David Cronenberg is a Canadian director known for films that explore visceral horror and psychological unease, from the body-horror transformation of The Fly to the brutal realism of A History of Violence and Eastern Promises. I have reviewed 4 of his films on the site so far.
Rating: 4.0★
Let's talk about practical effects, because if any film makes the case for them over weightless, pixelated CGI, it's this one. The Fly is the gold standard of body horror, and the reason it works so ferociously well comes down to latex, foam, and fake blood
Rating: 2.0★
The trailer sold me a lie. A tight, claustrophobic sci-fi thriller, bodies turning against their owners, paranoia spreading floor by floor through a sealed apartment block. Something in the vein of The Crazies, maybe, or Invasion of the Body Snatchers. I sat down fully braced for that film. What
Genre Horror
★★★ — The Brood (1979)
Genre Drama
★★★ — A History of Violence (2005)
Film images and data courtesy of TMDB. This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.
The best new reviews, a buried gem with where to watch it, and where the every-country challenge is up to. Free, no spam.
Subscribe free