Anyone else watch this on HBO late at night in the 80's?

OMG nightfly, I know EXACTLY what you mean. This is the epitome of what I'd call an "event" HBO premiere, which was a big deal in the'80s - people would plan a Saturday Night around the first cable TV showing of a famous movie from the previous year (had to watch my adjective there - "famous" as opposed to necessarily "big" or "great"). There were many in the early days of cable TV, but the 2 "events" like that that stand out in my mind are Grease in 1979 and Body Double in, I guess, 1985. I remember there was a big build up to the premiere, and HBO showed the HELL out of Body Double after that! It seemed like it was always on LOL. Definitely brings back a lot of memories I associate with that particular time! (Speaking of "events", don't forget what a big-name director DePalma was back then...)

I am actually watching BD right now - from Netflix - and I'm having flashbacks to the mid-'80s. In addition to what I've already written, I think a lot of why this movie has 1985 stamped all over it is that for all the hype at the time, it has kinda fallen off the map...I'd bet a lot of people don't even remember it. I do remember at the time there was such controversy...

"Love has got to stop some place short of suicide."

I remember! I was 17... Two things I remember most were the creepy guy with the drill and how beautiful Deborah Shelton was..

Yes! This movie was a staple of HBO Free Weekends back in the 80's, along with Gymkata.