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Rabid (1977) 6.4
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. Director:David CronenbergWriter:David Cronenberg |
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Cast
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Rose
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Hart Read
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Murray Cypher
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Dr. Dan Keloid
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Dr. Roxanne Keloid
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Mindy Kent
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Roger Periard | ... |
Lloyd Walsh
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Nurse Louise
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Terry Schonblum | ... |
Judy Glasberg
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Claude LaPointe
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Nurse Rita
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Gary McKeehan | ... |
Smooth Eddy
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Terence G. Ross | ... |
Farmer
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Rose is involved in a motorcycle accident, and has experimental surgery performed in order to save her life. However, she develops a taste for blood. Her victims grow in number as well as madness, turning the city into chaos. Written by Paul Reynolds <pauljr@innotts.co.uk>
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You can't trust your mother...your best friend...your neighbor next door... See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
CanadaLanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
8 April 1977 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Rage See more »Box Office
Budget:
CAD 530,000 (estimated)Company Credits
Production Co:
Canadian Film Development Corporation (CFDC), Cinema Entertainment Enterprises Ltd., Cinépix See more »
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I really enjoy gritty, low-key horror films like this one. The story revolves around Hart (Frank Moore) and Rose (porn queen Marilyn Chambers), a young couple involved in a motorcycle accident. Rose undergoes an emergency experimental skin graft operation and emerges as a plague-spreading pseudo-vampire who extracts blood via a syringe-style growth that has developed on her body. It's an interesting, original take of vampirism, especially the aspect that her victims get sick and turn homicidal ("Rabid," I guess).
In my opinion, this is Cronenberg's best 70s movie (I enjoyed it more than THEY CAME FROM WITHIN/SHIVERS and THE BROOD, also good horror films). The story is intelligent, very well thought out and full of political and social context if you want it. The horror scenes are creepy and effective. Chambers is beautiful and has a killer body, for sure, but she also delivers a surprisingly good performance. You can tell she was savoring this non-hardcore role and probably hoped for more of the same after this, but it just wasn't in the cards for her. Too bad. The rest of the cast was acceptable.
I wish they made more films like this nowadays!