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of the 1972

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film of the same name, it stars

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, and

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in the leading roles, with

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and

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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

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Cast

as Dr. Philip Lacan *

as Angelique/Annabel Tristiana *

as Grace Collier *

as Dylan Wallace *

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 ''

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'' at the 1998

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, producer Edward R. Pressman announced his intention to remake ''

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''. 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
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remakes at the moment like ''
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'', ''
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'' and '' Psycho''. So why not remake a Hitchcock knock-off. which was what SISTERS was always being called.

The film was filmed in 2006 in

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as well as

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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

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in the United States on March 11, 2008.

References

External links

* * 2006 films 2006 horror films Remakes of American films American independent films Horror film remakes Films about twin sisters Films shot in North Carolina Films shot in Vancouver 2000s English-language films 2000s American films English-language horror films {{2000s-horror-film-stub