
Psycho(1960)
When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.


“The latest fashion in murder.”
After witnessing a mysterious woman brutally slay a homemaker, prostitute Liz Blake finds herself trapped in a dangerous situation. While the police thinks she is the murderer, the real killer is intent on silencing her only witness.

Michael Caine
Doctor Robert Elliott

Nancy Allen
Liz Blake

Angie Dickinson
Kate Miller

Keith Gordon
Peter Miller

Dennis Franz
Detective Marino

David Margulies
Dr. Levy

Ken Baker
Warren Lockman

Susanna Clemm
Betty Luce

Brandon Maggart
Cleveland Sam
Amalie Collier
Cleaning Woman
Dressed to Kill is a thriller, mystery, horror film released in 1980 exploring themes of friendship, taxi, prostitute, nightmare, transvestism, photography. Directed by Brian De Palma, it stars Michael Caine, Nancy Allen, Angie Dickinson. After witnessing a mysterious woman brutally slay a homemaker, prostitute Liz Blake finds herself trapped in a dangerous situation. While the police thinks she is the murderer, the real killer is intent on silencing her only witness.
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When New York is caught in the grip of a sadistic serial killer who preys on patrons of the city's underground bars, young rookie Steve Burns infiltrates the S&M subculture to try and lure him out of the shadows.

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