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David Cronenberg would like to have a few words with you about death.

There have, of course, been an abundance of folks who’ve shuffled off this mortal coil within the Canadian filmmaker’s nearly six decades’ worth of movies, often in the most baroque, grotesque manner possible. (Who could ever forget this? Or this? Or even this?) No one dies in a Grand Guignol-style manner in The Shrouds, Cronenberg’s chilly, chic mix of conspiracy thriller, corporate-espionage drama, and cryptic-in-more-ways-than-one meditation on mourning routines; apologies if that constitutes a spoiler.

When the world was first introduced to Maxine Minx (Mia Goth), she was a budding adult film starlet traveling with her crew to Texas to appear in the film "The Farmer's Daughter." She tells her boyfriend/film producer Wayne that she wants the whole world to know her name, "like Lynda Carter or some s**t." He tells her that the whole world will lust after her because she's "got that X-factor." She has dreams of being a star with her name in lights, and she'll do whatever it takes to get to the top. This film was supposed to be her ticket to superstardom, but after the events of the Texas Porn Star Murders, Maxine Minx escaped as the sole survivor and had to start again in the City of Angels.

Six years after the events of "X," Maxine Minx returns in "MaXXXine," (read our review here) which sees...

Picture this: three hugely talented actors of Tinseltown in one highly expected flick, but not sharing the screen. Well, it seems Ryan Gosling will make a subtle yet significant appearance in Shawn Levy’s forthcoming Deadpool & Wolverine, but with a twist.

Yes, the Barbie star, 43, is not sharing the screen with the film’s lead stars, Ryan Reynolds or Hugh Jackman. According to a recent report, Reynolds’ Wade Wilson, aka Deadpool, will be seen wearing a Ryan Gosling shirt in the third Deadpool flick.

Ryan Gosling as Ken in Barbie

Deadpool, also known as Wade Wilson, or the Merc with a Mouth, originally appeared in the critically panned film X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009). The only true silver lining was that Reynolds, in the red suit, was a perfect fit for the beloved role. Fans were eventually able to see his first Deadpool film in 2016 after a seven-year wait, and Deadpool 2...

Let's not beat around the bush here — David Cronenberg makes some weird movies. For decades now, Cronenberg has gobsmacked audiences, blown minds, and mutilated his protagonists. These aren't just the things that make us barf, though. They're also the reasons that we keep coming back! There's something about his particular brand of body horror that is more than just its gorier parts. It's philosophical, it's ethical... it's Cronenberg! Whether you're looking at his early midnight movies like Rabid, big-brained mid-career gross-outs in Videodrome and The Fly, or his late-stage return to yuck cinema, Crimes of the Future, Cronenberg has always maintained his positioning as a singular artist. No one does it like David. Ever since the very beginning, he's been keeping it weird. So much so, actually, that his very first movie, Stereo (Tile 3B of a Caee Educational Mosaic), just might be the strangest.

Despite the silent era producing renowned gangster films such as The Penalty and Underworld, the gangster genre did not strike a chord with mainstream audiences until the pre-Code years of the early 1930s. Just prior to the implementation of the Production Code, gangster films like The Public Enemy, Little Caesar, and Scarface revolutionized cinema with their vicious protagonists and unprecedented screen violence. Ever since, for better or worse, audiences have seemed fascinated with cinematic representations of criminal life.

In the twenty-first century, gangster films continue to be a viable international genre. Martin Scorsese expanded upon his gangster movie legacy with The Departed and The Irishman. Hong Kong cinema has produced memorable gangster thrillers such as Infernal Affairs and the Election series. In Europe, auteurs like Jonathan Glazer, Jacques Audiard, and Matteo Garrone directed significant gangster works such as Sexy Beast, A Prophet, and Gomorrah. The best gangster films of the...

Fans can sometimes be very extreme when it comes to their favorite star, and Ryan Gosling once experienced the same following his split with actress Rachel McAdams. The former couple first met on the set of the 2004 film The Notebook, which featured them as the romantic leads. However, due to the initial tensions between the two, they did not start dating until 2005.

The Notebook

But, their relationship did not last and the beloved pair broke things off due to their hectic schedule. While Gosling and McAdams moved on with their lives, their decision didn’t sit well with some fans, as the Fall Guy star recalled almost being smacked by a fan for breaking off his relationship.

