Reviewed by Geno McGahee
A photographer, Adrian (Michael Callan), is having nightmares where he is killing the models that he takes pictures of, and his dreams are coming true. He doesn’t know if he is the killer or not, but he is seeing a psychologist to help him cope. Some of his dreams are so vivid and so accurate that he thinks that he must be the killer, but he won’t turn himself into the cops.
His brother BJ (James Stacey), is missing an arm and a leg, but still has charm with women. He doesn’t let the missing limbs stop him from making out with hot chicks…and his brother does incredibly well too. The brothers get the hottest chicks! Well, the photographer makes sense. They may benefit from sleeping with him, but the armless, legless, obnoxious bastard brother? I don’t get it.
I have to give the cinematographer and director (William Byron Hillman) a lot of credit. This movie was shot incredibly well and the reactions from the actors were a thing of beauty. I absolutely love overacting, and Michael Callan brought his A game when it came to this talent. In one dream sequence, he kills a girl and then talks to himself in the mirror, having multiple personalities. He takes a picture and shows warmth but another pictures sparks the anger and he calls all of the models “whores.” I watched it multiple times. It was hilarious.
Although this isn’t a full-fledged horror movie, it is a whodunit and there are plenty of suspects. There is the psychologist, gay friend (which was my pick), brother BJ, BJ’s girlfriend, and even the detectives could be involved…and the payoff at the end is decent. The killer is far from obvious and the film is very interesting and amusing from start to finish.
DOUBLE EXPOSURE is amusing more than anything else. If you enjoy over the top acting and a mystery, then this is your movie. It is a winner in my opinion, but then again, I’m a huge fan of overacting.
Scared Stiff Rating: 7/10.
