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Chained For Life
Starring: Violet Hilton & Daisy Hilton Director: Harry L. Fraser
Siamese twins are accused of murder in this campy exploitation film.

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Format: DVD

Genre: Classic Exploitation

Average Customer Rating: Rating 3.8
Based on 17 ratings.

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ALP 4418D

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DVD Features:

Encoding: Region 0; Can be played worldwide
Package Type: Keep Case
Aspect Ratio: Full Frame - 1.33

Description by OLDIES.com:

Siamese twins Vivian and Dorothy Hamilton (played by real-life conjoined twins Violet and Daisy Hilton of Tod Browning's Freaks) expose the dark secrets and intimate moments of their lives in this unflinching expose. Employable only as circus performers, the sisters live and love in a world not made for them. One is a desperate romantic, the other a cold-blooded killer. When Dorothy commits an unthinkable crime of passion, the courts must decide if they can execute both sisters for the sins of one.

Low-budget auteur Harry L. Fraser (White Gorilla, I Accuse My Parents) hit exploitation pay-dirt when he convinced the Hilton twins to return to film after their debut in Freaks. Advertised as "The only female Siamese Twins ever!," the sisters allowed Fraser to exploit every aspect of their deformity.

Product Description:

Starring the Hilton sisters, who are joined at the hip, this story is based on a Mark Twain story called "Those Amazing Twins" in which one of the twins is convicted of a crime and both must face conviction though one is innocent. This film is so appalling it has become a novelty of sorts.

Plot Synopsis:

One of a pair of Siamese twins is convicted of murder and the other twin, although innocent, must spend her life imprisoned with her sister.

Plot Keywords:

Campy | Drama | Exploitation | Physically Impaired | Women In Prison

Cast and Crew:

Starring Violet Hilton & Daisy Hilton
Directed by Harry L. Fraser
Screenplay by Nat Tanchuck & Albert DePina

DVD Details:

  • Label: Alpha Video
  • Originally Released in: 1951
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 5 minutes
  • Video: Black & White
  • Region: Region 0 encoding; Can be played worldwide, NTSC-format.
  • Release Date: May 25, 2004
  • OLDIES.com Sales Rank: 4,918
  • Item UPC: 089218441898
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx); Counts as 1 item(s) for International Shipping.

Movie Lovers' Ratings & Reviews

Average Customer Rating: Rating 3.8
Based on 17 ratings.

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Rating 5.0 chained for life
Movie Lover: steven lardy from edgein -- May, 12, 2005

This is one of the true classics. The Hilton Sisters' acting ability is matched only by their wonderful singing. A must have for fans of TRUE entertainment.


Rating 4.0 The Hilton Sister's First Movie
Movie Lover: Big Dix Flix from Twinsburg, Ohio -- August, 23, 2004

Not those Hilton Sisters! The original Hiltons were simease twins who toured in Vaudville trying to stay alive.

This movie is not as dramatic as the cover makes it seem. It is in fact 75% of nothing except the vaudvillians working with the Hilton's at the time doing their acts.

Some long stertches of film are spent watching a juggler, an accordionist (does two tunes!) and then the Hilton's will do a song or two (the same song three times).

There is a really thin murder plot line which you kind of see coming up the block but there is no mystery .

Historicly it might be worth the watch. There are acts which will never be seen again. There is one dream sequence when Helen (Daisy) visualizes not being attached to Dorothy (Violet) any longer. The camera work is masterful in using another actress to portray Helen dancing alone in the garden, and cleverly avoiding Dorothy in the close-ups. It may seem over-simplified now but there was no computer to generate the images back then...


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