#their cronenberg slay

[muadweeb]

ive always imagined the targargens looked so unnaturally beautiful, it was almost repulsive at times.

[evilfranzkafka]

professional gaslighter

[pikslasrce]

sometimes.. nepo babies deserve rights

[fancynuts]

[itslayspodcast]

What’s worse, spiders or rich people?

Rowan takes over hosting duties and is joined by Gill for a streaming DOUBLE FEATURE of INFESTED and HUMANE! Is this the year for fantastic feature debuts? Does Infested have Rowan giddy for the upcoming Evil Dead? And, does Gill think Caitlin Cronenberg lives up to the family name?

Tune in to find out if we gave these films a NAY, OKAY, YAY, or SLAY!

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[mourning-innocence]

Infinity Pool was CRAZY

[luthanraels-bignaturals]

Gay rep in a netflix show: Hey there. I’m Nolan, and I’ve got a kind of small, huge, enormous problem. I’ve got a crush,,, on another boy??? Am I gay?

Flamboyant drag queen friend: Nolan!!! You’re gay?! Let me be your mentor, you’re gonna slay so hard queen! Makeover time babe!!!! Slay!

Guy in a Cronenberg movie: I need another man to finger my bloody gash so badly I’m actually shaking

Guy #2: I have a vagania on my neck

[violence-infatuation]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NIGHTBREED (1990) DIR. CLIVE BARKER STARRING DAVID CRONENBERG AS YASS PUSSY SLAY SEXY EVIL PSYCHIATRIST PHILIP K. DECKER U CHANGED MY LIFE

[fagician]

@kimclitsuragi haiiiiiiii i like characters. doing ten. technically.

in order. plus explanations. hawkeye plus radar no explanation needed. sand and ray from only friends because. oh my god i love them. young neil from scott pilgrim!!! he is so me for real cronenberg for president. harrier du bois from disco elysium because he’s so me for real and also my wife ethan is kim. 😘. carmy from the bear because he’s so pathetic and fucked up. also tattoos. claudia interview with the vampire because. also she’s so me. i love her. she deserves the world. boris from the goldfinch also because he’s pathetic and kinda gay and slay and also i need to watch the movie. wat from the eclipse. because. i’m biased for film students and i love him he’s so wholesome. joel and ellie from the last of us because they’re so. oh my god. ough. and last but definitely definitely definitely not least. jimbo the cat from moonlight chicken. they made him do product placement!!!!!!! why would they do that to him he’s not even gay

[farmlesbians]

u said u were looking for gory movie recommendations i would 1000000% recommend pretty much anything by cronenberg (especially the fly, crash and videodrome. and dead ringers. ok anything by cronenberg svdndbjdnd) and also reanimator 1 and 2 if you havent seen em. so good. also frankenhooker surprised me with how much it slayed. lots of potential trigger warnings with each but oh my god theyre so good

oooh i've been wanting to watch the fly

[ljones41]

"EASTERN PROMISES" (2007) Review

"EASTERN PROMISES" (2007) Review Many years ago, I had seen for the first time, the crime thriller directed by David Cronenberg called,”A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE”. Viggo Mortensen had starred in the movie, portraying a happily married café owner, whose Good Samaritan actions against two thugs led to his disclosure as a former mob enforcer. Both Cronenberg and Mortensen reunited two years later to collaborate on another crime thriller called, "EASTERN PROMISES".

