The Fly (remake)
A scientist who becomes half human and half fly slowly transforms more into fly than man…
Painkillers
Dead in the water
The Fly (remake)
A scientist who becomes half human and half fly slowly transforms more into fly than man…
Painkillers
Dead in the water
As She Climbed Across the Table
The novel is a love triangle among an academic, his particle-physicist girlfriend, and the black hole that comes as the result of her lab experiments to replicate the origins of the universe. The physicist dumps her boyfriend to spend all her time with the black hole — which she calls Lack — and the university professor will do anything to win her back, even confronting his rival for her affections and risking a trip down a cosmic rabbit hole.
The premise has comedic and thriller elements, and Film Rites brought it first to Cronenberg, who has covered dangerous and creepy obsessions in films ranging from The Fly to Crash and Dead Ringers.-Deadline
[BD Review] ‘Naked Lunch’ HAS to be Experienced
Reviewed by Patrick Cooper
Sitting down to write a review of the Criterion Collection’s Naked Lunch Blu-ray, I thought about how I’d probably get nothing done if my laptop had a pulsating sphincter. The film, loosely based on the infamous drug-soaked book by William S. Burroughs, may be David Cronenberg’s most unusual and least accessible film, but it also might be one of his best. I’ve seen it a couple times before and re-watching it again, I was completely sucked in by the effects and audaciousness, but I realized it’s nearly impossible to accurately describe in the words of mere mortals. It’s one of those films that have to be experienced – like Holy Mountain or Robocop. READ MORE
David Cronenberg’s Legendary ‘The Brood’ Gets UK Blu-ray Debut
I would like this in the U.S. please. Thanks.
The Brood, one of David Cronenberg’s most chilling and disturbing works finally gets its long-awaited UK Blu-ray debut thanks to Second Sight Films.
This early masterpiece from the maestro of horror, stars Oliver Reed and Samantha Eggar and is still as shocking today as it was on its original release. It comes to DVD and Blu-ray packed with brand new bonus features on July 8 2013.
“Frank Carveth (Art Hindle – Invasion of the Body Snatchers) is becoming increasingly concerned about his ex-wife Nola’s (Eggar) secretive treatment at the sinister ‘Somafree Institute of Psychoplasmics’. Headed by cult figure Dr Raglan (Reed – The Devils), his controversial and extreme methods seek to unleash his patients rage, which take on physical manifestations. As Nola’s increasingly psychotic anger is vented during her sessions, brutal murders befall those at whom it’s directed. When Frank’s daughter is abducted he is led to Raglan’s Institute and a terrifying, repellent final confrontation, renowned as one of the most notorious scenes in horror cinema.” READ MORE
[Editorial] Why Are We So Against Romance In Horror?
“Do you believe in destiny? That even the powers of time can be altered for a single purpose? That the luckiest man who walks on this earth is the one who finds… true love?” – Count Dracula (Bram Stoker’s Dracula 1992)
There was a time in horror when romance was an integral part of the story, where love and the actions that characters would take for it were what moved the plot forward. Films such as the aforementioned Bram Stoker’s Dracula spring to mind as do many of the classical Universal monster films, Cronenberg’s The Fly, Carpenter’s Big Trouble In Little China, and countless more.
With tomorrow being Valentine’s Day, I thought that I would share my thoughts on the topic of romance in horror and why it seems to have faded. READ MORE
David Cronenberg To Star In Haunting Thriller ‘Body Art’
Iconic director David Cronenberg is returning to acting as he and Cosmopolis novelist Don DeLillo, alongside producer Paolo Branco are uniting on another film, Body Art, to be helmed by Italy’s Luca Guadagnino (I Am Love), reports Variety.
Cronenberg will co-star alongside Isabelle Huppert and Denis Lavant in the adapation of DeLillo’s “The Body Artist.”
Written by Guadagnino, “Body Art stars Huppert as a woman who, grieving after her husband’s death, discovers that a stranger is living in her upstairs room.”
Shooting is scheduled for summer 2013.
Branco’s Paris-based Alfama Films is producing, holds French distribution rights and will handle international sales.
Things Get A Bit Cronenberg-y In The Zombie Nation “Level” Video
Scion A/V has teamed up with Zombie Nation to release a video for “Level”, which comes off the recently released RGB (iTunes). The video shows a man with a speaker in his stomach walking around and starting random dance parties with people. It’s somewhat reminiscent of Cronenberg’s Videodrome in an odd way. Check it out below. READ MORE
David Cronenberg Talks About What His New ‘The Fly’ Would Have Been Like
A little over a year ago it was revealed that Fox had ultimately decided not to move forward with David Cronenberg‘s proposed revisitation of The Fly.
At that time he didn’t seem all that into giving specifics on the project, offering only, “I wrote a script and at the moment Fox is not wanting to do the project.”
Now he’s opened up a bit more to The Playlist about the aborted project stating, ““It wasn’t really a remake, it was more of a sequel or a sidebar. It was a meditation on fly-ness. None of the same characters or anything and, of course, with an understanding of modern technology. It was something I was very pleased with and it was a disappointment not to get it made… Again it was a budget problem, basically.”
Too bad! We’ve seen projects come back from the dead before, but obviously it looks dire. Would you guys have been interested in this movie? Or was the 1986 masterpiece enough for you?
