Sisters (1972)

Film details
View on IMDb ↗CastMargot Kidder, Jennifer Salt, Charles Durning, William Finley, Lisle Wilson, Barnard Hughes, Mary Davenport, Dolph Sweet
Review
"Sisters becomes an energetic reference to the great scenes and themes of Hitchcock's work. Beyond Psycho's plot structure, we get Norman Bates' motivation. Vertigo's psychological premise (the obsessive seeker creates the object of obsession in its absence), a body hidden in an apartment (taken from Rope), a Bernard Herrmann score, and Rear Window's crime solving via voyeurism also turn up here. Even if the abundance of such themes don't manage to make Sisters better than the combined work of Hitchcock, they all integrate well into the tale that the director tells. Certainly, Sisters feels less constrained by the indebtedness caused by creating homage than De Palma's later works like Dressed to Kill or Obsession. De Palma's constantly winking eye and his juxtapositions of horror and humor keep us interested as the film slides into logical implausibility. Though the performances are solid, the director is clearly the star of this show." - Jeremy Heilman, MovieMartyr