Sisters (2006 film)

Sisters
Official theatrical poster
Directed by	Douglas Buck
Written by	Douglas Buck John Freitas
Produced by	Edward R. Pressman
Starring	Stephen Rea Lou Doillon Chloë Sevigny Dallas Roberts JR Bourne
Cinematography	John J. Campbell
Edited by	Omar Daher
Music by	Edward Dzubak David Kristian
Distributed by	Edward 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
Country	United States
Language	English

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.

Premise

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

• Stephen Rea as Dr. Philip Lacan
• Lou Doillon as Angelique/Annabel Tristiana
• Chloë Sevigny as Grace Collier
• Dallas Roberts as Dylan Wallace
• JR Bourne as Larry Franklin
• William B. Davis as Dr. Bryant
• Gabrielle Rose as Dr. Mercedes Kent
• Talia Williams as Lily
• Rachel Williams as Eve
• Erica Van Briel as Sofia Tristiana

Production

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

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. Jones, Alan (January 1999). "Psychos and Sisters". Cinefantastique. Fourth Castle Micromedia. Retrieved February 25, 2023.

External links

• Sisters at IMDb
• Sisters at the TCM Movie Database