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Dead Ringers

1988 ·1h 55m · ★ 7.1 (990)

Elliot, a successful gynecologist, works at the same practice as his identical twin, Beverly. Elliot is attracted to many of his patients and has affairs with them. When he inevitably loses interest, he will give the woman over to Beverly, the meeker of the two, without the woman knowing the difference. Beverly falls hard for one of the patients, Claire, but when she inadvertently deceives him, he slips into a state of madness.

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15 horror films in catalog

Horror DNA

Gore
Bloodless Splatterfest
57
Slow Burn
Shock-driven Slow burn
83
Psychological
Straightforward Mind-bending
71
Supernatural
Grounded Otherworldly
0
Creature
Human threats Monster-driven
18
Disturbing
Tame Deeply unsettling
100
Fun Factor
Deadly serious Blast to watch
0
Cerebral
Popcorn horror Thinking horror
99
Survival
No survival element Fight for your life
0
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Body Horror

Content Warnings

Sexual ViolenceTaboo ContentBody HorrorDehumanizationMedical Gore
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TMDB Keywords

based on novel or bookbondagedrugsextramarital affairgynecologistidentical twinmedical professionmurdernurseobsessionprostitutionreceptionistromanticsadismsadomasochismtoronto, canadatwin brothertwinsvoyeurism

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