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'Mirror Images' was one of the first T&A flicks I picked up off a video store shelf as a young man. It's not hard to see why. The movie box told you what you were in store for and they weren't lying I'll give them that. However this didn't deliver like I wanted it to.

A tepid story of a bored, rich housewife fulfilling sexual fantasies at the dark end of the street care of her runaway stripper twin sister doesn't go anywhere exciting or noteworthy. It's b-movie 101. Typical story aside, the sex didn't make any impact and that's saying something.

Delia Sheppard as the dual roles provides skin as does total babe and genre mainstay Julie Strain, but this isn't explosive stuff. You can catch John O'Hurley (Yes, I'm J. Peterman) in an early role as the main police detective. While adult hardcore director Gregory Dark filmed this under a pseudonym which was fashionable back in the day.

Bottom line. You're not here for the story. You're here for the nude bits, but there's much better found elsewhere. A standalone sequel followed a year later featuring Shannon Whirry and another take on the twin sis formula which was much better where it counts.

One of those movies you would find hard recorded to a VHS tape, 'Mirror Images' is surprisingly high in style and reasonably well made considering its small scale.

Delia Sheppard is actually quite good at realistic subtlety - she genuinely looks and behaves like a real human being rather than an over the top theatrical caricature and I have a preference for that method. Jeff Conaway is not a good actor and seems bored and childish. John O'Hurley impresses more and is the best male character in the film.

The film dabbles into the themes of lesbianism and bisexuality in a respectable way and overall as a story/plot piece and erotic softcore content, it's quite meaningful and surprisingly wholesome.

This is one of those thriller type films that I only wanted to see for the chance of some good nudity or sex scenes. I remember there are a couple of good moments, no lesbians or anything, but some very good nudity content. Obviously I pay no attention to the story that is meant to be going on in this film and I don't know any of the actors or actresses. But I still become attracted to the woman in this film with her gorgeous body, that I unfortunately can't remember. Maybe if I saw this again I would remember just how much I probably liked this film. But for now, I'll just say that it probably is a very good film filled with some good nude and sex sequences. Good!

'Mirror Images' - A fun early 90's erotic thriller with slasher elements in this hazy dreamlike world of switched identities and seductive pleasures laced with political intrigue and murder and what could be more enjoyable than that. The movie is a rather entertaining and sleazy whodunit that features a fun cast, cheesy dialogue and plenty of deaths mixed with some classic T&A from the likes of Delia Sheppard and Julie Strain.

The Plot = Kaitlin Blair (Delia Sheppard), a bored and sexually frustrated woman adopts her twin sister Shauna's (also played by Delia Sheppard) identity when she goes out of town, but Kaitlin soon finds herself involved in a murder case.

Okay it would be a stretch to class this flick within the horror genre as it's more of a 90's sex thriller, but it does feature some light slasher elements within' its storyline and while it isn't the most original or exciting thriller out there, but the plot despite it's unoriginality is interesting enough to keep you invested and the erotic scenes are well crafted, even if the serial killer subplot and slasher elements isn't all that engaging and everything leads to a predictable and convoluted climax.

Delia Sheppard gives a convincing performance in the dual roles of the twins and proved to be good at playing both the naïve and innocent Kaitlin as well as the sexy and seductive Shauna. The rest of the cast were entertaining as well with John O'Hurley as the detective and fellow penthouse model Julie Strain as Gina and the real standout in terms of acting is Jeff Conaway as the sleazy and slimy husband.

Overall 'Mirror Images' is an entertaining and sleazy erotic thriller that features a lot of sex, some bad acting and an absurd plot that was fun if a little too ambitious to fully succeed.

This film was poor even by erotic thriller standards. I have seen a fair amount of the late night erotic thrillers on TV, Video & DVD. Most of them are not much and do not warrant a second viewing this was another of these.

Delia Sheppard is quite attractive but an extremely bad actress. She has actually appeared in mainstream film most notably Rocky V. This was however an extremely bad performance, nowhere near as bad as Anna Nicole Smith, but certainly not in the class of erotic queens Shannon Tweed & Shannon Whirry. The supporting performances are equally bad.

The plot was badly executed, hackneyed and uninteresting. The same sort of storyline has been seen many times before, and done way better. The sex scenes are very dull and not very erotic.

So basically on every level this film fails. Watch this if you want to be put to sleep as that is the only thing this film is sure to do for you.

If you are interested in Erotic Thrillers there are a great deal of these that are more worthy of your time than this garbage. It is an embarrassment for all concerned and better left on the shelf.