Can’t wait.

There are so few directors that get me excited, and sadly those who still can are now well into their 70’s. Sadder still, Cronenberg has found it all but impossible to get films made in the present day film industry which is hostile to anything that isn’t a gigantic CGI-filled blockbuster and/or insufferably woke.

But thank god here we are and Cronenberg has been able to squeeze out (I’m guessing) one more film, and from the trailer it looks as provocative and intelligent as you’d expect from Old Croney. Not only that, it’s a return to his body horror sci-fi roots - something he hasn’t really dabbled in since The Fly nearly forty years ago!

Rumours are that the final sequence, which involves the gory removal of mutant organs, will have audiences fainting and running out. It’s about time cinema became exciting and dangerous again, after so much bland, low-IQ garbage.

Viggo and a pretty impressive cast, including Léa Seydoux and Kristin Stewart should bring in the punters, and if this makes some dough then we could see a couple more projects from the great man. Here’s hoping. I’ll certainly be buying a ticket to this one 🎟