Ryan Gosling Recalled Fans’ Reaction to His Split With Rachel McAdams

After they started dating in 2005, Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams were regarded as one of Hollywood’s “it couples.” The actor even...

You’ve been asking for it and we’re thrilled to announce today that Cinedigm and Bloody Disgusting’s Screambox streaming service is now available on Apple TV devices!

You can download the Screambox app onto your Apple TV device right now, and start streaming all the original, exclusive, and catalogue content we’ve loaded onto the service in the past year. That includes big screen hits like Terrifier 2 and The Outwaters, plus award-winning documentary films including Pennywise: The Story of It and Living With Chucky.

You also won’t want to miss #RobertEnglundDay on Tuesday, June 6, which will mark the premiere of Screambox Original documentary Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story. Additionally, we just added A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), plus Tobe Hooper movies Night Terrors (1993) and The Mangler (1995)!

Other new arrivals for June 2023 include the entire five-film Subspecies franchise – and yes, that includes brand new...

The body horror auteur returns to favourite themes, if not the peak of his powers, as Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux and Kristen Stewart star in this playfully grisly tale of surgery as the new sex

David Cronenberg’s latest feature shares a title with an experimental film he made in 1970. In the wake of the original Crimes of the Future, Cronenberg would effectively invent, refine and then move on from “‘body horror” cinema, leaving a genre-defining canon of fantasy films that used the mutations of the flesh to discuss matters of life and death. Since 1988’s Dead Ringers, the Canadian auteur’s preoccupations have been more psychological (notwithstanding the mugwumps of Naked Lunch and the quirky genre return of eXistenZ); from the sexual pathology of Crash, through the stagey Freud/Jung melodrama of A Dangerous Method to the biting Hollywood satire of Maps to the Stars.

This new Crimes of the Future...

In 1984, a film about blue-collar entrepreneurs fighting a war against government bureaucracy — and an omnipotent eldritch god — solidified Ivan Reitman’s cinematic legacy.

If there’s one film that Reitman, who died Saturday at the age of 75, will probably be remembered for, it’s “Ghostbusters” — the blockbuster adventures of four misfits that blurred the lines between broad comedy, monstrous horror and working-class heroism.

But while “Ghostbusters” may have been Reitman’s biggest financial success, it’s that particular blurring of the lines that was the filmmaker’s lifelong calling card. Reitman repeatedly told stories that precariously but impeccably elevated the humor and heart in practically every genre.

The son of Hungarian Jewish immigrants (his mother an Auschwitz survivor and his father a World War II freedom fighter), Reitman grew up in Canada and studied music in college, gradually working his way into producing low-budget independent films. Reitman directed the comedies...

Ivan Reitman, the Canadian writer-director who brought gross-out, slobs-versus-snobs comedy to the mainstream with hit movies like Meatballs and Stripes, pioneered the 1980s blockbuster with Ghostbusters and helped Bill Murray transition from SNL veteran to movie star, died Saturday at the age of 75. Reitman’s family confirmed the filmmaker’s death to the Associated Press. A cause of death was not immediately available.

“Our family is grieving the unexpected loss of a husband, father, and grandfather who taught us to always seek the magic in life,” Reitman’s children Jason,...

Ivan Reitman, the legendary comedy director behind “Ghostbusters,” “Stripes,” “Meatballs,” and “Twins,” has died at the age of 75, his family told the Associated Press.

Reitman was born in Czechoslovakia on October 27, 1946. His family moved to Canada when he was four years old. He took an interest in film when he attended McMaster University as a music student, where he directed several short films.

Reitman began his career in the film industry as a producer for David Cronenberg, producing “Shivers” and “Rabid” for the horror director. He went on to direct the hit summer camp comedy “Meatballs” in 1979, launching a fruitful creative partnership with Bill Murray. He went on to direct Murray in 1981’s “Stripes,” and both “Ghostbusters” and “Ghostbusters II.”

In the 1990s, Reitman found an unexpected comedic muse in Arnold Schwarzenegger when he cast the action star in the comedy “Twins.” The film was a massive box office success,...

