She's Dressed to Kill explained

Director:	Gus Trikonis
Music:	George Romanis
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Editor:	Ira Heymann
Cinematography:	Thomas Del Ruth
Runtime:	100 minutes
Network:	NBC
First Aired:	^[1]

She's Dressed to Kill is a 1979 American television slasher film directed by Gus Trikonis and starring Jessica Walter, John Rubinstein, Connie Sellecca, Jim McMullan, Clive Revill, and Gretchen Corbett. Its plot follows a fashion designer who holds a party at her mansion, where the guests begin to get murdered. The film was also known under the title Someone's Killing the World's Greatest Models.^[2]

Release

The film aired on NBC as a Movie of the Week on Monday, December 10, 1979.^[3]

Critical response

People magazine wrote of the film: "It’s your basic people-trapped-at-isolated-snowy-resort-with-murderer tale, but suspenseful."^[4]

Legacy

The film is cited by Camille Paglia in an essay featured in her book Provocations: Collected Essays on Art, Feminism, Politics, Sex, and Education (1985).^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: She's Dressed to Kill. Rotten Tomatoes. February 29, 2020.
2. Web site: She's Dressed to Kill (1979). British Film Institute. dead. https://archive.today/20200229101231/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b76abeace. February 29, 2020.
3. News: New York Daily News. Murder In Style. December 9, 1979. Newspapers.com. New York City, New York. 348.
4. Web site: December 10, 1979. People Staff. People. Picks and Pans Review: She's Dressed to Kill. live. https://archive.today/20200229101628/https://people.com/archive/picks-and-pans-review-shes-dressed-to-kill-vol-12-no-24/. February 29, 2020.
5. Book: Paglia, Camille. Camille Paglia

   . Camille Paglia. Provocations: Collected Essays on Art, Feminism, Politics, Sex, and Education. Knopf Doubleday. 1985. 85. 978-0-525-43386-6 . New York City, New York.