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The Horror Channel showcases three of David Cronenbergs most defining films with a season that cant fail to shock and awaken the senses. Shivers, Rabid and The Dead Zone all receive their Horror Channel premieres, exclusively introduced by top horror directors Simon Rumley (Red White & Blue), Sean Hogan (The Devils Playground) and Pascal Laugier (Martyrs).
The season kicks off with the premiere of Shivers (1975), Cronenberg’s debut full-length feature that helped coined the phrase Body Horror. The infectious plot sees a parasite enter the bodies of people living in a Montreal apartment block and consequently turns them into libido driven, sex mad zombies. Clearly a fan of the genre, Cronenberg cast the unforgettable Hammer Horror siren Barbara Steele in what was to become one of the most iconic scenes in the film.
Next up is the premiere of Rabid (1977) in which Cronenberg is once again flirting with the themes of strange science and even stranger sex in this blood-lusty follow up to Shivers. This time a young woman becomes a test subject for an experimental skin graft when she survives a horrific motorbike crash but her new skin demands feeding. Starring Marilyn Chambers, this is Cronenberg’s twisted take on the Vampire genre.
Last in the season is The Dead Zone (1983), in which Cronenberg teamed up with Stephen King when he adapted his novel. Filmed during a relentless deep freeze in Southern Ontario, this horror thriller stars Christopher Walken. As Johnny Smith a man who wakes from a coma to find he’s lost five years of his life but gained psychic powers to foresee the future something of a gift that soon becomes a curse.
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