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Shivers, also known as The Parasite Murders and They Came from Within, and, for Canadian distribution in French, Frissons (IPA: / f r iː ˈ s oʊ n / free-SOHN; 'chills' or 'shivers'), is a 1975 Canadian science fiction body horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg and starring Paul Hampton, Lynn Lowry, and Barbara Steele.
Shivers uses elementally effective basic ingredients to brilliant effect - and lays the profoundly unsettling foundation for director David Cronenberg's career to follow. Read Critics Reviews ...
Jul 10, 2023 · Directed by David Cronenberg. With Paul Hampton, Joe Silver, Lynn Lowry.
The unsuspecting residents of an apartment building are in danger of being wiped out after a twisted medical experiment goes awry. Subtitles: English. Starring: Paul Hampton Joe Silver Lynn Lowry Allan Kolman Susan Petrie. Directed by: David Cronenberg.
At Dr. St. Luc's office, an elderly man complains to the doctor about stomach lumps saying that he may have caught them as a sexually transmitted disease from "the girl in 1511" - Annabelle Brown. Meanwhile, a distressed Janine Tudor visits her friend Betts to confide in her about Nick's recent behavior.
Sep 23, 2020 · When it did finally explode off of movie screens in the fall of 1975, it proved to shock anyone who encountered it, even inspiring debate about its artistic worth on the floor of Canada’s Parliament, while simultaneously becoming the most profitable Canadian film ever made up until that point.
Shivers lays down plenty of groundwork for things to come from Mr. Cronenberg, namely fleshy body horror and psychosexual warped science amidst dystopia. It’s all here, pulsating beneath the stretched skin of the low budget sleaze wonder that is Shivers.
