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Dead Ringers

Movie · 1988 · 115 min

A cold, clinical descent into shared madness, unsettling and tragic, with a slow-building dread that lingers.

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1988 film by David Cronenberg
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Year
1988
Runtime
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • obsession
  • addiction
  • madness
  • isolation
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror7
Humour2
Realism7
Romance3
Tension8
Darkness9
Complexity8
Emotional weight9

Details

Genres
drama, horror, mystery, thriller, suspense, psychological drama, body horror, psychological horror, psychological thriller
Directed by
David Cronenberg
Written by
David Cronenberg, Norman Snider, Bari Wood
Starring
Jeremy Irons, David Cronenberg, Geneviève Bujold, Jill Hennessy, Shirley Douglas, Stephen Lack, Jacqueline Hennessy, Barbara Gordon
Music
Howard Shore
Cinematography
Peter Suschitzky
Runtime
115 min
Country
Canada
Languages
English

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