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In this episode Reed and Micheal discuss the 2002 drama "Spider".   Synopsis: A mentally disturbed man takes residence in a halfway house. His mind gradually slips back into the realm created by his illness, where he replays a key part of his childhood.

In this episode Reed and Micheal have an in-depth conversation about the 1999 sci-fi thriller "eXistenZ".   Synopsis: A game designer on the run from assassins must play her latest virtual reality creation with a marketing trainee to determine if the game has been damaged.

In this episode Reed and Micheal discuss David Cronenberg's 1996 adaptation of JG Ballard's novel "Crash".   Synopsis: After recovering from a car crash, a film producer becomes involved with an underground sub-culture of car crash victims who are sexually aroused by car accidents, hoping it will help him rekindle his sexual relationship with his wife.

In this episode Reed and Micheal discuss Cronenberg's 1993 adaptation of "M Butterfly".   Synopsis: In 1960s China, French diplomat Rene Gallimard falls in love with an opera singer, Song Liling - but Song is not at all who Gallimard thinks.

In a special episode, Reed is joined by Jeff Stewart, filmmaker and co-host of "The Film Blerds" podcast.  Listen in as the two of them do a deep dive into the 1986 classic "The Fly".

In this episode Reed and Micheal discuss Cronenberg's adaptation of William S. Burrough's "Naked Lunch". Logline: "After developing an addiction to the substance he uses to kill bugs, an exterminator accidentally kills his wife and becomes involved in a secret government plot being orchestrated by giant bugs in a port town in North Africa."

In this episode Reed and Micheal discuss the 1988 thriller "Dead Ringers". Logline: "Twin gynecologists take full advantage of the fact that nobody can tell them apart, until their relationship begins to deteriorate over a woman.

In episode 10, Reed and Michael discuss the 1986 body horror classic "The Fly".   Logline: A brilliant but eccentric scientist begins to transform into a giant man/fly hybrid after one of his experiments goes horribly wrong.

In this episode Reed and Micheal discuss the 1983 classic "The Dead Zone" Synopsis: When Johnny Smith awakens from a coma caused by a car accident, he finds that years have passed, and he now has psychic abilities which allow him to see a person's future with a mere touch.

In this episode Micheal and Reed discuss David Cronenberg's horror classic "Videodrome" from 1983. Synopsis:When Max Renn goes looking for edgy new shows for his sleazy cable TV station, he stumbles across the pirate broadcast of a hyper-violent torture show called Videodrome. As he struggles to unearth the origins of the program, he embarks on a hallucinatory journey into a shadow world of right-...

In this week's episode Reed & Micheal discuss the 1981 horror classic "Scanners" Logline: A scientist trains a man with an advanced telepathic ability called "scanning" to stop a dangerous Scanner with extraordinary psychic powers from waging war against non scanners.  

In this episode Reed and Micheal give us their thoughts on David Cronenberg's The Brood (1979)    

In episode 5, Reed & Michael discuss David Cronenberg's 1979 race car drama "Fast Company"

The Micheal & Reed discus David Cronenberg's 4th film, 1977's "Rabid".   Logline: A young woman develops a taste for human blood after experimental plastic surgery, and her victims turn into blood-thirsty zombies, leading into a city-wide epidemic.

In this episode Reed and Micheal discuss Cronenberg's third film, 1975's "Shivers".

Reed and Michael discuss David Cronenberg's first film "Stereo" in their continuing series of dissecting the director's entire filmography.