Brian DePalma directed this extremely tense horror thriller.
Margot Kidder stars as Danielle and Dominique, twin sisters that are so very far apart. Our story opens with a man named Phillip Woode (Lisle Wilson) who appears on a game show with Danielle.
He gets closer to her and they start having a relationship despite the warnings of a man claiming to be her husband. One day Phillip comes to her apartment and is brutally stabbed by Dominique. A young female reporter, Grace Collier (Jennifer Salt) witnesses the murder, but cannot get the police to investigate.
The investigating detective, Kelly (Dolph Sweet) goes to the apartment, but cannot find a body or any other evidence. Collier decides to investigate on her own and this leads to a much darker story than she ever imagined.
I don't want to give too much away in case you haven't seen this movie, but suffice to say this is one of the darkest films I have ever seen. I reviewed this once before a long time ago after a TCM viewing and I enjoyed the film very much. Now after seeing this again, I like it even more.
This is arguably Kidder's best performance of her career. I have never been a fan of DePalma's films, but this one is tops. The Criterion disc includes trailers, interviews with the director and Jennifer Salt as well as Kidder on an appearance on "The Dick Cavett Show".
This is tip notch cinema that shouldn't be missed by anyone who is a horror fan.
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