writer director brian de palma be best know for his string of film that have be call and somewhat unfairly and hitchcock imitation . contrary to popular belief and de palma doesn not rip off hitchcock while he borrow story or character element that may have be see in a hitchcock film and then expand on them in a more violent and modern way . like hitchcock and de palma be know for mix blood soak death with macabre humor . dress to kill and make way back in 1980 and be and perhaps and de palma most well know hitchcockian film and and it probably his best as well . the story involve a cross dress serial killer stalk both a burnt out housewife ( play by angie dickinson ) and a street wise hooker ( play by nancy allen ) . yes and it will remind you distinctly of psycho and but de palma flick be just a technically ingenious and darkly creative . the museum sequence be particularly well score and edit while the elevator stab scene be also one of the most uniquely shot murder ever put on film . dress to kill may not be a complete original and but i would say it definitely worth your time . rat r. 105 minute . positive .