Based upon a screenplay written by Steve Knight, ”EASTERN PROMISES” began with a gangland murder and the death of a 14 year-old Russian-born prostitute after giving birth to an infant girl. The two incidents would resonate over the lives of a London hospital midwife of Russian descent named Anna Khitrova (Naomi Watts), a Russian mob boss and restaurant owner named Semyon (Armin Mueller-Stahl), his wastrel son Krill (Vincent Cassel), and the mob boss’ enigmatic chauffeur, Nikolai Luzhin (Mortensen). The plot is a little too complex for me to explain in this review. Needless to say that it centered around the mob boss’ attempt to recover the dead prostitute’s diary, which found itself in the hands of the hospital midwife. I would suggest that one find a way to see the movie. It will not disappoint. I know I found it very interesting. Yes, it has violence, but not as much that was found in ”A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE”. But the amount of blood shown in the film – especially in the gangland slaying and the prostitute’s death – seemed to like a metaphor of the story’s theme . . . and the connection between the major characters. On the surface, ”EASTERN PROMISES” seemed like a typical crime thriller centered around a Russian crime family in London. But the plot – like three of the major characters – turned out to be something quite different than what appears to be on the surface. What seemed like a gang war, turned out to be a lurid family secret that brings down the Russian mobster. As I had earlier pointed out, this theme is also apparent in three of the four major characters: *Krill – who seemed like a crude and murderous monster on the surface, who proves to be more benign *Semyon – a talented cook and mob boss, whose grandfatherly demeanor hides a darker and more ruthless personality *Nikolai – the enigmatic chauffeur, whose practical and cynical nature makes him unsuited to merely be the family’s driver. As in the case of Semyon and Krill, he turns out to be someone very different. And it is through the eyes of the London midwife, Anna that the audience becomes acquainted with the exotic (at least for American and British eyes) world of Russian émigrés mingled with the violence and degeneracy of the Vory v Zakone (Russian Mafia). Thanks to Cronenberg’s direction, the world of the Vory v Zakone seemed so exotic and something never seen before. In fact, it seemed so insular that the usual British atmosphere of London almost seemed miles away, despite the presence of Scotland Yard. One sequence that came to mind is the hand-to-hand fight between Nikolai and two Chechen assassins seeking revenge for the gangland murder featured in the movie’s opening scene. The sight of a nude Mortensen viciously defending his life against two burly assassins inside a London bathhouse is one that I will never forget. And I suspect that it will become an unforgettable scene in the minds of moviegoers for years to come. I was also impressed by the performances in the movie. Despite having the least interesting character, Watts managed – with her usual competency – to infuse pathos and spirit into the London midwife. And Mueller-Stahl did an excellent job of portraying a brutal and ruthless man who manages to hide these traits under a veneer of warmth and civility. But I feel that Cassel deserves an Oscar nod for his portrayal of the pathetic Krill, who tries to hide his weaknesses (or what he conceives as weakness) with a crude and extroverted persona. Finally, there is Viggo Mortensen, whose portrayal of the enigmatic Nikolai might finally allow the critics to truly appreciate his skills as an actor. Instead of using words or openly expressed emotions, Mortensen manages to reveal his character to the audience through subtle words (in a Russian accent that surprisingly works), body language, costume and especially in his eyes. What makes Mortensen so remarkable as a film actor is that he has no need for big speeches (which he had attempted in ”LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING”) or outbursts of emotions to convey to express his characters’ personalities. This certainly seemed true in the scene in which Nikolai has sex with one of the prostitutes, in the whorehouse owned by Krill’s father. Nikolai does not simply have sex with the woman. He IS FORCED to do so . . . on the orders of Krill, who wants Nikolai to prove that he is not a homosexual. The audience was well aware that the prostitute felt violated and exploited. But Mortensen managed to convey through his eyes, Nikolai's feelings of violation, exploitation . . . and disgust at Krill’s desire to watch him have sex with the prostitute. Good performances by Mortensen, Cassel and the actress who portrayed the prostitute. What else can I say about "EASTERN PROMISES"? I do not regard it as one of the best movies from 2007. But I feel that it is a fascinating and emotionally complex story that seems different from the usual crime thriller. Unlike "A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE", it is not capped by a violence sequence that gives us the last word on the protagonist’s fate. Yet, all the same, I found it very tense and emotional.

[from-beyond]

I just watched bad biology because I think you mentioned it and I'd never heard of it before, and wowza that was!!! a movie!!! it was weirdly compelling but also simultaneously felt like looking into the dreaming brain of cronenberg if he was a 15 year old 70s porn director. The lamp scene was genuinely really good though.

oh my GOD im both embarrassed and v pleased someone else watched it because of me

ur right tho it's got that frank henenlotter emotional core where even though the premise is stupid and bizarre its weirdly compelling. and i genuinely think the lead actress was so slay. she really sold the script.

[vonlipvig]

was telling my mom about movies i've seen recently and i know she likes jeremy irons so i went "yeah i watched a really good one with jeremy irons, it was from the 80s, he was really hot" and she goes "oh there's a great one where he plays some twins? they're doctors, it was fantastic..."

OK MOM LIKES DEAD RINGERS 1988. CRONENBERG GIRLIE HERE. SLAY.

[softwarmfur]

ate pussy with a half hour long car crash compilation playing in the background last night. my david cronenberg slay...

[smentarzysko]

spider 2002 dir cronenberg was so bangin i need to rewatch. mommy issues slay

[itslayspodcast]

Lube up your bio-port!

The squad gets gooey and explores virtual worlds with Mike’s pick, eXistenZ (1999). How do we feel about David Cronenberg's relationship with the human body? Does Gill have a thing for young Jennifer Jason Leigh? And, can the boys handle Jude Law penetrating that hole with his tongue?!

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