Word: horror
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...Venom” also resort to the oldest scare tricks in the book, making most of the movie predictable. The ever-present blanket of fog, the constant rustling of wind in the trees, and the malfunctioning, blinking halogen lights are in no way innovative elements in horror films...
...makers of the film, for instance, do not limit themselves to showing the possessed mechanic simply killing his victims with the wondrous toys of his trade as in “Last Summer.” Death is definitely not the end of the horror. The bad guy can now use the mutilated corpses of his victims to perform diabolical rituals...
Cronenberg embodied this fascinating dichotomy in an interview with The Crimson, where he rhapsodized on his new movie “A History of Violence,” his horror-filled past, and the differences between his native Canada and the United States...
...beginning of his career, the balance tilted more heavily toward violence and sexuality, leading Cronenberg to pick up nicknames like “The King of Venereal Horror.” His response: “that’s a very small Kingdom. I’d rather be the King of something bigger...
...King of Venereal Horror is aware of the extraordinary carnage throughout his films, but “nothing happens in the frame by accident.” The visceral quality of his images strike at one part of the mind, but it is only this opening that allows him to dually engage his audience with the meaning behind his stories...