More Than Sisters (1979)

Note Générale:

(En attente de 5 votes)

Réalisateur:

Shaun Costello

Scénariste:

Shaun Costello (screenplay)

Genre:

Adulte

Accroche:

Her dreams were more than dreams. Her desires were the erotic nightmares of another woman.

Plot Keywords:

Sex | Oral Sex | Hospital | Nudity | Insane Asylum

Avis des utilisateurs:

A plethora of remakes

Ensemble

Lynn Stevens	...	Susie Bollinger (as Leslie Murray)
Jamie Gillis	...	Dr. Alan Bannister
Heather Young	...	Alice Randall/Eva Crimmins (as Colleen Anderson)
Eric Edwards	...	John Bollinger
Shaun Costello	...	Martin Randall (as Russ Carlson)
Robert Kerman	...	The Cruel Doctor (as Richard Bolla)
Marlene Willoughby	...	Matron MacNamara
Roger Caine	...	The Attendant (as Roger Kaine)

Autre(s) titre(s):

Every Women has a Fantasy Pt 3 (Australia) (video title)

Durée:

83 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur (Eastmancolor)

Rapport de forme:

1,33 : 1

Lieux de tournage:

Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Goofs:

Révélant des erreurs: Actress Crystal Sync's character is listed as "Matron MacNamara" in the film's credits but this name is never used in the film. Sync plays the unnamed matron of the insane asylum.

Bande son:

Score

A plethora of remakes

More Than Sisters is one of the strangest entries in Shaun Costello's already very strange filmography. A bizarre mixture of remake/rip-off and that strange (lack of) sensibility only Costello's genius could bring to the screen. Utilizing the base premises of Costello's own 1975 film Lady On A Couch and adding elements of Brian DePalma's Sisters and Frederick Wiseman's brilliant Titticut Follies, what we have is one very strange film.

A young woman's husband (played by director Costello himself) visits a psychiatrist (the ever present Jamie Gillis) in order to find a treatment for his wife's nightmares. Gillis asks to interview the wife and we are then treated to an almost paranoid tale of a perverted Canadian asylum in which the woman's twin sister has been incarcerated and abused for years.

Technically speaking, More Than Sisters as an awful film. The direction is good, but there are major plot holes and the acting (especially on the part of Gillis who has always been described as one of the most accomplished actors in the genre) is awful. The scenes in the asylum are the main highlights and are certainly the strongest sequences of the film.

Nevertheless, I really like More Than Sisters, perhaps because of how strange and confusing (and bad) it is. Costello, who is known for his polished productions like Dracula Exotica, Fiona On Fire, and yes, of course, Waterpower does a fine job with this very haphazard, at times, film and in spite of its discrepancies, it proved to be quite an entertaining romp. A must for Costello fans, and a good experience for everyone else.