IMDb categorized this movie as a horror thriller drama. Take out the horror and thriller and then it is a proper categorization. There was nothing that could classify it as a horror. Meaning there were no scares, only a tad bit of blood, nothing creepy, eerie, or spooky. It also wasn't a thriller. Meaning there were no thrills, no suspense, no excitement, or anything that would get the pulse racing. It was an interesting drama to some extent, but a drama nonetheless.
Jeremy Irons plays the role of twin brothers, Doctors Beverly and Elliot Mantle. They are the premier doctors in the gynecological field. Elliot is the more confident, smarmy, ladies man while Bev is the shier, but more diligent worker. When Bev falls for a patient named Claire Niveau (Genevieve Bujold) the dynamics between the twins begins to change.
Before she came on the scene they were inseparable. They worked together, lived together, and even shared the same women. Claire's insertion into the equation changed all that and the two could barely cope.
"Dead Ringers" goes into the character differences between twins while acknowledging that some of them still have a psychological and emotional dependence upon each other. "Dead Ringers" gets real dark and depressing and even esoteric. As for me, I was thrown a curve hence I didn't like the movie all that much. I was expecting something more along the lines of a horror or a suspense or a thriller and I got none of those.
Jeremy Irons plays the role of twin brothers, Doctors Beverly and Elliot Mantle. They are the premier doctors in the gynecological field. Elliot is the more confident, smarmy, ladies man while Bev is the shier, but more diligent worker. When Bev falls for a patient named Claire Niveau (Genevieve Bujold) the dynamics between the twins begins to change.
Before she came on the scene they were inseparable. They worked together, lived together, and even shared the same women. Claire's insertion into the equation changed all that and the two could barely cope.
"Dead Ringers" goes into the character differences between twins while acknowledging that some of them still have a psychological and emotional dependence upon each other. "Dead Ringers" gets real dark and depressing and even esoteric. As for me, I was thrown a curve hence I didn't like the movie all that much. I was expecting something more along the lines of a horror or a suspense or a thriller and I got none of those.