In the early ‘70s, David Cronenberg had a handful of short films and two tiny indie features — Stereo (1969) and Crimes of the Future (1970) — under his belt when he realized it was time to take the next step towards becoming a professional filmmaker.
Stereo and Crimes were avant-garde experiments, shot for under $20,000 apiece and with Cronenberg doing virtually everything except acting. While they captured some of the essence of what he would accomplish, it was his first true feature, the 1975 Canadian production Shivers, that established the style and template that turned him into one of horror's leading auteurs.
