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Director:
Writer:
David Cronenberg (writer)
Release Date:
8 April 1977 (USA)
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Tagline:
Pray it doesn't happen to you. more
Plot:
A young woman develops a taste for human blood after undergoing experimental plastic surgery, and her victims turn into rabid, blood-thirsty zombies who proceed to infect others, which turns into a city-wide epidemic. full summary | full synopsis
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2 wins
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Cronenberg Keeps Me Out of Canada
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Marilyn Chambers | ... | Rose | |
| Frank Moore | ... | Hart Read | |
| Joe Silver | ... | Murray Cypher | |
| Howard Ryshpan | ... | Dr. Dan Keloid | |
| Patricia Gage | ... | Dr. Roxanne Keloid | |
| Susan Roman | ... | Mindy Kent | |
| Roger Periard | ... | Lloyd Walsh | |
| Lynne Deragon | ... | Nurse Louise | |
| Terry Schonblum | ... | Judy Glasberg | |
| Victor Désy | ... | Claude LaPointe | |
| Julie Anna | ... | Nurse Rita | |
| Gary McKeehan | ... | Smooth Eddy | |
| Terence G. Ross | ... | Farmer | |
| Miguel Fernandes | ... | Man In Cinema | |
| Robert O'Ree | ... | Police Sergeant |
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Also Known As:
Rage (USA)
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Runtime:
91 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Canada:R (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) |
Italy:VM14 |
Australia:R |
Canada:13+ (Quebec) |
Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) |
Canada:R (Manitoba/Ontario) |
Finland:K-18 |
France:-16 |
Ireland:18 |
Norway:18 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:18 |
USA:R |
West Germany:18
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Sissy Spacek was David Cronenberg's first choice to play Rose. Ivan Reitman suggested Marilyn Chambers because he wanted sex appeal.
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Crew or equipment visible: When Hart's car is attacked by a crazy, and a clean-up crew shoots and disposes of it, the cameraman who is shooting the "through the windshield" shots is clearly visible in the back seat of the car.
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Quotes:
Murray Cypher:
Potato man loves ketchup man.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in "The Directors: The Films of David Cronenberg (#1.10)" (1999)
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Hideout
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Rabid or Rage ( do American's therefore not know what Rabid means ) begins and ends like Lawrence of Arabia: a motorcycle crash and a high body count. The similarity ends there.
Marilyn Chambers - the woman who occupies the dreams and fantasies of millions - seemingly recovers from this accident only to develop an appetite for blood.
Rabid is a modern, urban vampire film, and who better to direct it than Cronenberg.
In the hands of another, this film would be horrifically mediocre. The lonely country lane, the frozen body, the subway attack, the Santa shooting in the mall and the dark movie theatre - Cronenberg knows how to imbue a sense of emptiness and despair into each scene. The film is full of pathos and 70's paranoia. Fear of woman (especially such a sexual one - Eve and such like), fear of government and fear of those around us - Cronenberg feeds off such hysteria, just as Chambers feeds off her victims. The underarm worm is quite clearly a female penis.
I don't mean to make Rabid sound grand or profound. It isn't really. It's just Outbreak meets Vampire Circus. I do think, however, that Cronenberg always seeks to challenge Western values and boundaries by using hidden evils, distortions and deformed humanity.
Marilyn of course looks fantastic, and she is frequently topless. As an adolescent I was attracted and haunted by the idea of being attacked by such a woman. "No, no, don't go, it's freezing cold - hold me." You know that if you do, death will shortly follow, but who could resist?