Shivers
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- Directed by
- David Cronenberg
- Written by
- David Cronenberg
- Produced by
- Don Carmody, Alfred Pariser, John Dunning, André Link, Ivan Reitman
Why it’s HorroRated
Cronenberg staked his claim with this one. The body horror is already fully formed, clinical and political and deeply unsettling in a way that implicates the audience right alongside the characters. Setting it inside a luxury high-rise makes it even worse. The film that launched one of horror's most important careers.
Synopsis
A medical experiment gets loose inside a modern high-rise and begins moving through the closed community of residents. Cronenberg uses the premise to examine what lives just underneath polished suburban life. It's clinical, political, and implicates the audience right alongside the characters. The film that staked his claim.
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Quick facts
- Release date
- May 16, 1975
- Runtime
- 1 hour 28 mins
- Country
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Content rating
- R
- Entry type
- Movie
Content notes
- Sexual content or nudity
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