Producer-director Ivan Reitman, whose wildly successful comedies of the ‘70s and ‘80s included the blockbuster spookfest “Ghostbusters,” died in his sleep on Feb. 12 in Montecito, Calif., his family confirmed to the Associated Press. He was 75. The cause of death was not released.

“Our family is grieving the unexpected loss of a husband, father, and grandfather who taught us to always seek the magic in life,” his children, director Jason Reitman, Catherine Reitman and Caroline Reitman said via a joint statement. “We take comfort that his work as a filmmaker brought laughter and happiness to countless others around the world. While we mourn privately, we hope those who knew him through his films will remember him always.”

Born in Czechoslovakia and raised in Canada (where he first met such young comics as his later stars Dan Aykroyd and Rick Moranis), Reitman made his first major impression as the producer of “National Lampoon’s Animal House” (1978), the madcap,...

What darkness lies at the heart of man? The Sadness has been described as a zombie movie but there’s something more complex going on here. The Alvin virus, we are told, is seen by most as a harmless, ‘flu-like infection (by people naïve enough to believe that ‘flu is harmless) but people ought to be concerned about its potential for mutation because of its structural similarity to rabies. Yet whilst rabies causes hydrophobia, confusion and aggression, what we see here is a scenario in which the infected retain their ability to think but lose all of their inhibitions, experiencing a compulsive desire to act out their most horrific fantasies.

That it owes a lot to the work of David Cronenberg – especially Shivers and Rabid – will come as no surprise to anyone, but it’s much more handsomely produced than the Toronto director’s low budget masterpieces, something which will doubtless.

Do not adjust your WiFi settings. No, you are not experiencing a severe case of Deja Streaming-vu. HBO Max’s list of new releases for May 2021 are indeed highlighted by two very recent WarnerMedia hits.

For starters, Tenet finally makes its long-awaited HBO Max this month. Mark your calendars as May 1 is the day that you can finally watch Christopher Nolan’s latest cerebral thriller. Of course, Tenet already had its theatrical release, but obviously that was not really an option for many of us. In addition to Tenet, Wonder Woman 1984 makes its triumphant return to HBO Max this month on May 13. The Wonder Woman sequel already premiered on HBO Max this past December, now it’s getting a second run on the streamer.

In terms of newer originals, May is relatively light for HBO Max. The Jean Smart-starring comedy Hacks premieres on May 13. The latest Adventure Time...

Look, those of you who know me likely already know why I have an affinity for New World Pictures (hint: they’re responsible for a movie I think is really “swellraiser”). But I’ve always wondered what kind of film studio had the gumption to produce a movie at the height of the AIDS crisis that was directed by an openly gay man and revels in kink, incorporates copious amounts of blood, and dares us to indulge in our darker nature? It turns out that for a studio like New World Pictures, this tact was pretty much par for the course. New World’s history is all about taking chances, an approach that would ultimately lead to its downfall.

New World was founded by Roger Corman and his brother Gene in 1970. They distributed their first film, the biker flick Angels Die Hard, in June of that year, but their first...

This article contains spoilers for the ending of Scanners.

Scanners was the fifth commercially released feature film (and seventh overall) directed by David Cronenberg, the independent Canadian auteur who initially made a name for himself as a director of visceral, provocative horror films such as Shivers, Rabid, and The Brood. Released 40 years ago on January 14, 1981, Scanners was a turning point for Cronenberg in many ways: it edged away from the sexually tinged “body horror” of his first few films and into the realms of sci-fi, action, and conspiracy thriller, while adding advanced visual effects and an overall polish to the director’s clinical esthetic.

Although none of his films up to that point had achieved any sort of mainstream success outside Canada, Scanners was a breakthrough for Cronenberg: his most expensive film to date (with a budget of $4 million), it was his first to also earn decent money in the lucrative North American market.

It’s a great time to be a horror fan. Not only are Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video and Shudder awash with all kinds of horror movies old and new, but the Criterion Channel is getting in on the gruesome action with a month’s worth of horror titles from the 1970s.

The subscription service is the digital offshoot of the Criterion Collection, which for more than 35 years has been providing definitive archival home video versions of classic and contemporary films from around the world. Criterion launched its streaming service last year as a way to offer a curated cross-section of its library of films online.

