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It’s the Booze Talkin’, Bring back Cronenbergian body horror

Posted 10 years ago

If you are a horror fan, there are a number of filmmakers that you connect to, ones that have inspired many of those who grow up seeking out the genre. You have Craven, Carpenter, Argento, or what have you, but one...

Cool Horror Gear: Mondo releases The Brood & Scanners on vinyl

Posted 11 years ago

Mondo is pretty good at taking our money, aren’t they? Today, they announced the upcoming release of a special “two cover” LP for director David Cronenberg’s classic mind and body-bender films SCANNERS and THE BROOD with original scores composed by...

Cool Videos: How they made the guy’s head explode in Scanners

Posted 12 years ago

It was 1981, when movies still used practical effects and David Cronenberg gave us perhaps the most infamous sci-fi horror scenes of all time. You might have never seen SCANNERS, but there’s a good chance you’ve seen the well-known scene...

Cool Horror Videos: Behind-the-scenes of the exploding head in Scanners

Posted 12 years ago

Even people who haven’t seen David Cronenberg’s SCANNERS are well aware of its famous exploding head scene, it’s just one of those iconic cinematic moments that will always be talked about. A behind-the-scenes video, which is part of The Criterion...

This Week in Blu-ray / DVD Releases: Under the Skin, Rio 2, Orphan Black

Posted 12 years ago

This week: Scarlett Johansson shows some skin, reheated Rio, and the clone wars resume for Orphan Black. ► Scarlett Johansson gets her freak on as a body-harvesting alien in Jonathan Glazer’s UNDER THE SKIN, luring dudes into bed (that must...

Criterion to release David Cronenberg’s Scanners in July

Posted 12 years ago

On the heels of yesterday's first trailer David Cronenberg's latest foray into the world of sci-fi with his upcoming MAPS TO THE STARS is Criterion's announcement that they will be releasing a true Cronenberg classic on DVD and Blu-ray on...

Top 10 Horror Psychics!

Posted 13 years ago

So, what do you guys and gals think of the CARRIE remake, opening today? Word is the cast and crew went back and reshot a bunch of shite in order to make the flick worthy of a hard-R rating. You...

Cool Horror Gear: Have your mind blown by this Scanners tee

Posted 13 years ago

Cavity Colors has just revealed a new t-shirt designed after David Cronenberg's SCANNERS and it's appropriately called "MIND BLOWN" — you'll see why! Whether you pick this one up as a t-shirt or tank top, it'll cost you $26.00 and...

Scream Factory will unleash Scanners sequels on Blu this fall

Posted 13 years ago

The folks at the Scream Factory are cooking up more horror goodness for you, announcing today that they'll be unleashing SCANNERS II and SCANNERS III in a double-pack at some point this fall. Scream Factory posted the key art for...

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