Tag Archives: David Cronenberg

The Video Nasties #130 – Scanners (1981, David Cronenberg)

Posted on November 10, 2018 by paperbacksandpugs

‘We’re gonna do it the scanner way.  I’m gonna suck your brain dry.’ Telepathy was a big deal in the late 70s/early 80s, and Scanners joins Carrie as one of the most well known films to tackle the subject. It’s … Continue reading →

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The Video Nasties #55 – Rabid (1977, David Cronenberg)

Posted on February 17, 2018 by paperbacksandpugs

‘Shooting down the victims is  as good a way of handling them as we’ve got.’ You want another example of just how arbitrary the Nasties were? Well then, I ask you this – why is David Cronenberg’s Rabid featured, yet … Continue reading →

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SHOCKTOBER HORRORTHON films 16 – 18

Posted on October 18, 2016 by paperbacksandpugs

16. Belladonna of Sadness (1973, Eiichi Yamamoto) There’s genres, there’s subgenres, and then there are Japanese erotic animated psychedelic witchcraft musicals. It’s fair to say that Belladonna of Sadness is a one of a kind. Jean and Jeanne are newlyweds. … Continue reading →

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CONSUMED by David Cronenberg (2014)

Posted on September 8, 2016 by paperbacksandpugs

In David Cronenberg’s impossible to summarise debut novel, we follow the bizarre misadventures of a pair of journalist lovers on the trail of a French philosopher who murdered and ate his wife. Ha, you say! That was not impossible to … Continue reading →

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