Maybe she was attracted to playing two parts for the price of one, having already shown a knack for duality in those "Parent Trap" and "Freaky Friday" remakes.

Whatever the reason, Lohan, harshly lit throughout much of the film, finds herself fighting a losing battle as she attempts to breathe some sort of life into an alter ego character that already has serious credibility issues.

It's also curious how she's the only stripper in the place who gets to keep all her clothes on while strutting her stuff, and the grisly clientele doesn't seem to mind.

But that's the least of the problems with Jeffrey Hammond's script and Chris Sivertson's pretentious direction, which signals the identity of the real killer so early on in the game, you're sure it has to be a red -- or, make that blue -- herring.

And whatever remaining subtlety somehow managed to escaped Sivertson's attention in this HD film is effectively blasted into oblivion by Joel McNeely's bombastic, derivative score.

Cast:

Aubrey Fleming/Dakota Moss: Lindsay Lohan

Susan Fleming: Julia Ormond

Daniel Fleming: Neal McDonough

Jerrod: Brian Geraghty

Director: Chris Sivertson; Screenwriter: Jeffrey Hammond; Producer: Frank Mancuso Jr.; Executive producers: Tom Gores, Johnny O. Lopez; Director of photography: John R. Leonetti; Production designer: Jerry Fleming; Music: Joel McNeely; Costume designer: Rachel Sage Kunin; Editor: Lawrence Jordan.