Tag: The Fly
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The Funniest Practical Effect in a Movie Is Also One of the Best
What makes a great practical effect? Though the rise of CGI and other post-production effects have romanticized the days of physical, tactile special effects, elevating even some middling rubber masks to “they don’t make them like they used to” status, there are still several routes this measurement could take. Maybe you value the way such…
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Is ‘The Blob’ Based on a True Story?
The 1950s was, arguably, the Golden Age of cinematic mutated monsters, thanks to a perfect storm of post-World War II anxieties surrounding the deadly power of nuclear weapons, mistrust in the intentions of science, and the advent of the Cold War and its offspring, the Space Race. The films during the period are indicative of…
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What Would Rob Zombie’s ‘The Blob’ Remake Have Looked Like?
The 2000s were a time when Hollywood was remaking just about every movie in existence, but one we unfortunately never got is Rob Zombie’s re-imagining of The Blob. The original classic is a prime example of a great ’50s monster movie, with teens running around, trying to make their town aware of an oncoming threat.…
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David Cronenberg’s ‘The Shrouds’: Everything We Know So Far
Canadian screenwriter, actor, and director David Cronenberg is widely considered one of the greatest legends of the film industry. With a wonderful list of films under his name, including the likes of Scanners and The Fly, Cronenberg has mastered a blend of the horror and science-fiction genres, especially when it comes to polarizing body horror…
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The Guts and Gore of ‘Terrifier 2’ Deserve Your Makeup Awards Attention
The Academy Award for Best Makeup (which added Hairstyling in 1993) has only been around, in earnest, since 1981. That year, macabre special effects genius Rick Baker won for transforming David Naughton into a grotesquely hirsute lycanthrope for “American Werewolf in London.” In that same decade, Chris Walas and Stephan Dupuis won for turning Jeff…
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David Cronenberg Has A Simple Philosophy When It Comes To Working With Actors
Some of the best filmmakers of all time are known for being total control freaks. “The Shining” director Stanley Kubrick is notoriously dictatorial on set, while David Fincher has a reputation for making actors shoot the same scenes over, and over, and over again. One cinematic master who would strongly disagree with this approach is…
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David Cronenberg Forced ‘Jason X’ Producers to Cast Him, Rewrote All of His Scenes
As the world prepares for David Cronenberg’s return to horror with the upcoming Cannes premiere of “Crimes of the Future,” certain fans are taking the opportunity to look back at the filmmaker’s most iconic horror projects. While films like “The Fly” and “The Dead Zone” remain beloved, it’s easy to forget that Cronenberg also starred…
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Neon Brings David Cronenberg’s Stomach-Churning ‘Crimes of the Future’ and Electric David Bowie Film ‘Moonage Daydream’ to CinemaCon
David Cronenberg dared CinemaCon attendees to sleep well tonight.The director, an architect of the body horror genre with “A History of Violence,” “Dead Ringers” and “The Fly,” made his first-ever trip to Las Vegas to showcase his next grisly film “Crimes of the Future,” testing the stomachs of movie theater owners across the nation.“It seems…
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‘Crimes of the Future’ International Trailer Reveals More Footage of David Cronenberg’s Return to Body Horror
There are not many sentences that will excite film lovers more than “David Cronenberg made a new movie,” but “David Cronenberg made a new body horror movie” is certainly one of them. The legendary director is set to return to Cannes this spring with “Crimes of the Future,” his first feature film since 2014’s “Maps…
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Why David Cronenberg’s The Fly Almost Didn’t Get Made
“Remakes are never as good as the original” is a truism that isn’t so true. One of the most compelling cases against this is David Cronenberg’s 1986 rendition of “The Fly,” a remake of a 1958 sci-fi horror B-movie. Cronenberg’s “The Fly” centers on Seth Brundle (Jeff Goldblum), a counterpart to the original’s André Delambre (David…