It’s the death of the ‘60s and ‘70s that haunts Blow Out and has arguably inflated its reputation among those incapable of recognizing anything good in, say, The Fury.

A horror movie, a paranoid political drama and a serial killer flick all at once.

It's a Xerox of a movie that's nowhere near as indelible as the originals it purports to emulate.

Nothing is what it seems in a paranoid mystery that's overflowing with De Palma's trademark high style and cinematic technique right up until the knockout, downbeat ending.