Decades before Viggo Mortensen declared that "surgery is the new sex," a young David Cronenberg was already dissecting the human form in his 1970 experimental feature, . While it shares a title with his 2022 film, the two are not remakes; rather, the 1970 version is a surreal, 63-minute arthouse trip that laid the foundational "biological horror" for which he became famous. The World Without Women
: Some men begin growing new, functionless organs—a recurring Cronenberg theme. Crimes of the Future(1970)
: The body starts revolting against itself in "artistic" ways. Decades before Viggo Mortensen declared that "surgery is
Before the Gore: Revisiting David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future (1970) the two are not remakes