There's a lot of his movies I haven't seen. I haven't seen Scarface, The Untouchables or Carlito's Way. I saw Sisters and Phantom of the Paradise, but so long ago I really need to see them again. I didn't like Dressed to Kill but that was also a long time ago. I'd be willing to re-evaluate that one, especially since it's almost universally praised (even by my dad who didn't like scary movies). Carrie was good but a little slow-moving and I really didn't think the multiple screen images (a technique he uses a lot) in the finale worked in this one.

I like Body Double a lot. The house in this movie, the one that the Craig Wasson character stayed in, was designed by the father of a girl my mother knew in school. He was an architect who was a student of Frank Lloyd Wright, and he went to California and built several things. I didn't know this when I first saw the movie, but found out later. This is one of the better rip-offs of Rear Window, and there have been many.

Of the ones I've seen, I think I like The Fury best. It was a good story, it had lots of suspense, a good cast, and even some comedy. The ending was perfect, and in my opinion the multiple screen device was far more effective here than it was in Carrie. It also had what I think were the screen debuts of future stars Dennis Franz and Jim Belushi.

I also liked Blow Out when I saw it, but have never seen it again. Is it just me, or are most of De Palma's films hard to get even on DVD? Blow Out I know is notoriously rare, but I have never heard of a Blu-ray release of The Fury, Dressed to Kill, or Body Double. I think there were Blu-ray releases of Phantom of the Paradise and Carrie. Is there a reason so few of his films are widely available?