Movie Tagline: Two bodies. Two minds. One soul. Separation can be a terrifying thing.
Dead Ringers is a classic David Cronenberg movie. His 80s movies, in chronological order, are Scanners, Videodrome, The Dead Zone, The Fly, and Dead Ringers. That's a killer decade of movies, and Dead Ringers is the icing on the oozing, pulsating, quivering cake. Jeremy Irons plays twin gynecologists in Dead Ringers. Elliot is the dominant one who is more confident and successful with women. When he tires of a woman, he passes her (without her knowledge) to Beverly, the weaker, more passive brother. This system of theirs works for most of their lives. They are both happy, successful (if not totally codependent) people. But when a new woman comes into their lives, she throws off the balance of the twins' relationship by falling for Beverly, not Elliot, first. Identity crises follow, as well as some of that good old Cronenberg body horror we all know and love. It is not easy pairing beers with body horror movies. Some people may not want to drink anything while watching a movie featuring "mutant women" with abnormal genitalia and the bizarre gynecological instruments needed to deal with such abnormalities. But when you have twin gynecologists, and there's a beer collaboration in existence from Evil Twin and Beavertown, you have to bring them together. For the greater good. XXX Imperial Mild may not be easy to find. Sometimes we are compelled to recommend beers that are more limited. It is a kind of Mild Ale, so it is more of a Beverly beer than an Elliot beer. But it is also strong (9.5% ABV), so it's similar to Elliot as well. Elliot is definitely the mayor of Beavertown, both professionally and socially. But we can't be certain which brother is the Evil Twin. There's always an evil twin. Just, you know, food for thought.
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