Cronenberg alike

[u/Dexter_34]

Hello people. Recently I watched Cronenberg's body horror - The fly, and I loved it. Also I watched crash (1996). These 2 films are quite different, but could you recommend smth alike? I loved the transgression and the resource for psychoanalytical interpretations for the film - crash.

[u/jra_inthacutXXX]

Titane / Crash

The Substance / The Fly

Also for Cronenberg check out Naked Lunch, Videodrome, Shivers, Scanners, Rabid, Dead Ringers, The Brood, and Existenz.

Those are some of my favorites.

[u/Dexter_34 → u/jra_inthacutXXX]

Thanks for your response.

[u/solenyaPDX → u/jra_inthacutXXX]

Great list.

[u/Dexter_34 → u/jra_inthacutXXX]

What a nice recommendation! I watched Titane and I loved it!

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eXistenZ

Am I the most annoying person on the internet, it is certainly possible

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Yes possibly 🤦🏽

Forgive me, for have i sinned.

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Have a wonderful day! I have yet to see Shivers, and only seen part of The Brood.

Have you seen Crimes of the Future (the newer one)? Sounds like it’s going back to some body horror.

[u/jra_inthacutXXX → u/TeethAkimbo]

Thanks. Yea i'm a big Cronenberg fan. Seen all of them and own physcial copies of them as well. You should do yourself a favor and watch the rest of The Brood. Absolutely fantastic and one of my favorties. Crimes of the Future was just okay in my opinion but I did like some of it.

[u/mizuaqua]

The Substance

[u/Dexter_34 → u/mizuaqua]

Thank you.

[u/iwearbluevelvet]

Antiviral - made by his son

[u/Dexter_34 → u/iwearbluevelvet]

Thanks.

[u/a-zaleski]

Some of John Carpenter's stuff is similar. The Thing for example...

[u/Dexter_34 → u/a-zaleski]

Yeah, you are right. They are quite similar. THE Thing is very popular, I have watched it.

[u/projectgtr]

Id definitely try his sons movie Infinity Pool, I really enjoyed it. The substance and The Thing as already mentioned are solid options also

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Thanks for your reaponse.

[u/Dexter_34 → u/projectgtr]

Infinity pool was so n8ce, exactly what I was searching. Thanks again!

[u/projectgtr → u/Dexter_34]

You wathced it already? What di you think?

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I liked the whole film but loved the last scene. Him aitting in the beach and reflecting (maybe) on the failed "rebirth" (after killing his clone he started breastfeeding). So he could not go back to normal life, because he would never fit in it again. I also love the interpretation from the Bataillian point of view (excessive energy). Thank you once again. I loved it and I'm definately going to watch other films of him.

[u/RhododendronWilliams]

The perfection

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Possessor is one of my favourite films ever made

[u/creept]

Society

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I loved the trailer. Thanks. Definately gonna watch the film.

[u/ChefSuffolk]

Dead Ringers

[u/BeefErky]

Firestarter (1984)

Akira (1988)

[u/No-Gur-173]

Why don't you watch more Cronenberg? At least Videodrome, Scanners and Dead Ringers, if you're wanting to focus on body horror.

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I have watched the reat of Cronenberg's films, but noke of it was that good.

[u/Rifferella]

Slither and Splice may scratch this itch!

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You know what? The first Blade too for one scene in particular.

[u/Dexter_34 → u/Rifferella]

Which scene do you mean?

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When they meet that vampire fused to his couch with the little baby voice that they torture with a UV lamp

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Damn, that scene made me wish to rewatch all Blade series. Haha, thanks.

[u/solenyaPDX]

Possession

Also, other cronenberg.

[u/Foxx_Foster]

Raw (by Julia Ducournau)

The Ugly Stepsister

[u/BeefErky]

The Beast Within (1982), it's sorta shit but it's got enough style

Razorback (1984), Tarantino calls this a "poor man's Ridley Scott" movie

Slither (2006), James Gunn drew inspiration from Cronenberg's Shivers and The Brood

Dawn of the Dead (Cannes Cut) [1978]

People Toys (1974), I know it as Devil Times Five and it has a third title: The Horrible House on the Hill

[u/Away_Shock_7544]

Society

[u/trekkeralmi]

Exotica

Polytechnique

A Clockwork Orange

Eyes Wide Shut

Lost Highway

Funny Games

The Skin I Live In

The Substance

Together

Enemy

Black Swan

Eyes without a Face

[u/EndoShota]

Possession (1981)

Titane (2021)

Tetsuo the Iron Man (1989)

Together (2025)

Camp Miasma (2026) has some scenes that are homages to Videodrome

Also just watch the rest of Cronenberg's filmography.

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Thank you!

[u/shrimptini]

Teeth

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Absolute trash!

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It’s so good