Synopsis
A couple live in an old, isolated mansion. The husband's murderous, insane twin escapes from a lunatic asylum. The cops haul off the wrong twin and the wife is stuck with the killer.
1986 Directed by Bruce Pittman
A couple live in an old, isolated mansion. The husband's murderous, insane twin escapes from a lunatic asylum. The cops haul off the wrong twin and the wife is stuck with the killer.
Frustrating but still odd enough to get into. Every character in this is such a head-scratcher. Not very eventful but easy to recommend if you’re a twin.
At an isolated house in Canada, Otto (August Schellenberg) and Sean pull up in a car in time to discover Sean's twin Michael has brutally murdered a young woman and crucified her on a tree in the backyard. Fifteen years later, Michael (Robin Ward) is safely locked away in the local sanitarium under the care of Dr. Clifford (Antony Parr). Michael's twin Sean (also Robin Ward) is married to beautiful Dale (Wendy Crewson) but the couple is broke. Michael is completely insane, insisting to a visiting Sean that he will someday be free. Sean decides to sell the house where the murder occurred, and he and Dale go there to clean it up. Otto stops by with his mouthy wife…
The shooting & editing of this movie make it a fun watch. Unfortunately, the story itself is exceeded by the style, keeping it from being amazing. But I'm sure we can all think of form-over-function films & directors we just adore, right?
At any rate, it's great for folks craving made-for-TV snowbound Canadian twinsanity flicks.
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