Barbara Steele, Joe Silver, Joel Silver
The residents of a suburban high-rise apartment building are being infected by a strain of parasites that turn them into mindless, sex-crazed fiends out to infect others by the slightest sexual contac...( read more
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DVD Release Date: September 30, 1998
Stats: 341 reviews
Early Cronenberg, much better than his more recent projects I find. It?s disturbing and a little ridiculous but I love it. Who else could make a film about zombie rapists and get away with it!?
Before he became a respected director, upon the release of classics such as The Fly and Videodrome, David Cronenberg was the director of cheap little films such as Rabid and this one; Shivers. Of the two movies mentioned, Shivers is certainly the weakest of the two, but then agai...( read more)
Cronenberg's first display of genius. And it clearly has his name written all over it. Although the main idea may seem somewhat outdated or even pointless by today's standards, it was a guaranteed shock when it came out, nearly 35 years ago. At the time, not many dared to go wher...( read more)
One of Cronenberg's best movies, which isn't saying a lot. About a bunch of 'sex crazed' genetically engineered parasite hosts, who basically just hold each other wearing full clothing and puke worms into each other's mouths. Fun to see, but no replay value.
Take 28 Days Later but instead of rage infected crazy British people you get parasite infected horny Canadians.
It breaks down like this:
An insane doctor implants a parasite into the local slut who in turn infects others with it. The parasite causes a person to experience an e...( read more)
Very few horror filmmaker's working today are as daring as David Cronenberg was when he was a young man in the late 70's early 80's.
This disturbing and hilarious debut feature from the master Canadian auteur is one of the more important satires of consumer culture and ...( read more)
This one a little rough around the edges, but not bad. Slither was a better updating.
Cronenberg's first feature and it's a really awesome one about parasites taking over a high rise apartment building turning everybody into sex crazed freaks. It's both funny and creepy. A good balance at best.
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