IMDb Review

More Than Sisters is one of the strangest entries in Shaun Costello's already very strange filmography. A bizarre mixture of remake/rip-off and that strange (lack of) sensibility only Costello's genius could bring to the screen. Utilizing the base premises of Costello's own 1975 film Lady On A Couch and adding elements of Brian DePalma's Sisters and Frederick Wiseman's brilliant Titticut Follies, what we have is one very strange film.

A young woman's husband (played by director Costello himself) visits a psychiatrist (the ever present Jamie Gillis) in order to find a treatment for his wife's nightmares. Gillis asks to interview the wife and we are then treated to an almost paranoid tale of a perverted Canadian asylum in which the woman's twin sister has been incarcerated and abused for years.

Technically speaking, More Than Sisters as an awful film. The direction is good, but there are major plot holes and the acting (especially on the part of Gillis who has always been described as one of the most accomplished actors in the genre) is awful. The scenes in the asylum are the main highlights and are certainly the strongest sequences of the film.

Nevertheless, I really like More Than Sisters, perhaps because of how strange and confusing (and bad) it is. Costello, who is known for his polished productions like Dracula Exotica, Fiona On Fire, Forced Entry and yes, of course, Waterpower does a fine job with this very haphazard, at times, film and in spite of its discrepancies, it proved to be quite an entertaining romp. A must for Costello fans, and a good experience for everyone else.