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HorrorScience Fiction

Rabid

- You can't trust your mother, your best friend, the neighbor next door… one minute they're perfectly normal, the next… RABID!

After undergoing radical surgery for injuries from a motorcycle accident, a young woman develops a strange phallic growth on her body and a thirst for human blood—the only nourishment that will now sustain her.

Release Date : 1977-04-08

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Famous PlayersCanadian Film Development CorporationCinépix Film Properties (CFP)Cinema Entertainment EnterprisesDunning/Link/Reitman Productions

Production Country : Canada

Alternative Titles : Rage

Cast

Marilyn Chambers

Character Name : Rose

Original Name : Marilyn Chambers

Gender : Female

Terri Hanauer

Character Name : Judy Glasberg

Original Name : Terri Hanauer

Gender : Female

Frank Moore

Character Name : Hart Read

Original Name : Frank Moore

Gender : Male

Joe Silver

Character Name : Murray Cypher

Original Name : Joe Silver

Gender : Male

Howard Ryshpan

Character Name : Dr. Dan Keloid

Original Name : Howard Ryshpan

Gender : Male

Patricia Gage

Character Name : Dr. Roxanne Keloid

Original Name : Patricia Gage

Gender : Female

Susan Roman

Character Name : Mindy Kent

Original Name : Susan Roman

Gender : Female

Roger Periard

Character Name : Lloyd Walsh

Original Name : Roger Periard

Gender : Male

Lynne Deragon

Character Name : Nurse Louise

Original Name : Lynne Deragon

Gender : Female

Victor Désy

Character Name : Claude LaPointe

Original Name : Victor Désy

Gender : Male

Julie Anna

Character Name : Nurse Rita

Original Name : Julie Anna

Gender : Male

Gary McKeehan

Character Name : Smooth Eddy

Original Name : Gary McKeehan

Gender : Male

Terence G. Ross

Character Name : Farmer

Original Name : Terence G. Ross

Gender : Male

Miguel Fernandes

Character Name : Man in Cinema

Original Name : Miguel Fernandes

Gender : Male

Robert O'Ree

Character Name : Police Sergeant

Original Name : Robert O'Ree

Gender : Male

Greg Van Riel

Character Name : Young Man in Plaza

Original Name : Greg Van Riel

Gender : Male

Jérôme Tiberghien

Character Name : Dr. Karl

Original Name : Jérôme Tiberghien

Gender : Male

Allan Moyle

Character Name : Young Man in Lobby

Original Name : Allan Moyle

Gender : Male

Richard W. Farrell

Character Name : Camper Man

Original Name : Richard W. Farrell

Gender : Male

Jeannette Casenave

Character Name : Camper Lady

Original Name : Jeannette Casenave

Gender : Male

Karl Wasserman

Character Name : Camper Child

Original Name : Karl Wasserman

Gender : Male

John Boylan

Character Name : Young Cop in Plaza

Original Name : John Boylan

Gender : Male

Malcolm Nelthorpe

Character Name : Older Cop in Plaza

Original Name : Malcolm Nelthorpe

Gender : Male

Vlasta Vrana

Character Name : Cop at Clinic

Original Name : Vlasta Vrana

Gender : Male

Kirk McColl

Character Name : Desk Sergeant

Original Name : Kirk McColl

Gender : Male

Jack Messinger

Character Name : Policeman on Highway

Original Name : Jack Messinger

Gender : Male

Yvon Lecompte

Character Name : Policeman

Original Name : Yvon Lecompte

Gender : Male

Grant Lowe

Character Name : Trucker

Original Name : Grant Lowe

Gender : Male

John Gilbert

Character Name : Dr. Royce Gentry

Original Name : John Gilbert

Gender : Male

Tony Angelo

Character Name : Dispatcher

Original Name : Tony Angelo

Gender : Male

Peter MacNeill

Character Name : Loader

Original Name : Peter MacNeill

Gender : Male

Una Kay

Character Name : Jackie

Original Name : Una Kay

Gender : Female

Madeleine Pageau

Character Name : Beatrice Owen

Original Name : Madeleine Pageau

Gender : Male

Mark Walker

Character Name : Steve

Original Name : Mark Walker

Gender : Male

Robert A. Silverman

Character Name : Man in Hospital

Original Name : Robert A. Silverman

Gender : Male

Monique Bélisle

Character Name : Sheila

Original Name : Monique Bélisle

Gender : Male

Ronald Mlodzik

Character Name : Male Patient

Original Name : Ronald Mlodzik

Gender : Male

Isabelle Lajeunesse

Character Name : Waitress

Original Name : Isabelle Lajeunesse

Gender : Female

Terry Donald

Character Name : Cook

Original Name : Terry Donald

Gender : Male

Louis Negin

Character Name : Maxim

Original Name : Louis Negin

Gender : Male

Robert V. Girolami

Character Name : Newscaster

Original Name : Robert V. Girolami

Gender : Male

Harry Hill

Character Name : Stasiuk

Original Name : Harry Hill

Gender : Male

Kathy Keefler

Character Name : Interviewer

Original Name : Kathy Keefler

Gender : Male

Marcel Fournier

Character Name : Cab Driver

Original Name : Marcel Fournier

Gender : Male

Valda Dalton

Character Name : Lady in Car

Original Name : Valda Dalton

Gender : Female

Murray Smith

Character Name : Interviewer

Original Name : Murray Smith

Gender : Male

Riva Spier

Character Name : Cecile

Original Name : Riva Spier

Gender : Female

Denis Lacroix

Character Name : Drunken Indian

Original Name : Denis Lacroix

Gender : Male

Sherman Maness

Character Name : Indian

Original Name : Sherman Maness

Gender : Male

Basil Fitzgibbon

Character Name : Crazy in Plaza

Original Name : Basil Fitzgibbon

Gender : Male

Sonny Forbes

Character Name : Police Captain (uncredited)

Original Name : Sonny Forbes

Gender : Male

Reviews

J

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

Hydrophobic Induced Phallic Destroyer. Rabid is written and directed by David Cronenberg and it stars Marilyn Chambers, Frank Moore and Joe Silver. Cinematography is by Rene Verzier and music by Ivan Reitman. When Rose (Chambers) is involved in a horror motorcycle accident, she undertakes experimental surgery in order to save her life. However, she develops a taste for blood and has grown a deadly orifice under her armpit. As the victims stack up and Rose grows ever more insane, the city is put on red alert. David Cronenberg’s second full-length film continues the themes found in his smart debut Shivers from the previous year. Body horror and disease come to the fore but Cronenberg expands it out from the confines of one building, into a whole city! Once again operating with a small budget with great results, the director fills out the narrative with sweaty virus panic, intelligent barbs, addiction concerns and visceral nastiness, with the phallic destroyer under Rose’s arm a frighteningly bonkers creation. True to the director’s career peccadilloes, sex and violence also come under the microscope, while his camera work shows an inventiveness that off-sets the poor effects work. The city is suitably painted as dowdy so as to run concurrent with the diseased narrative, and porn star Chambers gives a very effective performance while others are merely adequate. A simple story and periods of sag and drag stop it being top of the line Cronenberg, but there’s a raw energy to Rabid that is most striking. Watching it now as it heads towards being four decades old, it signals with intent a career being born of a most skilled auteur. 7/10