One thing has to be said in my fellow Canadian David Cronenberg's favour--At least for the first 25-or-so years of his filmmaking career, he has always been one of the most surprising and brilliant minds of 'body-related horror', and from every conceivable angle. What other mind--out of 7 billion possibilities--could have come up with this, the combining of erotic pleasure with car crashing? He sure must have been an interesting catch in his early dating years, for the adventurous women out there...
A car crash victim inexplicably finds himself aroused by car accidents and becomes involved with an underground subculture of like-minded souls.
Quick Stats
6.5
TMDB Rating
1,388
Votes
1h 40m
Runtime
$9.0M
Budget
$2.7M
Box Office
30%
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Key Crew
DirectorDavid Cronenberg
WriterDavid Cronenberg
CinematographyPeter Suschitzky
ComposerHoward Shore
EditorRonald Sanders
Production DesignCarol Spier
Produced by
Alliance FilmsRecorded Picture Company
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Critics & Reviews
2 featuredI don't have a whole lot of experience with David Cronenberg's films and this is the first of his I've watched in a long time. Pretty obvious with the symbolism he was after but this isn't something I particularly engaged with despite the committed performances from the cast, although Elias Koteas was creepy good. No real plot with this one and by the end, while a unique movie for sure, not really sure I have much desire to watch again (at least anytime soon). **3.0/5**
Cast
James Spader
James Ballard
Holly Hunter
Helen Remington
Elias Koteas
Vaughan
Deborah Kara Unger
Catherine Ballard
Rosanna Arquette
Gabrielle
Peter MacNeill
Colin Seagrave
C
Cheryl Swarts
Vera Seagrave
Y
Yolande Julian
Airport Hooker
Nicky Guadagni
Tattooist
Ronn Sarosiak
A.D.
Boyd Banks
Grip
Judah Katz
Salesman
Markus Parilo
Man in Hanger
A
Alice Poon
Camera Girl
J
John Stoneham Jr.
Trask
