David Cronenberg’s EXISTENZ (1999) — Friday Night WTF!
Schedule
Fri, 22 May, 2026 at 08:45 pm
UTC-05:00Location
Arkadin Cinema & Bar | Southhampton, MO
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Friday Night WTF screenings are cheap, weird, and out of control! Cult trashterpieces, so-bad-they’re-good crapfests, movies that make you ask “What the hell am I watching?!” — we’ve got ’em all on Friday night.Visionary director David Cronenberg’s deliciously deranged riff on video games, virtual reality, and corporate conspiracy, eXistenZ is an undersung masterpiece of sci-fi horror. Set in the near future, when video games have evolved to a point where they are able to biologically interact with players through the use of an electronic umbilical cord, eXistenZ stars Jennifer Jason Leigh as brilliant game designer Allegra Geller, who goes on the run with her publicist (a baby-faced Jude Law) after surviving an attempt on her life by a crazed assassin. Attempting to evade capture by a black‑market bio‑port mechanic (a terrifying Willem Dafoe), the two flee physical reality completely by tapping into the digital world of Allegra’s most recent creation, eXistenZ. In many ways a successor to the analog terror of Videodrome, eXistenZ updates Cronenberg’s pet concerns for the digital age in a techno-thriller full of creepy creatures, squishy bio‑controllers, and an exploration of the blurry line between twisted fantasy and grim reality.
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Where is it happening?
Arkadin Cinema & Bar, 5228 Gravois Ave, St Louis, MO 63116-2310, United States, SouthhamptonEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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