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On this episode of the Podcast, the Soska sisters’ reimagining of the Cronenberg classic, Rabid.
So, does it succeed? Given how low the bar is set for remakes, the answer is yes…but not a resounding yes. In fact, this is a very very flawed flick.
Tune in, take a listen, as we contextualize the film with a contrast to the iconic, Montreal-lensed original from 1977.
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Halloween is approaching. Here’s a bit of a twist: My Top 20 Favorite Horror Movies. What will appear on the list? There are just so many a seasoned viewer can possibly choose from.
Will we see the likes of The Exorcist? That one really gets under the skin of Catholics and rightly so. What about Get Out? Jordan Peele is a real up and comer and someone to watch.
Perhaps The Last House on the Left? A true exploitation classic.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre? A low budget effort that continues to reverberate. Scanners? The Fly? A new term was coined just for Cronenberg’s oeuvre. What about Halloween, or perhaps Evil Dead? And you gotta figure George Romero has to be in here somewhere, right?
Tune in and check out the latest episode of the podcast.
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This week on the podcast, Brandon Cronenberg’s Antiviral.
Unlike most virus / outbreak / contagion films, where there’s a security breach at a lab and the virus gets loose, turning the populace into rampaging drooling creatures, the horror in Antiviral comes from a rogue employee who is smuggling out pathogens to sell on the black market.
And the viruses in question are ones derived from celebrities, so that people can experience “biological communion” with them.
As you might gather from the surname and subject matter, this one is an icky body horror effort, directed by David Cronenberg’s son, Brandon.
It’s quiet, discomfiting, and claustrophobic with an austere bichromatic colour palette.
The performances, especially by the very gaunt and captivating Caleb Landry Jones, are top-drawer.
On this episode of the podcast, putting both Cronenberg’s work in context, and exploring interior/body horror in Crash, The Brood, Shivers, and Dead Ringers.
