Two bodies. Two minds. One soul. Separation can be a terrifying thing.

Starring: Jeremy Irons, Geneviève Bujold, Heidi von Palleske, Barbara Gordon, Shirley Douglas, Stephen Lack, Nick Nichols, Lynne Cormack, Damir Andrei, Miriam Newhouse

DML Rating: ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ - good

"I've often thought that there should be beauty contests for the insides of bodies." - Dr. Elliot Mantle

Why watch this? Twisted. Horrifying. and oddly beautiful in many ways.

Plot Summary: Identical twin gynecologists, one confident and social (Elliot), the other shy and reserved (Beverly), live together, share a practice and often blur the lines of their identities, even with romantic partners. A woman enters their lives, actress Claire Niveau, and inadvertently ignites a psychological crisis, causing a disruption in their codependent relationship. This unique bond and the ensuing turmoil lead the twins down a path of escalating drug use, paranoia, and mental deterioration.

Dad's Preview: The originator of the film sub-genre called body horror, director David Cronenberg, crafted this film early in his career. It plays out the strange relationship that sometimes exists between twins, then ramps it up by giving them a medical profession that allow them to be placed at the very center of female vulnerability. This probably is not a favorite film for most women and there are more than a couple of scenes that I cringed during. This certainly qualifies this as a horror movie. That said, the cinematography really succeeds at creating a creepy, suffocating mood, as the brothers use people (and a lot of drugs), then tighten their grips on each other, a mutual lover and their unsuspecting patients. Yikes.

Morgan Creek Prod., Telefilm Cinema, Mantle Clinic II; 20th Century-Fox