They Came from Within (1975)

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87 min - Horror | Sci-Fi - 6 July 1976 (USA)

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Reviews: 86 user | 62 critic

The residents of a suburban high-rise apartment building are being infected by a strain of parasites that turn them into mindless, sex-crazed fiends out to infect others by the slightest sexual contact.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Paul Hampton	...	Roger St. Luc
	Joe Silver	...	Rollo Linsky
	Lynn Lowry	...	Nurse Forsythe
	Allan Kolman	...	Nicholas Tudor (as Alan Migicovsky)
	Susan Petrie	...	Janine Tudor
	Barbara Steele	...	Betts
	Ronald Mlodzik	...	Merrick
	Barry Baldaro	...	Detective Heller (as Barry Boldero)
	Camil Ducharme	...	Mr. Guilbault
	Hanka Posnanska	...	Mrs. Guilbault
	Wally Martin	...	Doorman
	Vlasta Vrana	...	Kresimer Sviben
	Silvie Debois	...	Benda Sviben
	Charles Perley	...	Delivery Boy
	Al Rochman	...	Parkins

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Storyline

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>

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BEING TERRIFIED IS JUST THE BEGINNING! See more »

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Horror | Sci-Fi

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Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 July 1976 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Frissons See more »

Filming Locations:

Île-des-Soeurs, Montréal, Québec, Canada

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Budget:

$CAD179,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Canadian Film Development Corporation (CFDC), Cinépix, DAL Productions See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

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Trivia

Canadian journalist Robert Fulford attacked the content of "Shivers" in the pages of the national magazine "Saturday Night." Since Cronenberg's film was partially financed by the taxpayer-funded National Film Board of Canada (or NFB), Fulford headlined the article "You Should Know How Bad this Movie Is: You Paid for It." Not only did this high-profile attack make it more difficult for Cronenberg to obtain funding for his subsequent movies, Cronenberg later said that Fulford's attack also resulted in him being kicked out of his Toronto apartment. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: When the nurse escapes the French couple's flat and reaches the underground car park, she has blood over her hands and leg. However shortly after her car is crashed and she climbs out of the front window with the doctor there is no blood on her. See more »

Quotes

Bearded man: Have you met my daughter, Erica? She's a very beautiful girl. Come here, Erica. I just know you'll like my daughter, Erica.
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Connections

Referenced in Ban the Sadist Videos! Part 2 (2006) See more »

They Came from Within (1975)
Shivers (original title)

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