Through a Speculum Darkly: The Tragic Anatomy of 'Dead Ringers'

An unsettling tale based on a real-life case of twin gynaecologists who were found dead together, David Cronenberg's 1980s cult oddity is a strangely moving examination of addiction, biology and co-dependency. As Ramon Glazov describes, the film is also a rich senior secondary classroom text for English and health education students.

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Screens in the Classroom, senior secondary, Jeremy Irons, gynaecology, dream sequence, The Brood, Shivers, Stewart Marcus, Cyril Marcus, Twins