Horror has always had a respectful home at Criterion, with the company publishing definitive editions of a number of the genre’s landmark films. The October rollout of horror movies for the Halloween season is similar to what other companies are doing, but the focus is the difference here.

The notion of cosmetic surgery and experimental skin treatments leading to a breach in the boundary between life and undeath has already enjoyed a good outing recently thanks to the Soska sisters' take on Rabid. Hot on its heels comes Yummy, a Belgian zomcom with a lot of blood, a dash of romance and not a whole lot going on upstairs. It's an affectionate tribute to House Of The Dead's much-loved hospital level (even managing to insert the line "don't come" and make it sound natural) but in a marketplace already crowded with shuffling, glassy-eyed hordes, it doesn't do enough to stand out.

The story begins with Alison (Maaike Neuville), her boyfriend Michael and her mother Sylvia (Annick Christiaens). Alison has chosen to visit an elite private clinic for a breast reduction (cue lots of groping...

Radar Pictures is developing a movie based on the audio-only mobile horror game BlindSide, which they’ll entitle Unseen, with sisters Jen and Sylvia Soska writing, directing and producing.

The horror feature will follow a Boston couple who wake up blind in a terrifying world they cannot recognize. They fear their sanity slipping away. They sense the presence of a strange new species, one for which light is not a priority. Michael Napoliello, Maria Frisk and Alex Power will produce for Radar. The actual mobile game has no visual, but an audio track of characters which you maneuver forward, backward, left or right.

“We have long admired Radar and the tremendous work they do as industry titans and innovators. We are very excited and honored to be partnering with this legendary team as they delve deeper into the horror genre and break new ground again. Unseen is a horror film...

The Vestron Video Collector’s Series returns when legendary director David Cronenberg’s horror classic Shivers arrives on Blu-ray™ and Digital September 15, 2020 from Lionsgate.

A cult favorite, Shivers is acclaimed filmmaker David Cronenberg’s feature-length debut and new title to the Vestron Collector’s Series. When the residents of a luxury apartment complex outside Montreal are infiltrated by parasites and transformed into violent, sex-crazed maniacs, it falls upon Dr. Roger St. Luc to contain the outbreak from spreading to the city at large in a film that “scares and shocks us because it’s so cleverly made,” according to Roger Ebert.

Vestron Video has been a leader in remastering the most unique and wide-ranging selection of classic films. This edition of a timeless take on sexual horror produced by Ivan Reitman (Ghostbusters), that stars Paul Hampton, Joe Silver, Barbara Steele, and Lynn Lowry, comes with five new special features (See...

We’ll be seeing more of Dan Brady on the upcoming second season of Virgin River. Ben Hollingsworth, who recurred as the character in season 1, has been promoted to series regular for the second season of the Netflix romance drama.

Based on the bestselling Harlequin book series by Robyn Carr, the contemporary romance story is centered around nurse practitioner Melinda Monroe’s (Alexandra Breckenridge) recent move to the remote California town of Virgin River. Yearning for a fresh start, Monroe soon discovers that small-town living isn’t quite as simple as she expected and that she must learn to heal herself before she can truly make Virgin River her home.

Hollingsworth’s Dan Brady is Jack’s (Martin Henderson) old Marine comrade who turns up in Jack’s life like a bad penny. Jack is anxious to help Brady – he feels an ongoing responsibility toward all the men who served under his command.

Former Kew Media Distribution sales boss Jonathan Ford has launched new distribution company Abacus Media Rights (Amr) in partnership with Amcomri Media Group.

Amcomri, whose other entertainment investments include 101 Films, 101 International and Hollywood Classics, has provided Abacus Media Rights with a funding line to support rights acquisitions.

Ford left Kmd, the profitable British sales arm of collapsed Canadian TV group Kew Media, in February after 13 years with the company. Kmd was later placed into administration and its staff made redundant.

Amr will initially focus on distributing documentary features and series, non-scripted and drama series.

The fledgling business has already acquired the rights to a slate of shows to represent on the international market, including CBC drama series “Trickster” and “Leaving Neverland” director and producer Dan Reed’s new HBO and BBC antibiotics doc “Superbug,” as well as Reed’s upcoming “Liberty City” for Channel 4.

