The Shrouds Review: David Cronenberg's Anti-Swan Song

Where’s David Cronenberg’s Scanners Roleplaying Game? Part One

Remember 1981’s Scanners? The king of cinematic body horror David Cronenberg wrote and directed Scanners, a film about psychics employing their telepathic...

FILM REVIEW: The Shrouds (2025)

Welcome to Fright Club! David Cronenberg’s latest offering is classic late-era filmmaker, morbid and deliberately sterile. The tone so cold it felt eerily similar to 'Crimes of the Future.' Although this body horror comes with a great sorrow, perhaps producing Cronenberg’s most personal film to date. A story of one man’s grief in the boundless age of technological advancement, where conspiracy and misinformation rule.

David Cronenberg: Grieving in the Digital Age

In his latest film The Shrouds, characters can livestream their loved ones rotting in the grave. Is this a new monumentalism? In 1631 the metaphysical poet John Donne raised himself from his sickbed, wrapped himself in a winding sheet and posed, as if already dead, for a memorial that would later decorate his grave. The resulting statue, now housed in St Paul’s Cathedral, shows Donne, bearded and serene, the ghost of a smile playing about his li…

Review: The Shrouds May Be David Cronenberg's Most Personal Film

There’s more than a hint of autobiography to the latest provocation from the Canadian auteur. There’s always been more than a touch of autobiography to David Cronenberg‘s films. That’s a wild assertion on the surface. It’s easy to cast your gaze over the assortment of mugwumps, mutant flies, psychics, and perverts (complimentary) that populate his work and dismiss it out of hand, but it’s true. Putting aside such valuable post-screening nuggets …

The Shrouds Review: David Cronenberg's Anti-Swan Song

David Cronenberg is one of the few filmmakers that taps into something I can’t fully describe about my perspectives on … Continue reading "The Shrouds Review: David Cronenberg’s Anti-Swan Song"