Twins of Evil (1971)

AKA: The Gemini Twins

Film details

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DirectorJohn Hough
Year1971
CountryUK
GenreVampire
TypeMovie
Runtime87m
CastPeter Cushing, Dennis Price, Mary Collinson, Madeleine Collinson, Isobel Black, Kathleen Byron, Damien Thomas, David Warbeck, Harvey Hall, Alex Scott

Review

"The joy of Twins is in the zip. Not a moment is wasted on uncessary dialogue or character development; not a frame is lacking in blood or flesh... The movie represents a moment of change in British society. Hammer in the 1960s was puritan: evil was evil and good always triumphed over it. In the 1970s it began to absorb some of the cultural trend towards relativism. So when the movie opens the bad guy is someone who would once have been regarded as the good guy – the witch hunter... You might say that Twins is a mess. Its plot is daft, the actors seem to be playing out private melodramas and the message is convoluted. But the result is actually something that feels incredibly alive." - Tim Stanley, The Telegraph

Ranking history

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Murray Leeder's Horror Film - A Critical Introduction2018Unranked—
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Paul Wells' The Horror Genre - From Beelzebub to Blair Witch (Short Cuts)2000Unranked—
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Reg Traviss' Top 102012Ranked#9
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The Bedrock Blog's The Cutting Room Floor2010Unranked—
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