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“Tell me about my uterus.” It is a movie about twin gynecologists so that line is not near as weird as it sounds. … Okay, it’s still pretty weird. Join your faithful Grue-Crew – Crystal Cleveland, Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, and Jeff Mohr – as they encounter more Cronenberg-induced oddballery in Dead Ringers (1988).
Decades of Horror 1980s
Episode 177 – Dead Ringers (1988)
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Twin gynecologists take full advantage of the fact that nobody can tell them apart until their relationship begins to deteriorate over a woman.
IMDb
- Director: David Cronenberg
- Writers: David Cronenberg, Norman Snider; (from the novel, Twins, 1975, by) Bari Wood, Jack Geasland
- Selected Cast
- Jeremy Irons as Beverly Mantle/Elliot Mantle
- Jonathan Haley and Nicholas Haley as young Beverly/Elliot
- Geneviève Bujold as Claire Niveau
- Heidi von Palleske as Cary
- Barbara Gordon as Danuta
- Jill Hennessy as Mimsy
- Jacqueline Hennessy as Coral
Dead Ringers is Crystal’s pick so it should come as no surprise that she loves the film. She thinks it’s beautifully shot, loves Jeremy Irons, and of course, don’t forget … Cronenberg! Bill also loves Jeremy Irons’ performance, going so far as to say he was robbed for not being at least nominated for an Academy Award. Appreciating Dead Ringers more every time he sees it, Chad identifies it as a squirm-inducing, psychological thriller and character study of twins. Jeff is also on the Jeremy Irons bandwagon, lauding his nuanced performance of the twins, but also appreciates Genevieve Bujold’s critical role as the catalyst to the twins’ downfalls. Of course, everyone else agrees with Crystal on how beautiful the cinematography and the production design are.
Dead Ringers is worth a watch and even several rewatches. As of this writing, it is available for streaming on Amazon Prime and as physical media on a Blu-ray disc from Shout Factory.
Every two weeks, Gruesome Magazine’s Decades of Horror 1980s podcast will cover another horror film from the 1980s. The next episode’s film, chosen by Chad, will be The Return of Swamp Thing (1989). You won’t want to miss that one!
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