Sisters is a 2006 independent horror film directed by Douglas Buck. A remake of the 1972 Brian De Palma film of the same name, it stars Stephen Rea, Lou Doillon, and Chloë Sevigny in the leading roles, with Dallas Roberts and JR Bourne playing supporting characters.

Sisters
Official theatrical poster
Directed byDouglas Buck
Written byDouglas Buck
John Freitas
Produced byEdward R. Pressman
StarringStephen Rea
Lou Doillon
Chloë Sevigny
Dallas Roberts
JR Bourne
CinematographyJohn J. Campbell
Edited byOmar Daher
Music byEdward Dzubak
David Kristian
Distributed byEdward R. Pressman Film
Image Entertainment
Release dates
  • October 13, 2006 (2006-10-13) (Sitges Film Festival)[1][2]
  • March 11, 2008 (2008-03-11) (United States)[3]
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Premise

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The story centers on a news reporter (Sevigny) who, after witnessing a murder, becomes involved in a crime investigation surrounding a mysterious doctor (Rea) and one of his former patients, a young French woman who was born with a conjoined twin.

Cast

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Production

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During a screening of New Rose Hotel at the 1998 Venice Film Festival, producer Edward R. Pressman announced his intention to remake Sisters.[4] Pressman said of the project:

There’s obviously been a post-Scream reaction in Hollywood to the horror film. Scream regenerated the form commercially, and whenever a film does that well it tends to create a gold rush. That’s why we’re seeing all these Alfred Hitchcock remakes at the moment like A Perfect Murder, Rear Window and Psycho. So why not remake a Hitchcock knock-off. which was what SISTERS was always being called.[4]

The film was filmed in 2006 in North Carolina as well as Vancouver, British Columbia on an estimated budget of $5,000,000. It had a troubled release history, and was never given a theatrical release; it was eventually released on DVD in the United States on March 11, 2008.

References

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  1. ^ "Sisters, with Douglas Buck - Sitges Film Festival - Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantàstic de Catalunya".
  2. ^ "Sitges line-up announced".
  3. ^ "Sisters". DVD Talk. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  4. ^ a b Jones, Alan (January 1999). "Psychos and Sisters". Cinefantastique. Fourth Castle Micromedia. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
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