TV: Sam Raimi And David Cronenberg Brought Together By “Knifeman”
In a move that seems perfectly suited to the body horror aesthetic of David Cronenberg, he and Sam Raimi have teamed up for the new series “Knifeman”. It actually sounds like it could be pretty good!
Per press release, “director David Cronenberg will direct the pilot and serve as Executive Producer on its latest television series “Knifeman” which marks his first foray into television. Cronenberg has directed such movies as ‘Eastern Promises’ and ‘The Fly’.”
The show “is written by Emmy nominated writer and producer Rolin Jones (Friday Night Lights) with the story by Rolin Jones and Ron Fitzgerald (Friday Night Lights). Based on the novel by Wendy Moore. “Knifeman” follows the trials and triumphs of a radical, self-educated surgeon delivering a visceral and psychological portrait of the extraordinary and unorthodox lengths he will go to uncover the secrets of the human body. Executive Producers [are] David Cronenberg, Rolin Jones, Ron Fitzgerald and Sam Raimi, Josh Donen and Robert Zotnowski.”
It all sounds like it could be pretty cool. One note though, this is not Cronenberg’s first foray into television. He directed episodes of “Scales Of Justice”, “Friday The 13th (The Series)”, “Peep Show” and about a half dozen TV movies before this. READ MORE
Fox Doesn’t Like David Cronenberg’s New ‘Fly’ Script…
While many critics scream “f*ck remake”, they always forget of classic reboots such as David Cronenberg’s The Fly, which was based on Kurt Neumann’s 1958 film of the same name starring the great Vincent Price. And while Fox has originally planned to re-remake the film, in 2009 Cronenberg was eventually attached to develop a sequel to his disgusting 1986 masterpiece. It’s been deafly silent since then.
Just the other week Cronenberg revealed that he has recently completed the screenplay for his new take, unfortunately the studio didn’t bite. The helmer tells Indiewire that Fox wasn’t so keen on his new take, explaining, “I wrote a script and at the moment Fox is not wanting to do the project.”
Sure, that statement doesn’t really tell us much, and it appears the site didn’t bother to ask a follow up questions, but it’s clearly not a good sign. It’s quite unfortunate too considering the studio has finally started to support filmmakers and delivered not one, but two high quality blockbusters this summer (Rise of the Planet of the Apes and X-Men: First Class). READ MORE
Metric Working With Howard Shore On David Cronenberg’s Next Film ‘Cosmopolis’
Indie pop rock band Metric has announced via their official website that they have officially teamed up with composer Howard Shore to work on the score for the upcoming David Cronenberg (The Fly, Scanners) film Cosmopolis, which is based on the Don DeLillo novel of the same name.
The movie will follow Eric Packer (Robert Pattinson) on a fateful day as his limousine trip to get a haircut from his preferred barber turns into a strange odyssey across Manhattan. Through a series of chance encounters with his wife (Sarah Gadon), strange individuals, and his own costly financial miscalculations, Packer begins to see his world of wealth and privilege in an entirely new and unpleasant light.
Sounds like something right up Cronenberg’s alley, eh?
Blu-ray Review: ‘Videodrome’
David Cronenberg’s is one of the most prophetic horror visionaries ever. They Came From Within aka Shivers – featuring bloody potato monsters that increase libidos – foretold the pharmaceutical development of positive parasitology; Rabid explored our infatuation with plastic surgery, and the sleazy, overnight butchers that would sully their profession; The Brood tackled the subject of physical manifestations of emotions; and Scanners, his break out film in America, showcased Cronenberg’s fascination with the effects of drugs and treatments on the human body, giving way to both positive and negative effects. Videodrome, a film that I feel is his best, was more ahead of its time than anything the director has ever made. Not only are many of the ideas more relevant than ever in today’s climate, but some haven’t even been fully realized.
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A History of Violence
The film tells the story of an ordinary family’s life after the father receives unwanted national attention for a seemingly vigilante-style self-defense killing at his diner.
Naked Lunch
After developing an addiction to the substance he uses to kill bugs, an exterminator accidentally murders his wife and becomes involved in a secret government plot being orchestrated by giant bugs in a port town in North Africa.
Nightbreed: Cabal Cut
Set in the Canadian wilderness, a search is on for a serial killer and an ancient tribe of monsters called the night-breed.
Nightbreed
Set in the Canadian wilderness, a search is on for a serial killer and an ancient tribe of monsters called the night-breed.
The Fly
Seth Brundle, a brilliant but eccentric scientist attempts to woo investigative journalist Veronica Quaife by offering her a scoop on his latest research in the field of matter transportation, which against all the expectations of the scientific establishment have proved successful. Up to a point. Brundle thinks he has ironed out the last problem when he successfully transports a living creature, but when he attempts to teleport himself a fly enters one of the transmission booths, and Brundle finds he is a changed man. This Science-Gone-Mad film is the source of the quotable quote “Be
Videodrome
Lowlife cable TV operator Max Renn discovers a “snuff TV” broadcast called Videodrome. But Videodrome is more than a TV show; it’s an experiment that uses regular TV transmissions to permanently alter the viewer’s perceptions by giving them brain damage. Max is caught in the middle of the forces that created and the forces that want to control Videodrome, his body itself turning into the ultimate weapon to fight them.
Scanners
A scientist sends a man with extraordinary psychic powers to hunt others like him.
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