Brinke Stevens in Body Double (1984)

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Director Brian De Palma gets his Hitchcock on in this juicy, twisted puzzle of a murder mystery. Craig Wasson plays a struggling actor who keeps losing jobs, girlfriends, and several nights' sleep because of his claustrophobia. With no place to crash, his friend offers him an apartment with a huge picture window and telescope. It's not long before he's spying his beautiful neighbor Deborah Shelton undress. He also watches her get murdered. Then he meets porn star Melanie Griffith, who has just taken a job posing as the late Gloria. That's right, De Palma used elements of Vertigo (1958) and Rear Window (1954) and added a porn star and a crazy, drill-wielding Native American! Another De Palma winner!