Doppelganger (1993)
4/10
Drew in bad horror
12 May 2015
New York heiress Holly Gooding (Drew Barrymore) kills a relative who's looking to push her out of the family fortune. Or is it an evil doppelganger? She moves to LA and rents a room from writer Patrick Highsmith. She's having nightmares. He starts a relationship with her but it's possibly an alter-ego or an evil twin. Elizabeth (Leslie Hope) is his writing partner. Doctor Heller has been treating Holly in New York.

It's a silly little horror. The only point is to wait for the final reveal of whichever way the story wants to use as an explanation. It's not really a mystery. The movie has a few possible ways to go and the audience is simply left waiting for it to decide. The jump scares don't work. The music cues are extremely heavy. There are some bad camp here. If not for Drew, there would be nothing interesting to see. One would think a movie couldn't possibly screw up a naked Drew. However, even the blood shower looks amateurish. The horror effects are subpar and becomes even more noticeable as the movie takes the turn.
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