Amr’s slate also...

Re-Animator star and legendary scream queen Barbara Crampton has finished shooting her latest horror project, appearing alongside wrestler-turned-actor Cm Punk in an upcoming supernatural horror movie. Called Jakob's Wife, the movie is also directed by Travis Stevens, who previously directed Punk in Girl on the Third Floor. Hailing from the production company Amp International, Jakob's Wife was shot "under the radar" and recently wrapped filming in Canton, Mississippi. In addition to starring, Crampton also produced the project with Stevens, and Amp's Bob Portal and Inderpal Singh.

Apart from directing, Stevens also co-wrote the screenplay with Mark Steensland and Kathy Charles. The plot "follows a woman in her late 50s who, after a chance encounter with 'the Master', discovers a new sense of power, a change that comes with a heavy toll." As a part of the cast with Barbara Crampton and Punk, Jakob's Wife also stars Larry Fessenden (Stake Land...

Bruce Campbell has responded to the fan campaign from some WWE fans to see Cm Punk as the next Ash Williams in an Evil Dead remake, and it doesn't look like the B-movie legend is convinced. Recently, we covered the social media push for Punk to land the role, with many publicly calling for the recasting to really happen. Noticing the reports of this news, Campbell himself has since weighed in on the possibility, and though he's all for Punk leading a horror series, Campbell seems to suggest the former wrestler would be much better off taking on an original character.

From Twitter, here's Campbell's official response to the Cm Punk as Ash fan campaign.

"You know what? Cm Punk is great! He should play a guy in a horror series named Nash, or Bash, or Lash. With all due respect, the name Ash is, like the best table at a restaurant,...

Bruce Campbell may have sadly retired from playing Ash in the Evil Dead franchise, but that doesn’t mean the series can’t continue, and the man himself has now endorsed a successor to headline a future movie in the form of Cm Punk.

A former professional wrestler and Mma fighter, Punk is new to the world of acting, but is already making a name for himself in the horror community after a small part as a predatory alpha male in the Soska Sisters’ remake of Rabid and more notably, the lead role in Travis Stevens’ supremely sinister haunted house horror Girl On the Third Floor.

After the latter of these hit Netflix, fans took to Twitter to express their belief that he would make a great replacement as Ash, and now Campbell has gotten wind of the support and thrown his weight behind it.

You know what? Cm Punk is great!

We might have seen the last of Bruce Campbell playing Ash in the Evil Dead movies, but even cult franchises have a tendency to steamroll on. Most fans would agree on the difficulty of finding someone who could bring the same combination of screen presence, physical capability and engaging personality, but some have put forward the suggestion of Cm Punk to take up the chainsaw and boomstick.

His is a name with which you might not be familiar, as he’s not long been a genuine actor. Prior to this, he spent 15 years as a professional wrestler, where at one point he lasted well over a year as the WWE Champion after defeating John Cena, and left in 2014 to pursue a different path as an Mma fighter. After insidious horror film Girl On the Third Floor hit Netflix though, fans made a swift connection between its star and the deadite-slaying idiot.

With Dallas's Texas Frightmare Weekend less than two months away, I thought they'd made the last of their big guest announcements. However, a huge surprise just landed in my inbox in the form of this incredible coup. Legendary director David Cronenberg will be making his first ever U.S. convention appearance at this year's Tfw convention. While he hasn't made a straight horror film in a number of years, his legacy in the genre goes back over forty years and has helped shape what horror has become in the years since his early work. Cronenberg defined the body-horror subgenre with his early influential work like Rabid, The Fly, and Videodrome; all of which have inspired filmmakers like Steven Kostanski (The Void, Psycho...

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Destroy the Brain‘s monthly ‘Late Nite Grindhouse’ film series is back in its new location! Head to the Marcus Des Peres Cinema this Friday and Saturday (February 14th and 15th) at 10pm for David Cronenberg’s 1077 biological-horror saga Rabid. Since this is a Marcus Theater, you’ll need to reserve your seats ahead of time Here. There may (or may not be) Tickets available the nights of the screenings, but they may be going fast! Tickets are $8. A Facebook invite for the event can be found Here

I saw David Cronenberg’s 1977 classic Rabid at The Hi-Pointe when it was new in 1977 double-featured with Larry Cohen’s God Told Me Too (then titled Demon). The Destroy the Brain‘s guys ran God Told Me Too at their monthly ‘Late Nite Grindhouse’ film series a few years back (at the Hi-Pointe again) and now they...

