The horror director is back with a sci-fi shocker about mind-robbing assassins going on violent killing sprees.
He tells our writer why digital effects just don’t cut the eyeballBrandon Cronenberg has the sniffles.
This would not be worthy of note, but for the fact that the 40-year-old Canadian film-maker, son of horror pioneer David, made his directorial debut in 2012 with Antiviral, about a clinic that harvests diseases from celebrities.
For the right price, patients can be infected with Hollywood herpes, or catch the exact strain of flu that caused their favourite singer to cancel a tour.
So whose cold is he wearing? “Nothing so interesting,” says Cronenberg through a bunged-up nose.
“It’s just sinus trouble.
Sorry, I didn’t mean to be disgusting.”It’s a bit late for that, as anyone who has seen his films will attest.
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