Thursday, August 23, 2007
GENRE-XPLOSION: EVIL SLUTTY TWIN
Genre-xplosion is a short, spoiler free introduction to some of the strange and obscure movies and comics that I enjoy. Some of them are brilliant masterpieces... some of them aren't. All of them are entertaining.
DOPPELGANGER (1993)
Evil, Slutty Twin
Directed- Avi Nesher
Written- Donald P. Borchers and Avi Nesher
STYLE: ****
SUBSTANCE: ****
BLOOD/GORE: ****
NUDITY: ****
Scale built on quantity, not quality.
SET-UP:
Poor Patrick Highsmith (George Newbern) is a failing screenwriter, just trying to make some extra cash by renting out his bedroom to a beautiful stranger named Holly Gooding (Drew Barrymore). What he doesn't know is, just four short years ago, Holly brutally stabbed her mother to death.... But was it Holly's split personality or her evil doppelganger?
SEX AND VIOLENCE:
There's not a lot of gore in this movie, but there is a lot of blood, goopy bits and some pretty gross creature effects. There are also a few scenes of topless Drew Barrymore, which may make the whole movie worth it for some folks.
THOUGHTS:
This movie is a tough call... definitely not good, but not terrible. Doppelganger takes a very tongue-in-cheek look at its storyline, and at Los Angeles in general, that is meant to be humorous, but there is a lot of unintentional comedy there as well. From the overly conscious score, to the hammy dialogue, to the fact that the movie gets more and more ridiculous until culminating in a big stinking pile of crazy. This is one movie that I could not stop watching... and that's why, in the end, I liked this picture. It's colorful, well shot and keeps a pretty brisk pace... and it's just weird... Not even in an art school trying-to-be-weird way... It's just odd.
DOPPELGANGER (1993)
Evil, Slutty Twin
Directed- Avi Nesher
Written- Donald P. Borchers and Avi Nesher
STYLE: ****
SUBSTANCE: ****
BLOOD/GORE: ****
NUDITY: ****
Scale built on quantity, not quality.
SET-UP:
Poor Patrick Highsmith (George Newbern) is a failing screenwriter, just trying to make some extra cash by renting out his bedroom to a beautiful stranger named Holly Gooding (Drew Barrymore). What he doesn't know is, just four short years ago, Holly brutally stabbed her mother to death.... But was it Holly's split personality or her evil doppelganger?
SEX AND VIOLENCE:
There's not a lot of gore in this movie, but there is a lot of blood, goopy bits and some pretty gross creature effects. There are also a few scenes of topless Drew Barrymore, which may make the whole movie worth it for some folks.
THOUGHTS:
This movie is a tough call... definitely not good, but not terrible. Doppelganger takes a very tongue-in-cheek look at its storyline, and at Los Angeles in general, that is meant to be humorous, but there is a lot of unintentional comedy there as well. From the overly conscious score, to the hammy dialogue, to the fact that the movie gets more and more ridiculous until culminating in a big stinking pile of crazy. This is one movie that I could not stop watching... and that's why, in the end, I liked this picture. It's colorful, well shot and keeps a pretty brisk pace... and it's just weird... Not even in an art school trying-to-be-weird way... It's just odd.
Labels: genre-xplosion
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Nice. I vaguely remember that movie coming out. I may have to rent it now.
I'd like to see you do a Rowdy Roddy Piper double feature review of They Live and Hell Comes to Frog Town. :)
I'd like to see you do a Rowdy Roddy Piper double feature review of They Live and Hell Comes to Frog Town. :)
HAHA! I LOVE They Live! Did you know they are making that into a TV show?
I met Mr. Piper at a horror con a few months back, he was still being mobbed by fans!
I have yet to see Hell comes to Frog Town, I must add that to my list!
I met Mr. Piper at a horror con a few months back, he was still being mobbed by fans!
I have yet to see Hell comes to Frog Town, I must add that to my list!
HAHA.
I want to increase traffic to my site, but I still have my dignity.
(I'll email them to you!) ;)
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I want to increase traffic to my site, but I still have my dignity.
(I'll email them to you!) ;)
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