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When Therapy Goes Bad
Years after seeing David Cronenberg's psychotic movie The Brood, I could not get this scene out of my head. Nola has been undergoing experimental "psychoplasmics" therapy with Dr. Raglan (Oliver Reed!), trying to deal with rage over her divorce from doughboy Frank. Using psychoplasmics, she winds up literally giving birth to her rage in the form humanoid creatures who kill people she doesn't like. In this scene, Frank has come to help their real daughter escape from mommy and her scary, fucked up rage babies. I love Samantha Eggar as Nola: She isn't just a horror show chomping on baby goo; she really gives you the sense that she's a messed up lady locked into a surreal custody battle with the bumbling but well-meaning Frank. More »
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David Cronenberg May Direct Ultra-Violent Time-Travel Remake
David Cronenberg (The Fly, Crash) is in talks to direct the American remake of the Sundance scifi crime movie Timecrimes, according to original director Nacho Vigalondo. Which would be amazing news for Timecrimes as Cronenberg could bring a lot grit and darkness to the American version, as long as it's not as bewildering as eXistenZ. More »
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Getting a Spinal Implant in a Gas Station Just to Play a Videogame
The movie eXistenZ is many things: a commentary on videogame madness, a chance to see Jennifer Jason Leigh caress a nipple-covered biological game controller, and a seriously weird "what is real" tale that doesn't always work. It's one of David "The Fly" Cronenberg's lesser films for a good reason. And yet there are moments in it that truly shine, such as this one when the squeamish Jude Law decides he needs to get a bioport — a game port in his spine — so he can jack into virtual reality and play Jennifer Jason Leigh's cool game called (what else?) eXistenZ. Unfortunately, he needs an untraceable gameport in the middle of the night, so he visits a local gas station to get one under the table. Who better than Willem Dafoe to shoot that sucker into his spine? [eXistenz]
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Critics are always saying that horror movies are about fearing vaginas, but they're wrong. Sure there's vadge imagery aplenty in horror (just watch the run of Alien movies if you don't believe me), but the scariest science horror flicks of the last thirty years are actually about everything that can go wrong with a dude. I'm not just talking about the malfunctioning penis that blows up Tokyo in Legend of the Overfiend. I'm talking about something deeper. And yes, maybe even . . . harder.
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Battle of the Genitals in Science Horror Movies
Critics are always saying that horror movies are about fearing vaginas, but they're wrong. Sure there's vadge imagery aplenty in horror (just watch the run of Alien movies if you don't believe me), but the scariest science horror flicks of the last thirty years are actually about everything that can go wrong with a dude. I'm not just talking about the malfunctioning penis that blows up Tokyo in Legend of the Overfiend. I'm talking about something deeper. And yes, maybe even . . . harder.
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10:41 AM on Wed Mar 19 2008
By Annalee Newitz
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Latest by SigmundTheSeaMonster: Let us not forget the ever so vaginal orifice of the Dune "spiced" Navigator. more »
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Come Shelter With The Monstrous Plant Creatures
A former special effects artist who worked on Cronenberg's The Fly has a new exhibition in New York. The New York Times calls Keith Edmier's collection of plastic sculptures "one of the more bizarre solo shows to come along in a while." His work includes weird-looking mannequins as well as monstrous plants that actually exist in nature, like this one. [New York Times]
Every David Cronenberg Movie, Described in Startling Detail
If you need a primer — or even a graduate-level course — on David Cronenberg, look no further than the excellent retrospective at UGO. Each movie, even his most obscure, is lovingly detailed and mined for the "most Cronenbergy" moments. [UGO]
If you need a primer — or even a graduate-level course — on David Cronenberg, look no further than the excellent retrospective at UGO. Each movie, even his most obscure, is lovingly detailed and mined for the "most Cronenbergy" moments. [UGO]
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