“Come to Daddy” begins with two epigraphs: Shakespeare’s warning that “the sins of the father are to be laid upon the children” and the Beyoncé lyric “there is no one else like my daddy.”

A similar duality can be felt throughout the rest of Ant Timpson’s proudly provocative father-son genre exercise. Initially presenting itself as a kind of family drama, its tense undertones gradually become overtones as the son, played by Elijah Wood, learns how far from the tree the apple really lands.

As the movie begins, Norval (Wood) arrives at the remote lake house of his estranged father, marking the first time the two have seen each other in 30 years; suffice to say it isn’t a happy reunion. Things are instantly uncomfortable, with the old man’s aggression progressing from passive to active over the course of their first night together. The reason for this resentment...

February’s home media releases are an exceptional bunch, led by Mike Flanagan’s Doctor Sleep adaptation, which is headed to a variety of formats, including 4K Ultra HD. In terms of other recent genre titles making their way to Blu-ray and DVD this Tuesday, horror fans will undoubtedly want to add Rabid (2019), Daniel Isn’t Real, The House That Jack Built, and Mon Mon Mon Monsters! to their collections as well.

We also have a few older titles that are making their way to Blu this week, including Frank Henenlotter’s Brain Damage and Evil Ed, and if you somehow don’t already own them, both the original Halloween and Halloween (2018) are being released on Blu as a double feature from Universal Studios Home Entertainment.

Other notable home media titles arriving on February 4th include The Nightingale, Perfect, Ouija Room, Restricted Access, and 10/31 Part II.

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Scream Factory Presents Rabid The Soska Sisters’ New Take On David Cronenberg’S Classic On Blu-ray™ February 4, 2020 Rabid comes to Blu-ray™ from Scream Factory on February 4, 2020, and includes an audio commentary with directors & writers Jen & Sylvia Soska, an interview with actress Laura Vandervoot, and the theatrical trailer. A gruesome accident …

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It's capable of transforming loved ones into bloodthirsty killers, and after initially being featured in David Cronenberg's Rabid, the hunger-inducing infection finds new life in Jen and Sylvia Soska's remake of the 1977 film. Following its theatrical, VOD, and Digital release in December, Scream Factory is unleashing Rabid on Blu-ray this February, and we have a look at the cover art and full list of bonus features, including an audio commentary with the Soskas.

Press Release: Rabid comes to Blu-ray™ from Scream Factory on February 4, 2020, and includes an audio commentary with directors & writers Jen & Sylvia Soska, an interview with actress Laura Vandervoot, and the theatrical trailer.

A gruesome accident ... an experimental treatment ... an unstoppable nightmare. Jen and Sylvia Soska bring you a terrifying new take on the legendary David Cronenberg's Rabid.

Demure and unassuming fashion designer Sarah, horribly disfigured after a grisly collision, agrees to undergo an untested procedure...

Exclusive: Amybeth McNulty (Anne with an E), Laura Vandervoort, Kris Holden-Ried, and Colm Feore are set to star in Maternal, a suspense thriller which will be directed by Megan Follows.

Set to begin production at the top of the year, the indie follows the terrifying journey of our protagonist Charley (McNulty) who, after a near-death experience, is haunted by her relationship with her deceased mother.

Chris John penned the script. Producers are Ideal Entertainment in association with RedHill Entertainment along with Dean Armstrong of 16/11 Films. The film will be distributed in Canada on Mother’s Day 2020. The U.S. theatrical release will be announced at a later date.

McNulty will next be seen in the third and final season of Anne with an E, which debuts January 3 on Netflix. Vandervoort can currently be seen opposite Ian Somerhalder in the newly released Netflix series,...

