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HorrorScience Fiction

Shivers

- Being Terrified is Just the Beginning!

When the residents of a luxury apartment complex outside Montreal are infiltrated by parasites and transformed into violent, sex-crazed maniacs, it's up to Dr. Roger St. Luc to contain the outbreak from spreading to the city.

Release Date : 1975-05-16

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : DAL ProductionsCanadian Film Development CorporationCinépix Film Properties (CFP)

Production Country : Canada

Alternative Titles : They Came from WithinThe Parasite MurdersDavid Cronenberg's Shivers

Cast

Paul Hampton

Character Name : Roger St. Luc

Original Name : Paul Hampton

Gender : Male

Joe Silver

Character Name : Rollo Linsky

Original Name : Joe Silver

Gender : Male

Lynn Lowry

Character Name : Nurse Forsythe

Original Name : Lynn Lowry

Gender : Female

Allan Kolman

Character Name : Nicholas Tudor

Original Name : Allan Kolman

Gender : Male

Susan Petrie

Character Name : Janine Tudor

Original Name : Susan Petrie

Gender : Male

Barbara Steele

Character Name : Betts

Original Name : Barbara Steele

Gender : Female

Ronald Mlodzik

Character Name : Merrick

Original Name : Ronald Mlodzik

Gender : Male

Barry Baldaro

Character Name : Detective Heller

Original Name : Barry Baldaro

Gender : Male

Camil Ducharme

Character Name : Mr. Guilbault

Original Name : Camil Ducharme

Gender : Male

Hanna Poznanska

Character Name : Mrs. Guilbault

Original Name : Hanna Poznanska

Gender : Male

Wally Martin

Character Name : Doorman

Original Name : Wally Martin

Gender : Male

Vlasta Vrana

Character Name : Kresimer Sviben

Original Name : Vlasta Vrana

Gender : Male

Silvie Debois

Character Name : Benda Sviben

Original Name : Silvie Debois

Gender : Male

Charles Perley

Character Name : Delivery Boy

Original Name : Charles Perley

Gender : Male

Al Rochman

Character Name : Parkins

Original Name : Al Rochman

Gender : Male

Julie Wildman

Character Name : Miss Lewis

Original Name : Julie Wildman

Gender : Male

Arthur Grosser

Character Name : Mr. Wolfe

Original Name : Arthur Grosser

Gender : Male

Edith Johnson

Character Name : Olive

Original Name : Edith Johnson

Gender : Male

Dorothy Davis

Character Name : Vi

Original Name : Dorothy Davis

Gender : Female

Joy Coghill

Character Name : Mona Wheatley

Original Name : Joy Coghill

Gender : Female

Joan Blackman

Character Name : Elevator Mother

Original Name : Joan Blackman

Gender : Female

Kirsten Bishop

Character Name : Elevator Daughter

Original Name : Kirsten Bishop

Gender : Female

Fred Döderlein

Character Name : Emil Hobbes

Original Name : Fred Döderlein

Gender : Male

Sonny Forbes

Character Name : Garbage Room Man

Original Name : Sonny Forbes

Gender : Male

Nora Johnson

Character Name : Laundry Woman

Original Name : Nora Johnson

Gender : Male

Cathy Graham

Character Name : Annabelle

Original Name : Cathy Graham

Gender : Male

Robert Brennen

Character Name : Boy

Original Name : Robert Brennen

Gender : Male

Felicia Shulman

Character Name : Girl

Original Name : Felicia Shulman

Gender : Female

Roy Wittan

Character Name : Bearded Man

Original Name : Roy Wittan

Gender : Male

Denis Payne

Character Name : First Elevator Man

Original Name : Denis Payne

Gender : Male

Kevin Fenlow

Character Name : Second Elevator Man

Original Name : Kevin Fenlow

Gender : Male

David Cronenberg

Character Name : Infected Crowd Member (uncredited)

Original Name : David Cronenberg

Gender : Male

Reviews

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John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

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 searched and scrutinised so as to give it more resonance. It really isn't worthy of that sort of cranial thinking, but what Shivers is is a fun low-budget horror film, a movie that has dashes of Cronenberg magic that shows he started as he meant to go on. With its chaotic observation of mundane everyday people suddenly turned into sexually charged beings now devoid of inhibitions, it's not hard to see why it caused some controversy upon release. Yet that sort of controversy is gold publicity really, and ultimately when you look at it now, it's played out as being more tongue in cheek than any design to shock the audience out of their seats. That's not to say there isn't horror here of course, one only has to see the brilliant opening to know this, but there is an intentional airiness about the piece, and yes! This is even as the director pushes buttons by pushing taboo subjects into our visual event. The acting is generally poor, the sound mix is off and some of the dialogue is awfully cheesy, but Shivers still comes out in considerable credit. It's an important movie in the pantheon of horror because of its director, while it's enjoyable to tick off some of the traits that would dominate his work from this point on. It also makes you evaluate the state of horror as a genre today, with the ream of sequels, remakes and unsurprising slashers dominating the box offices, now more than ever we could do with a young up and coming Cronenberg type to announce himself to our cinematic world. We can but hope. 7.5/10

J

JPV852

@JPV852

2021-06-23

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**