Presented as part of DE PALMA: HITCH WITH A TWIST -- a four-film Brian De Palma series to complementing our engagement of the new documentary potrait DE PALMA by Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow.
SISTERS screens at 10pm Wed 7/20 as part of our weekly Late Shift at the Grindhouse series, with a second and final screening at 3pm Sat, July 23. See the full De Palma series program and schedule.
Late Shift at the Grindhouse - Wednesdays get weird when Late Shift hosts Ross Meyer, Joe Derderian and Aaron Holmgren dig up low-budget b-movies, horror and gore-fests, and camp classics for your viewing pleasure. Buy your ticket and take a ride in our Time Machine! Punch in and earn a bonus! $3 Pabst Blue Ribbon tallboys and $2 small popcorn! PLUS special custom trashy trailer reel curated by Ross with cheap swag and prize giveaways!
SISTERS
a.k.a. Blood Sisters
"The most genuinely frightening film since Hitchcock's 'Psycho'!" -Hollywood Reporter
"Sex and violence are blended with diabolical zest." -Playboy
"Slick, fast-paced, imaginative, and scary." -San Francisco Examiner
Before 1973, Brian De Palma was impossible to pigeonhole: he made comedies, political satires and openly experimental pieces. But with SISTERS (originally released as "Blood Sisters" in the UK) he turned to the suspense thriller and discovered his natural home – and a style that would lead directly to later masterpieces like "Carrie," "Dressed to Kill" and "Blow Out."
When Danielle (Margot Kidder) meets potential boyfriend Philip (Lisle Wilson) after appearing on the TV show Peeping Toms (a nod to the Michael Powell shocker), she invites him home, only to attract the ire of her twin sister Dominique. From across the courtyard, Rear Window style, reporter Grace (Jennifer Salt) witnesses Philip being murdered by one of the twins – but the police find no body or any physical evidence. Naturally, Grace takes things into her own hands, and discovers more about the sisters’ relationship than she bargained for…
Strongly influenced by Alfred Hitchcock and Roman Polanski, and with a score by the great Bernard Herrmann ("Citizen Kane," "Psycho"), SISTERS was the first true "Brian De Palma" film.