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**Directed by: James Isaac**
**Starring: Kane Hodder, Lexa Doig, David Cronenberg, Jeff Geddis**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 31 m**
**TMM Score: 2 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: It’s Incredibly Funny, Some Cool/Creative Kills**
**WEAKNESSES: Almost Everything**

Jason X (2001)

October 25, 2019

Jason Voorhees is frozen in carbonite for four hundred years until he’s brought back on a space ship.

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**Directed by: David Cronenberg**
**Starring: Paul Hampton, Joe Silver, Lynn Lowry, Allan Kolman**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 27 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Practical Effects**
**WEAKNESSES: Content Will Deter Viewers, A Little Sloppy**

Shivers (1975)

October 6, 2019

A strain of parasites infects a high-rise apartment complex and turns the residents into sex-crazed fiends.

s 1.jpg — Scanners (1981)

**Directed By: David Cronenberg**
**Starring: Stephen Lack, Jeniffer O’Neill, Patrick McGoohan, Michael Ironside**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 1h 43m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**Strengths: Special Effects, Surreal Atmosphere**
**Weakness: Confusing Plot Thread**

Scanners (1981)

June 5, 2019

A man discovers he possesses psychic powers and soon finds he might be the only one who can stop a rogue psychic who keeps killing people with his powers.

A History of Violence (2005)

April 16, 2019

Tom Stall had the perfect life, until he became a hero.

Eastern Promises (2007)

March 8, 2019

A London midwife delivers a baby for a dying teenage prostitute. When she attempts to find the family of the child, she finds herself dealing with a violent Russian mob family.

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**Directed by: David Cronenberg**
**Starring: Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 36 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Practical Effects, Makeup, Story**
**WEAKNESSES: Content Will Deter Some Viewers**

The Fly (1986)

October 25, 2018

An eccentric scientist has an accident in his lab that changes his life forever.

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**Directed by: David Cronenberg**
**Starring: Jeremy Irons, Genevieve Bujold, Heidi von Palleske**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 56 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Jeremy Irons, Directing, Writing**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Dead Ringers (1988)

October 25, 2018

Twin gynecologists take advantage of the fact that nobody can tell them apart, but when an actress comes to their clinic for advice the twin’s relationship and balance begins to fall apart.

eXistenZ (1999)

October 2, 2018

Allegra Geller, a world famous game designer and Ted Pikul, a marketing trainee, go on the run after reality-enthusiast assassins try to kill Allegra.

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**Directed by: David Cronenberg**
**Starring: Marilyn Chambers, Frank Moore, Joe Silver**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 31 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Practical Effects, Pacing, Directing**
**WEAKNESSES: Overreaches, Plot Holes**

Rabid (1977)

October 2, 2018

After a motorcycle accident and then subsequent experimental plastic surgery, a woman develops a strange disease, which makes her thirst for blood.

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