The Dead Zone (film)
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| - | '''David Paul Cronenberg''' (born [[March 15]], [[1943]]) is a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[film director]] and occasional [[actor]]. He is one of the principal originators of what is commonly known as the ''[[body horror]]'' or ''venereal horror'' genre. This style of [[filmmaking]] explore people's fears of bodily transformation and [[infection]]. In his films, the psychological is typically intertwined with the physical. In the first half of his career, he explored these themes mostly through [[horror film|horror]] and [[science fiction film|science fiction]], although his work has since expanded beyond these genres. | + | |
| - | ===Feature Films=== | + | '''''The Dead Zone''''' is a [[1983]] [[science fiction]]-[[thriller film]] based on the [[Stephen King]] [[The Dead Zone (novel)|novel of the same name]]. Directed by [[David Cronenberg]], the film stars [[Christopher Walken]], [[Tom Skerritt]], [[Martin Sheen]], [[Herbert Lom]], [[Brooke Adams]], [[Anthony Zerbe]], [[Ken Pogue]], and [[Colleen Dewhurst]]. The plot revolves around a schoolteacher, Johnny Smith (Walken), who awakens from a [[coma]] to find he has [[psychic]] powers. |
| - | *'''[[Stereo (film)|Stereo]]''' (1969) | + | |
| - | *'''[[Crimes of the Future]]''' (1970) | + | |
| - | *'''[[Shivers (film)|Shivers]]''' (1975) | + | |
| - | *'''[[Rabid]]''' (1977) | + | |
| - | *'''[[Fast Company (1979 film)|Fast Company]]''' (1979) | + | |
| - | *'''[[The Brood]]''' (1979) | + | |
| - | *'''[[Scanners]]''' (1981) | + | |
| - | *'''[[Videodrome]]''' (1983) | + | |
| - | *'''[[The Dead Zone (film)|The Dead Zone]]''' (1983) | + | |
| - | *'''[[The Fly (1986)|The Fly]]''' (1986) | + | |
| - | *'''[[Dead Ringers (film)|Dead Ringers]]''' (1988) | + | |
| - | *'''[[Naked Lunch (film)|Naked Lunch]]''' (1991) | + | |
| - | *'''[[M. Butterfly (film)|M. Butterfly]]''' (1993) | + | |
| - | *'''[[Crash (1996 film)|Crash]]''' (1996) | + | |
| - | *'''[[eXistenZ]]''' (1999) | + | |
| - | *'''[[Spider (film)|Spider]]''' (2002) | + | |
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| - | *'''[[Eastern Promises (film)|Eastern Promises]]''' (2007) | + | |
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The Dead Zone is a 1983 science fiction-thriller film based on the Stephen King novel of the same name. Directed by David Cronenberg, the film stars Christopher Walken, Tom Skerritt, Martin Sheen, Herbert Lom, Brooke Adams, Anthony Zerbe, Ken Pogue, and Colleen Dewhurst. The plot revolves around a schoolteacher, Johnny Smith (Walken), who awakens from a coma to find he has psychic powers.
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