7 8 ) ▁proposed ▁a ▁government ▁consp i racy ▁to ▁fake ▁the ▁first ▁mission ▁to ▁Mars . ▁ ▁Brian ▁De ▁Pal ma ▁usually ▁had ▁them es ▁of ▁gu ilt , ▁vo ye ur ism , ▁par ano ia , ▁and ▁ob session ▁in ▁his ▁films , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁such ▁plot ▁elements ▁as ▁killing ▁off ▁a ▁main ▁character ▁early ▁on , ▁switching ▁points ▁of ▁view , ▁and ▁dream - like ▁sequences . ▁His ▁notable ▁films ▁include ▁Sister s ▁( 1 9 7 3 ); ▁Ob session ▁( 1 9 7 6 ), ▁which ▁was ▁slightly ▁inspired ▁by ▁Vert igo ; ▁D ress ed ▁to ▁Kill ▁( 1 9 8 0 ); ▁and ▁the ▁assass ination ▁thr iller ▁B low ▁Out ▁( 1 9 8 1 ). ▁▁ 1 9 9 0 s – present ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 9 0 s , ▁thr ill ers ▁had ▁rec urr ing ▁elements ▁of ▁ob session ▁and ▁tra pped ▁protagon ists ▁who ▁must ▁find ▁a ▁way ▁to ▁escape ▁the ▁cl ut ches ▁of ▁the ▁villa in — th ese ▁devices ▁influenced ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁thr ill ers ▁in ▁the ▁following ▁years . ▁Rob ▁Re iner ' s ▁Mis ery ▁( 1 9 9 0 ), ▁based ▁on ▁a ▁book ▁by ▁Stephen ▁King , ▁featured ▁Kath y ▁B ates ▁as ▁an ▁un bal anced ▁fan ▁who ▁terror izes ▁an ▁in cap ac itated ▁author ▁( James ▁Ca an ) ▁who ▁is ▁in ▁her ▁care . ▁Other ▁films ▁include ▁Curt is ▁Hans on ' s