Rabid is a remake of the 1977 David Cronenberg film - of the same name. This latest production was developed by sisters and Vancouverites Jen and Sylvia Soska (American Mary). Their version has not been Rated. But, based on their previous work, this film will not shy away from blood and gore. Starring Laura Vandervoort (Jigsaw), Benjamin Hollingsworth (Code Black), WWE wrestler C.M. Punk and Phil Brooks, this horror title is hitting U.S. theatres tonight. The film will also show on Digital platforms. And, this release looks to be action packed. Several early reviews have come out on the film. Mike McGranaghan at Aisle Seat mentions the practical effects: "some stellar prosthetics and FX work provide chills." All of the effects, from the trailer, look decent. Ian Sedensky at the Culture Crypt mentions one of the film's themes: "luckily, “Rabid” is a film about transformation." The main character Rose (Vandervoort...

Arriving in theaters and on digital platforms everywhere today is Sylvia and Jen Soska’s remake of Rabid, which follows an aspiring fashion designer named Rose (Laura Vandervoort), who is involved in a terrible accident that leaves her horribly scarred and unable to adapt to her new circumstances. She decides to participate in a radical stem cell treatment that not only cures her, but transforms Rose in unimaginable ways that leaves a trail of victims in her wake.

Daily Dead recently had the chance to speak with The Soska Sisters about taking on Rabid and their approach to the material (which was incredibly forward-thinking for its time), and how they wanted to make sure they represented David Cronenberg’s legacy in their latest feature film. Jen and Sylvia also discussed collaborating with Rabid star Laura Vandervoort, and how much it means to them to be able to represent the legacy...

The most uneven of David Cronenberg’s early commercial horror features, the 1977 “Rabid,” was nonetheless probably the biggest success among them, in large part due to the novelty value of seeing “Behind the Green Door” porn superstar and erstwhile Ivory Snow detergent-box model Marilyn Chambers in a lurid mainstream vehicle. It’s also the one ripest for remake, if only because his just-prior “Shivers” aka “They Came from Within” and ensuing “The Brood” should be left alone — largely reviled upon release, they’re now rightly considered genre classics. Lacking their outrageous ideas and cumulative narrative momentum despite some striking elements, “Rabid” nonetheless has a strong-enough basic concept to warrant revisiting.

In theory, “twisted twins” Jen and Sylvia Soska are fair candidates for that job: Like Cronenberg, they’re Canadian, attracted to body-horror, and have cut their own path from micro-budget projects toward the mainstream. They also claim they dislike remakes as a rule,...

The infection has been unleashed! The Soska Sisters’ remake of David Cronenberg’s Rabid is now playing in select theaters and On Demand. To celebrate, we’ve got a brand new clip from the film, embedded at the top of the article. […]

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To my fellow entertainment journalists and bloggers, take this advice: Don’t let the ink dry on your “Best Horror Movies of 2019” lists until you’ve seen Rabid, the remake of David Cronenberg’s seminal body horror classic remade by Jen and Sylvia […]

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Canada’s horror auteur twins, the Soska Sisters, remade their idol David Cronenberg’s earliest and grisliest film.

Canadian filmmakers Jen and Sylvia Soska have been delivering artistic haymakers since they started their careers. It was back then that they self-financed, wrote, directed and starred in the the delicately titled Dead Hooker in a Trunk. Since then, they’ve also created their best and most acclaimed movie to date, American Mary (2012), while also directing a segment for The ABCs of Death 2 (2014), and two movies for WWE Films, the slasher sequel See No Evil 2 (2014) and the action thriller Vendetta (2015).

Their movies are marked by a decidedly feminist point-of-view as well as a gleeful, often outrageous use of gore and visceral horror, so it’s no surprise that they have now taken on the risk of remaking Rabid, one of the early films by their idol and fellow Canadian,...

To my fellow entertainment journalists and bloggers, take this advice: Don’t let the ink dry on your “Best Horror Movies of 2019” lists until you’ve seen Rabid, the remake of David Cronenberg’s seminal body horror classic remade by Jen and Sylvia […]

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From co-directors Jen and Sylvia Soska, the new horror movie Rabid releases this week in select theaters and On Demand. The movie is a direct remake of the 1977 horror film of the same name by director David Cronenberg, which is widely considered to be ahead of its time with an unforgettable performance by lead actress Marilyn Chambers. The result is a modern take on the story that pays its respects to the original in a big way, though the remake is certainly an enjoyable watch in its own way as well with many deviations to the familiar plot.

