6.3
Bird
2020
“You can't believe everything you see.”
Body Double (1984)
October 25, 19841h 54mEN
6.8
899 votes
Overview
After losing an acting role and his girlfriend, Jake Scully finally catches a break: he gets offered a gig house-sitting in the Hollywood Hills. While peering through the beautiful home's telescope one night, he spies a gorgeous woman dancing in her window. But when he witnesses the girl's murder, it leads Scully through the netherworld of the adult entertainment industry on a search for answers—with porn actress Holly Body as his guide.
Director
Brian De PalmaWriters
Where to Watch
Streaming availability for India
Rent
Buy
Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$10.0M
Revenue
$8.8M
Production Companies
Delphi II ProductionsColumbia Pictures
Movies Like Body Double
6.7
Gridlock'd
1997
9.1
Slice of Life
2019
5.1
Kamikaze '89
1982
6.2
Freeze Frame
2004
5.3
Cherry Falls
2000
5.5
Playing God
1997
Recommended for You
User Reviews
John Chard
7.5De Palma Double Bubble, Toil and Trouble. Body Double is directed by Brian De Palma, he also co-writes the screenplay with Robert J. Avrech. It stars Craig Wasson, Melanie Griffith, Gregg Henry, Deborah Shelton, Guy Boyd and Dennis Franz. Music is by Pino Donaggio and cinematography by Stephen H. Burum. Brian De Palma continued his crusade to push buttons of the sensitive whilst homaging his hero Alfred Hitchcock, with this cheeky, garish, sleazy thriller. Even when moving away from Hitch like movies, he created a storm with Scarface (1983), so the critics of 1984 wondered if a return to…
Read full review →
The Movie Diorama
7.0Body Double infiltrates the vehemence of adult entertainment through inspired Hitchcockian thrills. De Palma was at the height of his success during the eighties. Implementing his technical flourishes within sub-genres that we’re not necessarily accessible for the average audience member. Erotic thrillers, whilst some may describe as distasteful and misogynistic, accentuated sexualisation to further enhance the lust of man. Body Double is no different. Much like the pornographic industry that is portrayed, it certainly has a sub-par screenplay that persuades you to fast-forward to the “act” in…
Read full review →