The What would happen if our emotions, our repressed thoughts and memories, our fragile

psyches manifested and took physical forms? What would they look like?

Oh God, Noah.

No, I disgust you.

You hate me.

They'd probably be pretty good. You hate me.

They'd probably be pretty gross and terrifying. Having had huge success in the horror genre with his first two low-budget feature films, shivers and

rabid, Canadian director David Cronenberg continued to expand the areas that fascinated him within the horror genre.

These were mainly the inner workings of us and the horror of the human body.

It's me, Kim, Cameron, I'm here. body. would particularly explore the relationship and the connection between the body and the mind.

Positing the idea that when pushed to its very limits, the mind can be just as grotesque,

just as horrific, just as terrifying as the body.

Join me as we continue our journey through the mind and body as we discuss David Cronenberg's

the brood and scanners. You're not looking at me, Mike. You're not looking at me in the eyes.

Welcome back to the evolution of horror. My name is Mike and as ever I am your host.

If you're tuning in for the first time then welcome. In this podcast we explore and

dissect the history and the evolution of the horror genre by looking at particular sub-jomras one series at a time.

This series we are looking at the mind and body in horror cinema and this is part 8, in which, as that intro suggested, we are going to be giving you a double bill of David

Cronenberg Classics, The Brood from 1979 and Scanners from 1981. Both of these discussions will be spoiler-rific.

If you haven't seen these films, give them a watch.

They're so much fun.

And for any Kronenberg fans out there just to let you know that we haven't just skipped Shivers and Rabids, his first two films,

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