Bette Davis is a great actress but something about this movie just didn't click for me. I definitely wouldn't consider it horror. Maybe just a thriller and a lesser one at that.Edie Phillips (Bette Davis) kills her twin sister, Margaret, over a lie from 20 years ago that resulted in Margaret living a luxurious life with the man Edie loved, and Edie living over a ratty bar that's three months behind on rent. So Edie fakes a suicide and assumes the role of Margaret but soon discovers that a surface resemblance isn't enough to cut it when there's a nosy cop (Karl Malden) and a suspicious lover (Peter Lawford) sniffing around.
Unless you are a hardcore Bette Davis fan, there's really nothing here worth searching out. The special effects are pretty decent for their time but we now have deepfake performances of dead actors so it's safe to say that the bar has been raised.
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