MANTIS IN LACE! I really shouldn't like that movie, since it's softcore ridiculousness, but I can't help it. She had scary trips about bananas. She chopped dudes up. I think I read somewhere that when the movie was first released as a sexploitation flick (called "Lila") it flopped. Cue a year later, when they rename it and sell it as a horror film: success! You gotta love that.
I really love Daivd Cronenberg a lot, but his most recent efforts (History of Violence, Eastern Promises) don't really resonate with me the way his body horror flicks of the 70's and 80's do. With Videodrome Cronenberg was starting to delve into a more avant garde type of filmmaking (something he perfected with Naked Lunch) but some of his earlier films like Scanners and The Brood were a bit more coherent. And disgusting (I made the mistake of eating during the finale of The Brood...I will never eat chili again). If you haven't seen it, The Brood is probably the best original body horror film he's done. And if you like Re-Animator, From Beyond is a nice pick too.
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Date: 2010-03-02 06:17 pm (UTC)I really love Daivd Cronenberg a lot, but his most recent efforts (History of Violence, Eastern Promises) don't really resonate with me the way his body horror flicks of the 70's and 80's do. With Videodrome Cronenberg was starting to delve into a more avant garde type of filmmaking (something he perfected with Naked Lunch) but some of his earlier films like Scanners and The Brood were a bit more coherent. And disgusting (I made the mistake of eating during the finale of The Brood...I will never eat chili again). If you haven't seen it, The Brood is probably the best original body horror film he's done. And if you like Re-Animator, From Beyond is a nice pick too.