still of the night be terribly underrated thriller from very good director robert benton . the end be truly shocking and some sequence be very good ( central park and dream like sequence ) . it remind me some of best hitchcock film a rear window and vertigo and north by northwest or marnie . meryl streep and roy scheider be memorable performance . nestor almendros photography be very stylish and memorable and especially in end part of the movie . there be also some great lighting effect and complete lack of gore . music of john kander be highly suggestive and fit to the rest of the movie . still of the night be one of good thriller 80 . highly recommended .