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Dressed to Kill (1980) Movie Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Dressed to Kill (1980) a score of 2.8748 out of 4

based on (52) reviews

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Excellent

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Very Good

(39)

Good

(7)

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Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)

a brilliant send-up of suspense and horror conventions that is, at the same time, extremely suspenseful and often vary scary...read the complete Dressed to Kill (1980) review at Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)

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Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)

With Alfred Hitchcock's death in the same year as Dressed to Kill's release, Brian De Palma (Phantom of the Paradise, Scarface) hoped to become the heir apparent as the Master of Suspense, and to do so, delved deep into Hitch's own bag of tricks to come u...read the complete Dressed to Kill (1980) review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)

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DVD Talk (Holly E. Ordway)

Dressed to Kill is a curiously mixed bag. With an intriguing setup that goes nowhere, an interesting twist that fits into an otherwise undistinguished thriller plot, and some good and some weak acting, it's a movie that is going to be something...read the complete Dressed to Kill (1980) review at DVD Talk (Holly E. Ordway)