Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

filippaberry84 I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Bluebell Alcock Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

Micah Lloyd Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

jellopuke Some amazing gore effects highlight this Canadian classic! Sure it's a tad slow moving and the lead actor is awful, but the movie has a dark charm and sinister underbelly that works well. Of course everyone knows about the head exploding scene, but don't stop watching when that comes about ten minutes in because there's lots of good stuff here! Cult classic that still holds up despite the low budget.

evanston_dad Wacky, campy mindf*ck from David Cronenberg about a race of people with telekinetic powers and the ominous powers that be that want to take advantage of them.Like a lot of Cronenberg's work, I couldn't always figure out when I was supposed to be laughing at or with this film. The premise isn't half bad, but the acting is atrocious, especially from Stephen Lack in the lead role. Jennifer O'Neill and Michael Ironside fare somewhat better, but not much. I can see why this film has a cult following, but it's also a reminder that cult films don't always achieve their cult status by being good.The gory makeup effects probably looked pretty state of the art in 1981.Grade: C

Benedito Dias Rodrigues No one make like this as Cronenberg did,original at extreme where the subject is powered minds and go on,with a low budge make one's best Sci-fi in 80',the Canadian is a genius really,the plot is amazing the movie never disappoint the audience,special effects are daring for those days. One's my favorite from Cronenberg!!!

classicsoncall This is a passable sci-fi story, but only if you're willing to overlook many of the internal inconsistencies. For example, Darryl Revok (Michael Ironside) and Cameron Vale (Stephen Lack) were both born under the influence of a synthetic drug called ephemerol, but Vale wasn't aware of it while his older brother was. So Vale goes his entire life not knowing who his parents were or where he came from, and with no childhood memories. Why wouldn't he have questioned his existence a long time ago? Or how about that business of Vale linking up his own nervous system with the nervous system of a computer? Really? How does that work? Oh yeah, over a phone line. See, I was paying attention, but that was just a bit too esoteric to grasp for this viewer, who manages to think about these things while watching a movie. Perhaps David Cronenberg, who wrote the script as well as directed, could have consulted with Captain James T. Kirk on how to effectively initiate a self destruct sequence on a computer program; Kirk did it more than once in his 'Star Trek' series run.Say, here's another one - early in the picture it was established that ephemerol can disrupt a scanner's telepathic ability, but near the end of the story, it's stated by Revok that ephemerol imparted scanning ability to unborn children still in the womb. Having it both ways seems like a contradiction in terms, but maybe I'm just overthinking the whole concept. Best thing for me to do at this point is take a biocarbon amalgamate and see a doctor in the morning.