Fright Club Live: Antiviral (2012)
Director: Brandon Cronenberg Run Time: 108 min. Rating: NR Release Year: 2012
Starring: Caleb Landry Jones, Joe Pingue, Malcolm McDowell, Sarah Gadon, Sheila McCarthy
Country: Canada, France
Language: English
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Official Selection, 2012 Cannes Film Festival
Syd March is an employee at a clinic that sells injections of live viruses harvested from sick celebrities to obsessed fans. Biological communion – for a price. Syd also supplies illegal samples of these viruses to piracy groups, smuggling them from the clinic in his own body. When he becomes infected with the disease that kills super sensation Hannah Geist, Syd becomes a target for collectors and rabid fans. He must unravel the mystery surrounding her death before he suffers the same fate.
“gives new meaning to the concept of celebrity culture… twisted, intriguing science-fiction”
About the filmmaker:
Brandon Cronenberg is a critically acclaimed screenwriter and director from Toronto, Canada. His debut feature film, Antiviral (2012), premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and went on to win a number of awards, including Best Canadian First Feature Film at the Toronto International Film Festival. His short film Please Speak Continuously and Describe Your Experiences as They Come to You (2019) premiered at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival Critics’ Week. His second and third feature films – Possessor (2020) and Infinity Pool (2023) – premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Brandon is the son of celebrated filmmaker David Cronenberg.
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