Doppelganger

1993

Doppelganger

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Movie Info

This confusing but enjoyably weird film stars Drew Barrymore (still toying with her good girl/bad girl image) as Holly Gooding, a young woman who apparently stabs her mother to death in New York then shows up on the doorstep of young L.A. screenwriter Patrick (George Newbern), in response to his ad for a prospective roommate. Despite his attraction to her, Patrick is increasingly bewildered by the appearance of Holly's apparent double, whose existence she neither confirms nor denies. At the same time, Holly is tormented by recurring visions of her mother's death and the persistent snooping of an FBI agent. When Patrick becomes convinced that Holly is being pursued by her own evil twin, he learns from ex-nun and phone-sex operator Sister Jan (Sally Kellerman) that the deadly double is Holly's "doppleganger," a supernatural creature which haunts a human being after assuming that person's shape. One plot twist follows another before unraveling completely in a ridiculously contrived double-surprise climax. This film does boast good performances and manages to avoid most standard low-budget horror conventions -- that is, until the last five minutes, wherein its cleverness is derailed by plot holes large enough to fly a zeppelin through.

Rating:

R
Genre:

Horror, Mystery & Suspense
Directed By:

Avi Nesher
Written By:

Avi Nesher
In Theaters:

Dec 31, 1993 wide
On Disc/Streaming:

Dec 17, 2002
Runtime:

105 minutes
Studio:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

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Cast

Drew Barrymore
as Holly Gooding

George Newbern
as Patrick

Luana Anders

Dennis Christopher
as Dr. Heller

Leslie Hope
as Elizabeth

Sally Kellerman
as Sister Jan

George Maharis
as Wallace

Carl Bressler
as Larry

Peter Dobson
as Rob

Dan Shor
as Stanley White

Sarina S. Grant
as Detective Pouget

Sean Whalen
as Gas Man

Edward R. Murphy
as Doorman

Jaid Barrymore
as Mrs. Gooding

Danny Trejo

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Critic Reviews for Doppelganger

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This trashy horror flick is one of my favorite Drew Barrymore movies.

Feb 16, 2007 | Full Review…

Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

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Audience Reviews for Doppelganger

Sep 06, 2010

An okay thriller starring Drew Barrymore, who does a fine job, but the movie itself needs some work.

Aj V Super Reviewer
Jun 23, 2008

A few chills before Drew Barrymore's horror-thriller film deteriorates into drive-in hell.

Dean M Super Reviewer
Mar 01, 2007

The ending ruins this movie. Otherwise it's just creepy and weird. But then it just disintegrates into a bloody mess (both figuratively and literally).

Megan S Super Reviewer