SCISSORS may not be the ultimate bad Hitchcock imitation, but it's a tough act to beat. It's got birds, blondes, blades, rear windows, tall buildings, an evil shrink and freshman-level psychology.
Angie (Sharon Stone) is an owlish, 26-year-old virgin who's survived a rough childhood and now spends her free time mending broken dolls. Somehow, Angie's part-time stenography job pays the rent in her sumptuous downtown Chicago apartment complex, and one day she's nearly raped there by a
red-bearded stranger during a blare of pseudo-Bernard Herrman music. After fighting off the assailant with handy scissors, the shaken Angie seeks refuge with some neighbors she's nev...
Released:
1991
Rated:
R
Length:
107 mins