Transfer (1966), Cronenberg's first film, is a surreal sketch of a doctor and his patient. From the Drain (1967) finds two men in a bathtub, which may be part of a centre for veterans of a future war. Stereo (1969), Cronenberg's first official feature film, stunningly shot in monochrome, concerns telepaths at the Institute for Erotic Enquiry where patients undergo tests by Dr. Luther Stringfellow. In Crimes of the Future (1970) Cronenberg worked in colour and with a find out more...

After American nuclear testing in the Pacific Ocean several ships are sunk in mysterious circumstances. The Japanese authorities close in on the nearby Odo Island where natives relate tales of a devastating monster whom they call 'Gojira'. find out more...

A highly advanced killing machine is brought back from a radioactive wasteland in a state of disrepair. It ends up in a young woman's kitchen where it starts to rebuild itself from household appliances. Adapted from the '2000 AD' comic 'SHOK! Walter's Robo-Tale', this is a critically acclaimed post-nuclear sci-fi thriller with plenty of atmosphere and a great cameo from Motorhead's Lemmy. find out more...

A 'Leatherface' type murderer who wears other people's faces, kills at an all-night horror-thon at an old theatre put on by a bunch of film students. Maggie, the lead character, believes it's really Lanyard Gates, a crazed film maker who killed his family live on stage fifteen years ago. And now he's back to kill his daughter, Sara, who is believed to really be Maggie. 

 

Superlative horror that blends great diy special effects, cinephilia and frights with aplomb. AN find out more...