Directed by David Cronenberg
5 Episodes
Gooey, splattery, fleshy nightmares of contagion and transformation, the audacious cinematic transgressions of David Cronenberg are not so much watched as experienced in a visceral, full-body wave of can’t-look-away revulsion and fascination. These definitive body-horror classics—including his commercial breakthrough SCANNERS and what may be his pop masterpiece, the gloriously gory existential tragicomedy THE FLY—suggest that perhaps nothing is more terrifying than our own selves.
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Rabid
Episode 1
Directed by David Cronenberg • 1977 • Canada
Starring Marilyn Chambers, Frank Moore, Joe SilverDavid Cronenberg cemented his reputation as one of the most daring directors of his generation with his deeply disturbing second foray into the body-horror genre. After undergoing radical emergency su...
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The Brood
Episode 2
Directed by David Cronenberg • 1979 • Canada
Starring Oliver Reed, Samantha Eggar, Art HindleA disturbed woman is receiving a radical form of psychotherapy at a remote, mysterious institute. Meanwhile, her five-year-old daughter, under the care of her estranged husband, is being terrorized by a...
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Scanners
Episode 3
Directed by David Cronenberg • 1981 • Canada
Starring Stephen Lack, Jennifer O’Neill, Michael IronsideWith SCANNERS, David Cronenberg plunges us into one of his most terrifying and thrilling sci-fi worlds. After a man with extraordinary—and frighteningly destructive—telepathic abilities is nabb...
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1:02:47Episode 4Crimes of the Future
Episode 4
Directed by David Cronenberg • 1970 • Canada
Starring Ronald Mlodzik, Jon Lidolt, Tania ZoltyIn this early feature from David Cronenberg, a dermatologist named Adrian Tripod searches for his missing mentor, Antoine Rouge, in the wake of a plague caused by cosmetics that has wiped out all sexual...
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Stereo
Episode 5
Directed by David Cronenberg • 1969 • Canada
David Cronenberg’s first feature, 1969’s STEREO concerns medical experiments and telepathy and is a clear precursor to SCANNERS. The sixty-five-minute film, presented here, stars Ronald Mlodzik, who would go on to appear in Cronenberg’s CRIMES OF THE ...
