Rabid
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| Rabid | |
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| Directed by | David Cronenberg |
| Produced by | John Dunning |
| Written by | David Cronenberg |
| Starring | Marilyn Chambers, Frank Moore, Joe Silver, Howard Ryshpan |
| Cinematography | René Verzier |
| Editing by | Jean LaFleur |
| Distributed by | Cinépix Film Properties Inc., New World Pictures |
| Release date(s) | April 8, 1977 |
| Running time | 91 min. |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
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Rabid is a 1977 horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg. Marilyn Chambers stars, with Frank Moore, Howard Ryshpan, Joe Silver and Robert A. Silverman, who would go on to become a regular Cronenberg actor, appearing in The Brood, Scanners, Naked Lunch and eXistenZ.
[edit] Plot summary
A victim of a motorcycle accident in critical condition is brought to the clinic of Doctor DanKeloid, where some of her intact tissue is treated to become "morphogenetically neutral" and grafted to damaged areas with the hope that they will differentiate and replace the damaged organs.
Unfortunately, her body does not take the new transplants as expected. A vagina-like orifice is found underneath her armpit which has a protruding phallus-like stinger; she uses it to feed on the blood of others, wiping their memory of the incident in the process.
Soon it becomes apparent that every one of her victims transform into rabid zombie-like creatures and their bite spreads the disease, causing the world to fall into apocalyptic jeopardy.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Rabid at the Internet Movie Database
Transfer • From the Drain • Stereo • Crimes of the Future • Shivers • Rabid • Fast Company • The Brood • Scanners • The Dead Zone • Videodrome • The Fly • Dead Ringers • Naked Lunch • M. Butterfly • Crash • eXistenZ • Spider • A History of Violence • Eastern Promises • Maps to the Stars
