Casey Chong presents a selection of essential indie sci-fi movies of the 1980s… The 1980s era marked the rise of sci-fi cinema dominated by genre-defining blockbusters from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial to Back to the Future, Aliens, and Predator. Not to mention iconic IPs including Star Wars and Star Trek, which continued to rule the big […]
Peak Paranoia: Why David Cronenberg’s 80s Body Horror Movies Are More Relevant Than Ever
Adam Page on why David Cronenberg’s 80s body horror movies are more relevant than ever… There is a famous scene in Videodrome (1983) where James Woods reaches into his own stomach. Not through it, into it. His torso has opened up, quietly and without drama like a VHS slot, and he slips his hand inside […]
David Cronenberg’s Scanners and The Brood coming to 4K Ultra HD with limited edition sets
Second Sight Films has announced that two of David Cronenberg’s classic films, the 1981 sci-fi horror Scanners and the 1979 psychological body horror The Brood are set to arrived on limited edition 4K Ultra HD on March 31st; check out the cover artwork and details below… A scientist recruits a drifter with extraordinary telepathic ability […]
HBO adapting David Cronenberg’s Scanners as a series
It’s enough to make your head explode with excitement. David Cronenberg’s 80’s classic Scanners is being adapted and reimagined as a series for HBO Max. Five years since the idea of a small-screen Scanners was first mooted as a project for Michael Ellenberg’s Media Res and Bron Studios, THR are reporting that it’s now a […]
October Horrors 2021 – Scanners (1981)
Scanners, 1981. Directed by David Cronenberg Starring Stephen Lack, Jennifer O’Neil, Patrick McGoohan, Lawrence Dane and Michael Ironside. SYNOPSIS: A man with extraordinary psychic powers is recruited by a secretive agency to hunt down others with powers similar to his own. Mind readers, mediums and mystics, the world is full of people claiming to possess […]
The Best David Cronenberg Movies of All Time
Marvelous Videos presents Cronenberg nightmare fuel… David Cronenberg is one of the most iconic horror directors of all time. His name has come to be synonymous with a subgenre of terror that focuses on the degradation of the human body by internal and external sources. And boy that does that get to us! The natural […]
David Cronenberg’s Scanners is heading to the small screen for a TV adaptation
According to Deadline, Michael Ellenberg’s Media Res and Bron Studios have come out successful in a bidding war for the TV rights to David Cronenberg’s classic sci-fi horror Scanners, and are currently developing a small screen adaptation of the movie. Released in 1981, Scanners revolves around a group of people with telekinetic powers called “scanners”, […]