As with the original, the new Rabid follows a young woman named Rose whose face is badly disfigured after a horrific motorcycle accident. Desperate to restore her looks, Rose turns to an experimental stem-cell treatment provided by a shady doctor at a nearby clinic. The procedure appears to be a complete success,...

In addition to having an early Black Christmas, this Friday the 13th celebrates the Scream Factory! release of Rabid, Jen and Sylvia Soska‘s remake of David Cronenberg’s 1977 classic. Scream Factory! is kicking up the hype by sharing an ultraviolent clip in which a rabid patient chows down on some flesh, gobbling up several fingers. Meagan reviewed Rabid, calling […]...

On Monday, we shared an exclusive interview we conducted with Tristan Risk, who plays three different roles in the Soska Sisters’ upcoming remake of Rabid. Today, you can see the actress as a nurse attending to “Mr. Taylor”–and having a […]

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To my fellow entertainment journalists and bloggers, take this advice: Don’t let the ink dry on your “Best Horror Movies of 2019” lists until you’ve seen Rabid, the remake of David Cronenberg’s seminal body horror classic remade by Jen and Sylvia […]

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The Soska Sisters’ highly anticipated remake of David Cronenberg’s Rabid is coming this Friday the 13th and, trust me, you’re not ready. The film follows Rose (Laura Vandervoort), who has an accident that severely disfigures her. She decides to undergo […]

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To my fellow entertainment journalists and bloggers, take this advice: Don’t let the ink dry on your “Best Horror Movies of 2019” lists until you’ve seen Rabid, the remake of David Cronenberg’s seminal body horror classic remade by Jen and […]

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Happy December, dear readers! Now that the winter season is officially upon us, it only makes sense to take a look at all the great horror and sci-fi films (as well as a few genre-adjacent projects) coming our way through February, both on the big and small screen. Here’s a rundown of all the titles officially announced over the next few months so that you can start making your movie-watching plans.

Enjoy!

December 2019:

Automation (Epic Pictures) – On VOD December 3rd

A workplace robot, Auto, transforms into a killing machine when he discovers he will be replaced by a more efficient model. Auto fears being terminated and will stop at nothing to prevent his own destruction. The human employees must band together to stop him before it’s too late.

Daniel Isn’t Real (Samuel Goldwyn Films) – In Theaters and on Digital December 6th

Troubled college freshman Luke (Miles Robbins...

Happy Friday, everyone! With Thanksgiving officially over, that means we can look forward towards December now, and a brand new batch of genre films hitting various digital and VOD platforms over the next few weeks. Rlje Films is keeping busy on December 3rd and 10th, as they’re releasing a bunch of Shudder exclusives to mainstream audiences. And speaking of Shudder, the fine fiends over there have a few new exclusive films hitting their service in December, as well as Joe Bob’s Red Christmas special on Friday the 13th.

Ad Astra comes home on December 3rd and just a few days later, Adam Egypt Mortimer’s Daniel Isn’t Real arrives on December 6th, along with Little Joe and Knives and Skin. Peter Strickland’s In Fabric makes its digital debut on the 10th, and The Soska Sisters’ Rabid debuts on the 13th as well.

Blumhouse’s Into the Dark...

Film, TV and media financier BondIt Media Capital has formed a joint venture with sales and production banner Film Mode Entertainment.

The joint venture, unveiled Thursday at the American Film Market, aims to bring a “one-stop solution” to producers that includes financial lending, sales and production services.

The deal was announced by Matthew Helderman, CEO and co-founder of BondIt, and Clay Epstein, president of Film Mode. Bondit has backed “Loving Vincent” and “To the Bone.” Recent Film Mode titles include a reimagining of David Cronenberg’s “Rabid” and “Crypto,” starring Kurt Russell, Alexis Bledel and Luke Hemsworth.

“Clay and the Film Mode team have been a perfect partner for BondIt given their candor and transparency while also following through on strong sales across multiple genres,” said Helderman. “We look forward to building a long-standing partnership as we continue to ramp up our collective production and financing operations.”

Epstein said, “We...