Tag: David Cronenberg

31 Scary Movies: ‘The Dead Zone’

Jeff Mitchell

“The Dead Zone” (1983) – Director David Cronenberg and writer Jeffrey Boam bring Stephen King’s 1979 novel “The Dead Zone” to life on the big screen in a gripping supernatural tale that spawned a six-season television series as well.  Here, Johnny Smith (Christopher Walken) was enjoying a happy life as a schoolteacher and a relationship with Sarah (Brooke Adams), but gets into a car accident and falls into a coma for five years. Sarah has moved on and Johnny laments the time and relationship that he lost, but he gains…

31 Scary Movies: ‘The Brood’

Jeff Mitchell

“The Brood” (1979) – “I’m in the middle of a strange adventure,” Nola Carveth (Samantha Eggar) says. That’s exactly how one might feel while watching writer/director David Cronenberg’s twisted film, “The Brood.”  Cronenberg pulls a sick idea from his imagination and gives it life in the form of this film.  So, horror movie fans, line up and give thanks….we think. Well, Frank Carveth (Art Hindle) does not have much to be thankful for these days.  His wife Nola is under psychiatric care in an unconventional hospital, and Frank finds bruises, scratches…