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Shivers

Shivers

6,4 /10 (711 Votes)
1975 EN 88 min

Overview

The residents of a suburban high-rise apartment building are infected by parasites that turn them into mindless nymphomaniac fiends.

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Release date

16/05/1975

Votes

711

Popularity

1.3

Being Terrified is Just the Beginning!

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

88 min

Budget

$179,000

Revenue

$1,000,000

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John Chard

John Chard

2013-11-17

⭐ 7.5

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 home to parasitic organisms that upon entering a human host, turns them into flesh-eating sexual predators. Cronenberg's first commercial feature film has become a little too over analysed over the years due to the Canadian auteur's subsequent career. Meanings and motives within Shivers have been s…

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JPV852

JPV852

2020-09-25

⭐ 8

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 length anyway). **3.75/5**

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