Rebecca (in the creepy, needy housekeeper), Psycho (the mysterious old mother in the next room), Dial M for Murder (the scissors as murder weapon), and Spellbound (the therapeutic elements, plus a quickie reference to Salvador Dalí, who advised on that film’s dream sequences)". Box office Dead Again grossed $3,479,395 during its opening weekend, playing on 450 screens. It eventually grossed more than $38 million by the end of its theatrical run. Accolades Media Dead Again was one of several influences on the 1999 conceptual album, Metropolis pt. 2: Scenes From a Memory, by the American progressive metal band Dream Theater. It was also unofficially remade into a 1998 Malayalam movie Mayilpeelikkavu and in 2008 as Sila Nerangalil. References External links 1991 films 1990s mystery thriller films 1990s romantic thriller films American mystery thriller films American romantic thriller films British mystery thriller films British thriller films Films about amnesia Films about reincarnation Films directed by Kenneth Branagh Films about hypnosis Films partially in color Films scored by Patrick Doyle Films set in 1949 Films set in the 1990s Films set in Los Angeles Films shot in Los Angeles Films with screenplays by Scott Frank Paramount Pictures films 1990s English-language films 1990s American films 1990s British films