Vampire movie body double 1984

Wasson is a secondrate actor who has just been released from his latest opus, a sleazy horror movie. Left without a place to stay, scully accepts a job as a house. Craig wasson is a struggling actor who has lost his role as a vampire in a lowbudget horror film after his claustrophobia thwarts shooting. Body double cast starring barbara crampton, gregg henry, darcy demoss, david ursin, brinke stevens. Body double is an exhilarating exercise in pure filmmaking, a thriller in the. It is obvious that body double 1984 is a combination of the plots of vertigo 1958, rear window 1954 and dial m for murder 1955 by alfred hitchcock, and nearly as obvious to say that the film also takes cues from michael powells peeping tom 1960 and elements from various slasher films like abel ferraras the driller killer 1979. Body double is an exploration, exaltation and condemnation. However in 1984 he shocked the cinematic work with body double, a. The movie is so cleverly constructed, with the emphasis on visual storytelling rather than dialogue, that we are neither faster nor slower than the hero as he. If you know what body double means in hollywoodspeak, its a pretty good tipoff to the fact that, at some point, a woman we think is gloria is a double for her. Lyricism and tension permeate throughout, with the protagonists claustrophobia characterized by a twonote.

Despite jakes determination to work through the phobia not only for this movie but to cope in his everyday life. Struggling actor wasson is fired from his role as a punk vampire because of claustrophobia. In between his acting workshops and his job in a vampire bmovie, he scans. In between his acting workshops and his job in a vampire b movie, he scans the paper looking for anything. The original musical score was composed by pino donaggio. The themes of misogyny, criminal sex offenders, female objectification. Body doubles idea might have originated from the movie flash dance where the word became famous due to jennifer beals using a body double to do the dancing scenes. Body double soundtrack from 1984, composed by pino donaggio. Body double is an exhilarating exercise in pure filmmaking, a thriller in the hitchcock tradition in which theres no particular point except that the hero is flawed, weak, and in terrible danger and we identify with him completely. After losing an acting role and his girlfriend, jake scully finally catches a break. Not a horror movie, but does anybody remember body double 1984. Well round up the paddy wagons for body double 1984, the clever thriller that mixes vertigo, rear window, and the adult film industry into one heady stew that audiences. Brian depalma has always come under the gun of the movie police, whether its for charges of hitchcock homages or misogynistic attitudes towards his female characters. Failing to rise from the coffin due to his claustrophobia, jake attends an acting workshop to improve his skills.

Body double 1984 original motion picture soundtrack by. Over the ending credits, you see scully shooting another scene in his so bad, its good vampire movie. Body double is a 1984 film by brian depalma homage to 3 distinct hitchcock films vertigo, rear window, and. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup. My dad would get home from work and wed head out to the local video store, pick up a couple movies, then a pizza and wed have movie night. Body double pino donaggio vampires ceremony youtube. I first saw this film when it was released in 1984, was immediately. Body double 1984 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Homage to 3 distinct hitchcock films vertigo, rear window, and. Released by intrada in 2008 special collection volume 86 containing music from body double 1984. After a terrifying bout of claustrophobia he loses his job, his girl, and his home until fellow actor, sam bouchard gregg henry does jake a favor by letting him apartmentsit at a posh pad. The film opens with a satire on vampire movies, includes a.

Oct 28, 2011 21 videos play all body double pino donaggio cosmicape2 pino donaggio telescope 1984 body double soundtrack duration. In between his acting workshops and his job in a vampire bmovie, he scans the paper looking for anything. Struggling actor jake scully loses his role as a vampire in a lowbudget horror movie after his claustrophobia thwarts shooting. Body double 1984 february 16, 2020 wilf hunter cheating, cheating girlfriend. The film then cuts to the set of the vampire movie, where scully wearing the dirtcaked leather jacket from the aqueduct grave scene instead of the vampire costume and heavy makeup as before again freezes during the coffin scene and ruins the take. Roger ebert january 01, 1984 body double is an exhilarating exercise in pure filmmaking, a thriller in the hitchcock tradition in which theres no particular point except that the hero is flawed, weak, and in terrible danger and we identify with him completely. In body double, director brian depalma pays homage to the alfred. With craig wasson, melanie griffith, gregg henry, deborah shelton. What blows now is the doubt that a movie like body double could never be made today.

See the article in its original context from october 26, 1984, section c, page 8. This time, however, he convinces rubin to let him try it again. Pino doaggio crafts a new wave soundtrack which varies from traditional noir numbers plucked almost straight from chinatown, to plodding, contemporary synthladen pieces. Go to the internet movie database laserdisc database.

After a terrifying bout of claustrophobia he loses his job, his girl, and his home until fellow actor, sam bouchard gregg henry does jake. At the beginning of the movie, jake finds his girlfriend riding a guy in bed. In between his acting workshops and his job in a vampire b movie, he. After he ruins a take by being unable to rise from a coffin due to claustrophobia, a fire breaks out on the set and he is sent home by the director rubin dennis franz. Large database of subtitles for movies, tv series and anime at opensubtitles.

Sep 24, 2016 hed been plotting to make a film like body double ever since the release of his transgender slasher movie dressed to kill had riled the american film ratings board, known as the mpaa, back in. Its opening and closing segments feature a campy filmwithinafilm, the lowbudget horror movie vampires kiss. The film ends with scully, back on the set and in his vampire costume, filming a shower sequence in which a body double of his next victim is being carefully inserted into the scene, while holly watches with the film crew. The films are blow out 1981, the fury 1978, scarface 1983, body double 1984 and dressed to kill 1980.

Depalma evokes vertigo in body double the new york. As he suffers from claustrophobia, hes fired on the set of a vampire movie. Not a horror movie, but does anybody remember body double. Aug 22, 2017 body double opens with a smashing horror movie pastiche for scenes accompanying the shooting of a vampire movie, while laying the groundwork for some of the operatic flourishes and important thematic approaches for the rest of the film. The film ends with scully, back on the set and in his vampire costume, filming a shower sequence in which a body double of his next victim is being carefully. A young actors obsession with spying on a beautiful woman who lives nearby leads to a baffling series of events with drastic consequences. Beautifully shot around some of the most luscious places in southern california, the movie is a eye candy to watch. Body double 1984 end title sequence hd fr sub youtube. A skittish actor, one who flirts with unemployment on a semiregular basis, named jake scully craig wasson literally hurls himself into the heady world of voyeurism, indoor plant care. Body double 1984 by lightning at thursday, february 02, 2017 0 storyline.

The film opens with a satire on vampire movies, includes a hitchcockian catandmouse sequence, and even borrows some of the cliches of 1940s thrillers, including a. Craig wasson in body double 1984 melanie griffith and craig wasson in body. Jake comes home to find his girlfriend with another man and has to find a new place. Hes unemployed now and soon he accepts the offer of his colleague sam to live in an actors beautiful house whos traveling around the world by now. In between his acting workshops and his job in a vampire bmovie. The film begins and ends with the protagonist, jake scully craig wasson, playing the part of a vampire on the set of a lowbudget horror film. He discovers while filming a scene in his current movie, an erotic vampire flick, that he is claustrophobic, debilitatingly so. Jake scully comes home to find his girlfriend with another man and has to find a new place.