PopHorror Let's Get Scared
1. Dead Ringers (1988)
The creepiest twins on our list are David Cronenberg’s gynecologists Drs. Beverly and Elliott Mantle from Dead Ringers. Both played by Jeremy Irons, these two are intertwined so deeply they might as well be conjoined. They both feed off of the other’s obsessions, codependent to the point where one forces himself to become a drug addict to synchronize himself with his brother’s addiction. They’re like dragons eating their own tails, spiraling out of control until they both self destruct. Seeing those mutated gynecological made me terrified of what Beverly might do to his girlfriend, Claire (Genevieve Bujold), when he finally saw her again, even without the freaky twin codependency. The worst part is that these two were based on real life, drug addicted twin gynecologists Stewart and Cyril Marcus, who practiced in New York in the 1970s. So research your doctors, people.
No need to clean your glasses – you’re done seeing double… for now. Although now that you’re done reading, feel free to pop one of these films into the DVD player and revisit that twin creepiness for yourself. You know you want to – the pull is twice as strong this time, isn’t it?
