In fact, it seems like two films in particular turned the certified member of the post-modern movement into a classified copycat. Efforts like Sisters and Carrie were solid horror outing, but neither really relied on the acknowledged auteur’s signature style. Yet when one looks back as his creative canon – at least prior to the mid ’70s, it’s hard to figure out how he earned such a tag. Perhaps more harshly, he’s been labeled the wannabe Master of Suspense and/or the pretender to the dread throne of greatness.
For many film fans, Brian De Palma has always been known as the Hitchcock knockoff.
