Comments on: David Cronenberg’s ‘Shivers’ Getting Unnecessary Remake

By: CinemaPsycho

CinemaPsycho — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:07:05 +0000

The word "unnecessary" in your headline is… well, pretty much unnecessary. Because all remakes are pretty much unnecessary.

By: tristan eldritch

tristan eldritch — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:07:05 +0000

Shivers is one of Cronenberg's best – seriously, he went all fucking out in that movie, it's absolutely deranged. Shivers has more character, imagination and mentalness than any number of Cronenberg's more recent respectable, journey-man flicks. The remake will be bullshit, because a major component of the vibe and atmosphere of early Cronenberg was the cheapness, the library music, the secluded feeling of late-70s Canada. Interesting side-note: by pure coincidence, Shivers was released the same year as JG Ballard's High Rise, also about the denizens of a luxury high-rise running amok. Ben Wheatley is apparently working on an adaptation of High Rise, so it would be funny if they coincided again.

By: Michael Baywatch

Michael Baywatch — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:07:05 +0000

Could be interesting. I wouldn't call the original "awesome". It has that stuffy low budget seventies feel and Cronesy didn't really get it going until The Brood.