Shivers

Movie

1975

1h 28m

English

Horror, Science Fiction

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6.4

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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 contact.

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Shivers

Movie

1975

1h 28m

English

Horror, Science Fiction

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Cast

Roger St. Luc

Rollo Linsky

Nurse Forsythe

Nicholas Tudor

Janine Tudor

Betts

Merrick

Detective Heller

Doorman

Kresimer Sviben

Delivery Boy

Miss Lewis

Mr. Wolfe

Mona Wheatley

Elevator Mother

Elevator Daughter

Emil Hobbes

Garbage Room Man

Laundry Woman

Annabelle

Girl

First Elevator Man

Infected Crowd Member (uncredited)

Directed By: David Cronenberg

Written By: David Cronenberg

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Mr. Sackamano says...

one year ago

Did I click a softcore porn by accident wtf lol

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jekyl6669 says...

7 years ago

Cronenberg's first real movie, and it's still a rather effective one. The body-horror he became famous for, is used to good effect here. As is the claustrophobic setting. And Sex Zombies? how can you not be interested by that?

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daddy_loves_horror says...

7 years ago

The first 45 minutes is quite slow and only has a good few moments. Gets going in the second half but I think they should have just stuck to the parasite only being able to infect people through sexual contact. Worth a watch though

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Max.Renn says...

2 years ago

"Sex is the invention of a very clever venereal disease" Shivers is David Cronenberg's first feature film and in it we find all the themes thoroughly explored in his filmography. -Sex, the consequences of the liberation of this instinct or its repression -The body, its oddities and its conflicting relationship with the mind: does the mind control the body or is it the opposite? -Technology, science and how they can affect the human body and mind Shivers is horror at its finest because it uses the genre to investigate interesting themes and pose unsettling questions.

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moonkodi

CONTAINS SPOILERS6/10 8 years ago

Starts off unsettling and effective. The horror plot is imaginative enough to invest in. A parasitic organ replacement gone wrong. Joe Silver does a great job in putting ths idea across. You believe it as much as you can.
The early gore is used effectively and brings the normal world in contact wit More

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$hubes

3/10 2 years ago

I'm torn between rating this "So Bad, It's Good" or "So Bad, It's Atrocious".... But I'm leaning a lot more towards the "atrocious". Good lord, I don't know what I just sat through but suffice it to say I'm glad I watched it on company time so at least I was getting paid while watching it. I have to More

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JPV852

4 years ago

Fun horror movie that reminded me a bit of Dawn of the Dead (one location, people being "infected" and going after one another (hungry for flesh so to speak) and the few survivors fighting for their lives. Not great per se but still entertaining and a solid debut for David Cronenberg (well, feature More

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John Chard

6 years ago

Disease is the love of two creatures for one and other.

Shivers is written and directed by David Cronenberg. It stars Fred Doederlin, Paul Hampton, Lynn Lowry and Barbara Steele. Music is by Ivan Reitman and cinematography by Robert Saad.

Montreal's Starliner Island Complex suddenly becomes ho More

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