Film Preview: Antiviral

Just one look at the trailer will show you that the acorn doesn't fall from the tree as far as Brandon Cronenberg is concerned. The body-horror has links to Videodrome which was an early classic of his father David and certainly shows that Brandon is as bold in his film-making. The end result, looking at the trailer, looks truly shocking and unsettling.

Antiviral is set in the future where the status of celebrity has grown to increasingly worrying levels that now companies are selling diseases that are harvested from celebrities to bring the fans closer to their idols. Caleb Landry Jones works for one company and decides the temptation is too much so tries it himself but realises the disease he has contracted is far more serious than anyone realises. Look out for Malcom McDowell as Dr. Abenroth.

The film hasn't got an official release date in the UK yet but the trailer is embedded below: