The Uncanny (1977)
Jul 6, 1999Cat Horror Anthology
A production from Amicus founder Milton Subtosky in the style of the horror anthology that made the company's name
Claude Heroux
The Brood (1979)
Nov 10, 2000Mutant Children/Radical Psychotherapy
One of David Cronenberg's great early films. Fueled by a messy divorce Cronenberg was going through, it is set around a radical psychological institute that encourages people to manifest their repressed angers through their bodies
Scanners (1981)
May 5, 2003Psychic Powers
Enormously entertaining David Cronenberg film about psychic powers. Cronenberg is fascinated with the conceptua possibilities and creates some sensational set-pieces
Visiting Hours (1982)
Jan 9, 2015Slasher Film
Taut and effective effort from the heyday of the slasher film, one of several films on the theme of a woman newscaster being stalked by a psycho. A young Michael Ironside goes to town on the role of the psycho and plays to the gallery with nastily effective results
Videodrome (1983)
Aug 31, 2000Reality-Manipulating TV
Absolutely fascinating David Cronenberg film that swims with a heady mix of ideas that blur tv, reality and the human body
Of Unknown Origin (1983)
May 20, 2011Man vs an Intelligent Rat
Underrated film with Peter Weller as a Wall Street banker who has his life overturned in trying to deal with a tenacious, seemingly hyper-intelligent rat that invades his home