! by TheBloop	Oct 9th, 2009 09:47:36 AM
Please add that to your list, along with Demi Moore in "Parasite". Make it an 80's 3D evening.
There was one movie called "Coming at Ya." by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Oct 9th, 2009 10:00:36 AM
I have no idea what it was about. It was in the late 70s early 80s 3-D renaissance which included the above movies, Friday the 13th 3-D, and not much else.
Lets not forgot Jaws 3D, with the moving underwater by skimn	Oct 9th, 2009 10:38:49 AM
log that was the shark. VH1's I Love The 80's even gave it a shout out. Yea....I mentioned VH1...sorry.
I remember Cinefantastique magazine having a big by skimn	Oct 9th, 2009 10:40:23 AM
double issue about the resurgence of 3D in the mid 80's. Funny how much things change, they stay the same.
Body Snatcher by stalepie	Oct 9th, 2009 10:55:44 AM
Ugh, I saw The Body Snatcher recently and I thought it was BORING!!!!
Fett also sucked off Joss Whedon and declared Dollhouse by Disgruntled_Chinaman	Oct 9th, 2009 11:02:56 AM
was shit, far below AMAD, which actually has a following.
Visiting Hours snivveling cry-baby killer = Zombie's Michael Mye by venvariants	Oct 9th, 2009 11:13:29 AM
Anytime you try to psychoanalyze a serial killer in a movie, it always comes back to Michael Ironside crying in a corner about his mom...
Pa-ZOW! by Geekgasm	Oct 9th, 2009 12:00:20 PM
Ah the good old days, when Richard Moll played bald mutants in every other movie. And the Val Lewton canon is such that its hard to choose a favorite. I Walked with a Zombie remains my top choice, but The Body Snatcher and The Leopard Man are both great. Can't go wrong either way.
De Palma steals by MGTHEDJ	Oct 9th, 2009 12:55:40 PM
But he does it so well, sometimes you have to give him props. Sean Connery was to play the lead? That's a trip, since he was in Hitch's "Marnie." "Body Double" was an unfortunate casualty of the Reagan 1980's. The porn community was to have an even more prominent role in the film, with allegedly porn stars in leading and major supporting roles. The studio freaked out and De Palma had to scale back to them being just bit players. Would have been an additional homage it Hich, since "Frenzy" was Hitch's only post WW 2 film to not have any American actors. One of the cable channels has the rights to "Dressed to Kill", I saw it about a year ago. Hope they put it back in rotation.-----later-----m
Dressed To Kill and The Hand by SoylentMean	Oct 9th, 2009 02:05:45 PM
Michael Caine in both movies surprises and brings a level of awesome to both films. While Dressed To Kill is the better or the two anyone who's a Michael Caine fan should really check out The Hand. Also, The Hand is directed by some guy named Oliver Stone, who also plays a hobo victim in the film!
Kudos goes to Quint... by Jamie McBain	Oct 9th, 2009 04:32:57 PM
For selecting both Visting Hours and Dressed To Kill. Both are really creepy films, and very unsettling as well.
Today's AMAD by Quint	Oct 9th, 2009 07:53:47 PM
Will be delayed. I slept for half the day upon returning from Ireland and have plans tonight. But Macabre will be watched and reviewed before I sleep. Just a friendly heads up from your neighborhood seaman.
haha...."seaman".... by T 1000 xp professional	Oct 9th, 2009 08:54:44 PM

Saw Visiting hours probably last night by T 1000 xp professional	Oct 9th, 2009 08:56:26 PM
felt just as you did. I do wish there was more Ironside in the world today(t4 doesn't count)....Will see dressed to kill. over and out
No worries, Quint... We will wait! by Disgruntled_Chinaman	Oct 9th, 2009 10:57:11 PM
That's, that's aboot it...
(spoiler)Nice leather tank top Ironside by MacReady452	Oct 10th, 2009 02:03:53 AM
This movie was mostly boring as fuck. It did however slightly redeem itself when Ironside delivered one of the best "I've just been stabbed to death" faces I have ever seen. His death in this was a great piece of acting on his part. Whenever he was not on screen all the other characters should be asking, "Where's Poochie?" errr..I mean "..Ironside".
I paired this with Predator by MacReady452	Oct 10th, 2009 02:06:48 AM
cause I needed to jolt my testosterone after the femenist vagina-thon that was this movie.
Speaking of Comin' At Ya! by Jamie McBain	Oct 10th, 2009 09:45:11 AM
What about Treasure of the Four Crowns? Which was from guy who directed, Comin' At Ya! By the way, love the posters for both films.
Dressed to Kill Q by Boxcutter	Oct 10th, 2009 10:20:59 AM
Saw this when it opened, one of my first visits to NYC, wonderfully shot and edited movie...still has a wee plothole, though. Can anyone tell me: (slight spoiler) how could the murderer know that Angie would forget something and get BACK into the elevator to go up again?
Elevator question. by Nasty In The Pasty	Oct 10th, 2009 02:00:57 PM
I guess you have to take that moment on faith, or maybe the killer was just waiting for the elevator to come back up so she could continue the chase, not expecting her quarry to be standing right there when the doors opened. Even going downhill, you every try using the stairs in a high-rise building to go down 10 or 20 stories? It'd probably be faster to wait for the elevator to come back up, and you wouldn't be exhausted when you reached the lobby. BTW, ever notice how many great De Palma setpieces center around elevators? The Untouchables, Carlito's Way, Raising Cain...
Brian DePalma's THE CLAMS ... by ThusSpakeSpymunk	Oct 10th, 2009 02:13:25 PM
"Once a year, Brian Depalma picks the bones of a dead director ... and gives his wife a job!"
VISITING HOURS by ThusSpakeSpymunk	Oct 10th, 2009 02:14:55 PM
The poster for VISITING HOURS scared the living shit out of me when I was younger. Of course, I thought it was a movie about a haunted hospital where everything in the hospital tried to kill you a la a cross between MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE and 1408. Sounds like my imagination would be more fun, though Michael Ironside rules.
BODY DOUBLE... by ThusSpakeSpymunk	Oct 10th, 2009 02:21:40 PM
...features the 2nd set of boobs I ever saw on television. The first set was a few hours before that, before the Tina Turner concert, and belonged to Linda Hamilton in TERMINATOR (or her body-double, never knew for sure). That was the night HBO came into my home.
teaser trailer for "Visiting Hours"... by torpedoboy	Oct 11th, 2009 08:36:10 PM
...scared the shit out of me when I saw it on TV as a kid. I was also quite freaked out by the trailer for "Halloween II" with the skull inside the pumpkin.
Keith Gordon by Riff_Randell	Oct 13th, 2009 01:54:11 AM
Was also in Jaws 2.
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