I think my favourite Cronenberg would have to be The Fly. Videodrome is a very close second though. Always an interesting film maker, I do prefer his early low budget horrors like Rabid, Shivers and The Brood. There is always something genuinely unnerving about those earlier films. I have to agree with stevoj on Scanners. Aside from some nice gore effects it is a bit of a bore. It was my first exposure to the brilliant Michael Ironside, which is a definite plus and it also gets bonus points with me for having Patrick McGoohan in the cast.
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