David Cronenberg

“CRIMES OF THE FUTURE” INTRODUCES NEW CONCEPT: BODY HORROR

Here’s a movie guaranteed to make you forget YOUR problems. David Cronenberg’s NAME kinda gives me the creeps, and his new sci-fi horror film Crimes of the Future, which just premiered at Cannes, had people walking out, gagging, after the first five minutes at the “body horror!” One audience member even had a panic attack. The story takes place in the eerie future when the human species is adapting to a synthetic environment, (some have developed the art of digesting plastic) and bodies are starting to mutate. It’s the next stage of human development where humans can grow new organs – in odd places. Despite the walkouts, the film had a standing ovation also. Viggo Mortensen and Kristen Stewart (above) star. Back to the present – Kristen looks like she’s wearing that unflattering skirt backwards – doesn’t a bustle belong in the rear?

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CAN YOU IMAGINE A REMAKE OF “THE FLY” WITHOUT JEFF GOLDBLUM?

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As a rule we’re against remaking classic movies (especially the ones we love,) but we might make an exception for “The Fly.” The movie’s director David Cronenberg and Fox are planning a remake of his dazzling and gruesome 1986 science fiction masterpiece starring Jeff Goldblum. Ironically, Cronenberg’s version was a remake of the 1950 movie starring Vincent Price. Cronenberg figures that special effects technology has advanced to such an extent that he can hardly wait to shock the audience with a far more terrifying and revolting version of The Fly. It’s hard to imagine anyone better that Jeff Goldblum as the lead.