Sisters

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Apr 21, 2019 A very engaging film. Brilliant use of split screen.

Hagrid R Apr 10, 2019 Brian De Palma has done some very good films, and some mediocre ones. This is somewhere in the lower section. A pretty girl is bringing home a dude, and he ends up dead in her appartment the day after. A nosey neighbour lady sees the murder, but our girl says she does not know what all this fuzz is about. This pretty model is having a huge scar on her side and there is something fishy going on here and the nosey one knows it. This turn into a cat and mouse game, where the two young girls are playing tricks on each other. Great score here by the brilliant composer Bernard Herrmann - the guy behind scores from "Psycho" to "Taxi driver". This is very much like an honoring towards Hitchcock as it references loads of his films. It has not aged that well. The blood looks horrible. It's semi scary, but gets a bit too twisted up and complicated for it's own good. I do dig the split screens, it's quite fresh even of todays standards. The performances are also good, but it all sums up as an OK film in total. 5.5 out of 10 red pills. See more

Theodore P Feb 17, 2019 Very dated and bizarre. It was unique in some ways, but it is no longer watchable. (First and only viewing - 2/17/2019)

Kylo R Nov 15, 2018 A great movie, especially considering it was made in the 70s. The plot is intriguing and suspenseful right up to the very end. And there are a couple of nice twists too that were unexpected. The acting is really good from all parties involved. And Brian De Palm does a really good behind the camera. See more

Albus M Oct 29, 2018 Brian De Palma's films often end up unsatisfying. Especially in his 1970s work, he cribs liberally from Alfred Hitchcock, borrowing his themes (voyeurism), his flaws (misogyny perhaps), and here even his composer (Bernard Herrmann) - but the result is not on the same level as Hitch's best work. De Palma seems more grubby, although the 70s fashion, cars, and decor may contribute to that sense, perhaps a conscious choice, in Sisters. De Palma also pushes the sex and violence further than Hitchcock did, losing something when actions and images become explicit rather than implicit. This said, there is just enough weird morbidity in Sisters (a hint of Cronenberg perhaps) that makes it interesting. We begin with Danielle (Margot Kidder), a French Canadian living on Staten Island who has a one-night stand that ends in murder. Reporter Grace Collier (Jennifer Salt) sees it from her apartment window but the police don't believe her. Danielle and her weird ex-husband Emil (William Finley) clearly cover it up (as shown in split screen, while the police are on their way), but we come to believe that the murderer is Danielle's (evil) twin. A private detective (Charles Durning) is hired by the newspaper to investigate. Herrmann's score really keeps things moving, evoking the classic Hitchcocks. But weirder things happen and what's with the ending? Ultimately, the sum may be more than equal to its parts - but the parts have been repurposed from elsewhere! This might reward another viewing. See more

Draco R Oct 22, 2018 A good horror and mystery.

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