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Joe Silver | ... | |
Lynn Lowry | ... | ||
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Allan Kolman | ... |
Nicholas Tudor
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Ronald Mlodzik | ... |
Merrick
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Barry Baldaro | ... |
Detective Heller
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Camil Ducharme | ... |
Mr. Guilbault
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Hanna Poznanska | ... |
Mrs. Guilbault
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Wally Martin | ... |
Doorman
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Vlasta Vrana | ... |
Kresimer Sviben
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Silvie Debois | ... |
Benda Sviben
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Charles Perley | ... |
Delivery Boy
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Al Rochman | ... |
Parkins
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A scientist living in an apartment complex kills a girl and uses acid to destroy her internal organs, and then kills himself. While investigating, a doctor discovers that the scientist was doing experiments on the use of genetically engineered parasites as organ transplants. Soon, other people in the complex begin showing signs of carrying the parasites, spreading the things through wanton orgiastic abandon, and the complex begins suffering an attrition problem. Written by Ed Sutton <esutton@mindspring.com>
In the fancy Starliner compound in an island near Montreal, a mad scientist tests a parasite in the body of his mistress. He believes that man is an animal that thinks too much, and he develops a parasite to increase the violence and sexual desire of mankind. There is an outbreak in the condominium, with the fierce dwellers becoming zombies of sex.
"Shivers" is the third feature of this great Canadian cult director David Cronenberg, indeed a very low budget trash movie, with a final cost of US$ 179.000,00. The story mixes humor and horror and the effects are very nasty and disgusting, a trademark of Cronenberg. The story is a kind of sexual version of "The Night of the Living Dead", with people turning out zombies of sex. The screenplay of 1979 "Alien" used many concepts of this movie. The interview of David Cronenberg in the DVD is excellent, and it is very funny to know that the actress Sue Patrick asked him to slap her face in the scenes that she needed to cry, and Barbara Steele reaction to this physical assault. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "Calafrios" ("Shivers")