Shivers (They Came from Within) (The Parasite Murders) (1975)
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Cast
as Roger St. Luc
as Rollo Linsky
as Nicholas Tudor
as Forsythe
as Janine Tudor
as Betts
as Merrick
as Elevator Mother
as Mona Wheally
as Vi
as Garbage Room Man
as Mr. Wolfe
as Olive
as Doorman
as Kresimer Sviben
as Emil Hobbes
Critic Reviews for Shivers (They Came from Within) (The Parasite Murders)
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The film is so tackily written and directed, so darkly photographed and the sound so dimly recorded, that it's difficult to stay with it.
Despite all the nastiness there is a compulsive nature to this film that makes it very hard to switch off even when in full gory swing.
Shivers, written and directed by Cronenberg, is a paranoid, prurient sexual nightmare.
Kitschy, creepy and pretty much the film...that announced Cronenberg as a cutting-edge horror force...
...an absolutely interminable piece of work...
Shivers greatest strength is its conflation of the relationship between class and repressed/perverse sexual desires, including assault, rape and murder.
Audience Reviews for Shivers (They Came from Within) (The Parasite Murders)
Pretty gruesome and quite disturbing. Only in the 70's would they have made a movie about what pretty much amounts to sex zombies. I don't think it would work as a modern film, and I'm not entirely sure it works here either, but it is interesting and has that 70's thing going for it.
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It is hard to see what Cronenberg had in mind when he concocted this repellent film full of sexism and misogyny about fear of sexuality, as it only seems to suggest that uncontrolled sexual desires lead to people becoming irrational rapists prone to pedophilia and incest.
Super Reviewer
David Cronenberg has always managed to deliver some truly standout films. Each film he has directed has had a profound impact on the horror genre, and he has managed to become one of the most exciting directors of the body horror genre. With Shivers, being the first film by Cronenberg he gives us a few hints of what would come later in his career. What is delivered here is a well crafted horror film that boasts some great performances from its cast and has a well written script. Shivers is an impressive debut from Cronenberg and you can clearly see his ideas already coming to fruition that would be standout through his films. Shivers was where it all started from Cronenberg, and it's a fine body horror film. Using a disease as a plot device, Cronenberg crafts a film that is horrifying in the way that it's made, and it is a prime film in the early body horror films that Cronenberg would come to be known for. The story here is entertaining and it's sure to please Cronenberg and body horror fans. I've seen many of Cronenberg's films, and for a debut film, Shivers shows the confidence of a director who knows how to go to the extreme in terrifying an audience. This is a well made horror film, one that should be seen by any Cronenberg fan. Though not as great as his later work, Shivers still ranks as a very good film from the master of the body horror genre. The scares here abound as Cronenberg uses paranoia, diseases and the human body to create something truly terrifying, and in the end, it works on so many levels.
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