
Crash(1996)
A car crash victim suddenly finds himself turned on by car accidents and becomes involved with an underground sub-culture of like-minded souls.


“Two bodies. Two minds. One soul.”
Elliot, a successful gynecologist, works at the same practice as his identical twin, Beverly. Elliot is attracted to many of his patients and has affairs with them. When he inevitably loses interest, he will give the woman over to Beverly, the meeker of the two, without the woman knowing the difference. Beverly falls hard for one of the patients, Claire, but when she inadvertently deceives him, he slips into a state of madness.

Jeremy Irons
Beverly Mantle / Elliot Mantle

Geneviève Bujold
Claire Niveau

Heidi von Palleske
Cary

Barbara Gordon
Danuta

Shirley Douglas
Laura

Stephen Lack
Wolleck / Anders Wolleck
Nick Nichols
Leo

Lynne Cormack
Arlene

Damir Andrei
Birchall
Miriam Newhouse
Mrs. Bookman
Dead Ringers is a thriller, horror film released in 1988 exploring themes of bondage, based on novel or book, nurse, sadism, obsession, toronto, canada. Directed by David Cronenberg, it stars Jeremy Irons, Geneviève Bujold, Heidi von Palleske. Elliot, a successful gynecologist, works at the same practice as his identical twin, Beverly. Elliot is attracted to many of his patients and has affairs with them. When he inevitably loses interest, he will give the woman over to Beverly, the meeker of the two, without the woman knowing the difference. Beverly falls hard for one of the patients, Claire, but when she inadvertently deceives him, he slips into a state of madness.
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