# Body Double (1984)

> An unemployed actor’s voyeuristic fascination with a Los Angeles neighbor spirals into a flamboyant murder mystery that weaponizes cinematic looking.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/6476

## Facts

- Runtime: 114 min
- Genres: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
- Director: Brian De Palma
- Cast: Craig Wasson, Melanie Griffith, Gregg Henry, Deborah Shelton, Guy Boyd, Dennis Franz, David Haskell, Rebecca Stanley
- TMDB rating: 6.7/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086984/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: sleazy, provocative, darkly comic, late night thriller viewing, halloween movie marathon

## Synopsis

A voyeuristic journey spirals into a deadly obsession as one man's curiosity leads him into a web of crime.

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