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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Allan Kolman | ... |
Nicholas Tudor
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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>
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Country:
CanadaLanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
6 July 1976 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Shivers See more »Filming Locations:
Île-des-Soeurs, Montréal, Québec, CanadaBox Office
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CAD 179,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Nicholas Tudor: Come on, boy. Here, boy, here. Come on, boy. Come on, fella!
[gasps]
Nicholas Tudor: You... and me...
[gasps]
Nicholas Tudor: You and me are gonna be good friends. Good friends. Shhhh-hooooo. Attaboy. Attaboy!
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Trivia
The movie's filming dates in the summer of 1974 is revealed by the news broadcast of an actual labor dispute involving the construction of Montreal's Olympic Stadium for the 1976 Olympic Games. See more »Goofs
In the theatrical version, the viewer can see the wire that moves the parasite in the very first shot it appears in (in the garden, after it fell on the old woman's umbrella). However, the wire is so thin that it is invisible in all home video editions. See more »Quotes
[speaking to his stomach]Nicholas Tudor: Come on, boy. Here, boy, here. Come on, boy. Come on, fella!
[gasps]
Nicholas Tudor: You... and me...
[gasps]
Nicholas Tudor: You and me are gonna be good friends. Good friends. Shhhh-hooooo. Attaboy. Attaboy!
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The first big screen flick for Canadian horror master David Cronenberg was this skin-crawling B horror movie.
Residents of a high rise apartment building are being attacked by parasites that are turning them into crazed zombies with nothing but sexual assault on their minds!
Shivers is an effectively disturbing movie, not unlike most of Cronenberg's later horror classics. It's had a good hand in influencing later creature flicks. The story has a good premise and builds some terrific tension as it escalates to a great claustrophobic climax. What's clever about this movie is that most of the horror is suggested, we don't see the parasites much and their elusiveness just helps to create more tension. The makeup effects are decent for a low budgeter and the cast turn in some adequate performances, horror veteran Barbara Steele is a nice addition to the cast.
Shivers is a entertaining slice of B horror that manages to live up to its title well. A must-see for Cronenberg fans.
*** out of ****