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Rabid

  • 19771977
  • XX
  • 1h 31m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
18K
YOUR RATING
Terry Schonblum in Rabid (1977)
Official Home Video Trailer
Play trailer2:11
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87 Photos
HorrorSci-Fi

A young woman develops a taste for human blood after experimental plastic surgery, and her victims turn into blood-thirsty zombies, leading into a city-wide epidemic.A young woman develops a taste for human blood after experimental plastic surgery, and her victims turn into blood-thirsty zombies, leading into a city-wide epidemic.A young woman develops a taste for human blood after experimental plastic surgery, and her victims turn into blood-thirsty zombies, leading into a city-wide epidemic.

IMDb RATING
6.3/10
18K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • David Cronenberg
  • Writer
    • David Cronenberg
  • Stars
    • Marilyn Chambers
    • Frank Moore
    • Joe Silver
Top credits
  • Director
    • David Cronenberg
  • Writer
    • David Cronenberg
  • Stars
    • Marilyn Chambers
    • Frank Moore
    • Joe Silver
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 124User reviews
    • 115Critic reviews
    • 56Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 nominations

    Videos1

    Rabid
    Trailer 2:11
    Rabid

    Photos87

    "Scanners" Dir. David Cronenberg 1981 Avco Embassy
    Rabid (1977)
    Marilyn Chambers and Howard Ryshpan in Rabid (1977)
    Shivers (1975)
    Shivers (1975)
    Frank Moore in Rabid (1977)
    Rabid (1977)
    Rabid (1977)
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    Marilyn Chambers in Rabid (1977)
    Marilyn Chambers in Rabid (1977)
    Marilyn Chambers in Rabid (1977)

    Top cast

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    Marilyn Chambers
    Marilyn Chambers
    • Roseas Rose
    Frank Moore
    Frank Moore
    • Hart Readas Hart Read
    Joe Silver
    Joe Silver
    • Murray Cypheras Murray Cypher
    Howard Ryshpan
    Howard Ryshpan
    • Dr. Dan Keloidas Dr. Dan Keloid
    Patricia Gage
    Patricia Gage
    • Dr. Roxanne Keloidas Dr. Roxanne Keloid
    Susan Roman
    Susan Roman
    • Mindy Kentas Mindy Kent
    Roger Periard
    Roger Periard
    • Lloyd Walshas Lloyd Walsh
    • (as J. Roger Periard)
    Lynne Deragon
    • Nurse Louiseas Nurse Louise
    Terry Schonblum
    Terry Schonblum
    • Judy Glasbergas Judy Glasberg
    Victor Désy
    Victor Désy
    • Claude LaPointeas Claude LaPointe
    Julie Anna
    • Nurse Ritaas Nurse Rita
    Gary McKeehan
    Gary McKeehan
    • Smooth Eddyas Smooth Eddy
    Terence G. Ross
    • Farmeras Farmer
    Miguel Fernandes
    Miguel Fernandes
    • Man In Cinemaas Man In Cinema
    Robert O'Ree
    • Police Sergeantas Police Sergeant
    Greg Van Riel
    • Young Man In Plazaas Young Man In Plaza
    Jérôme Tiberghien
    • Dr. Karlas Dr. Karl
    Allan Moyle
    Allan Moyle
    • Young Man In Lobbyas Young Man In Lobby
    • Director
      • David Cronenberg
    • Writer
      • David Cronenberg
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    In Camelford, while swinging his van across a narrow road to make a u-turn, a driver stalls the vehicle that does not restart. Hart Read is driving his motorcycle with his girlfriend Rose and he drives off the road to avoid the collision. Hart suffers minor injuries while Rosie is injured and burned by the flames when the motorcycle explodes. The ambulance from the nearby Keloid Clinic for Plastic Surgery brings the couple and Rose, who is in coma, is submitted to an emergency surgery and to an experimental plastic-surgery technique by Dr. Dan Keloid to retrieve her skin in the chest and abdomen. Hart is discharged but Rose stays in coma in the intensive care unit (ICU) to recover. Out of the blue, Rose awakens from her coma one month later and screams. A nurse helps her but is wounded by her and then he cannot remember what has happened. He is sent to a hospital in Montreal while Rose realizes that she needs to feed with blood. However her victims become zombie-like creatures. Rose flees from the clinic to Montreal to meet her friend Mindy Kent spreading her infection in the big city. Meanwhile Hart is seeking for her. —Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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    • Plot summary
    • Plot synopsis
    • Taglines
      • A beautiful girl spreads and epidemic of horror.
    • Genres
      • Horror
      • Sci-Fi
    • Certificate
      • X
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Sissy Spacek was David Cronenberg's first choice to play Rose. Ivan Reitman suggested Marilyn Chambers because he wanted sex appeal.
    • Goofs
      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.
    • Quotes

      Murray Cypher: Potato man loves ketchup man.

    • Alternate versions
      All UK DVD versions are missing around 20 secs of footage from a conversation between the 2 male leads and a policeman in a parking lot. The edits were not made by the BBFC and appear to have been a result of print damage.
    • Connections
      Featured in Long Live the New Flesh: The Films of David Cronenberg (1987)
    • Soundtracks
      Hideout
      (uncredited)

      Music by Brian Bennett

    User reviews124

    Review
    Top review
    6/10
    Sometimes effective, sometimes dull
    This is Cronenberg's disappointing follow-up to the great "Shivers." Once again, the "monster" is a disease that turns the victims into crazies. The underlying subtext that sexual appetite makes you crazy is reinforced by the casting of porn star Marilyn Chambers in the lead role (she's not bad). There are some good scares and some great grotesque images (especially the frozen twisted corpse that was used in the film's poster). But the story is by turns confusing and, until the military is brought in at the end, repetitive. It feels overlong for what it is. Cronenberg had some nice directorial touches--I like the way he uses brightly lit, underpopulated buildings as a backdrop for the horror.
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    • Joel I
    • Dec 11, 1998

    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 1977 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • Canada
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Rage
    • Filming locations
      • Montréal, Québec, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Dunning/Link/Reitman Productions
      • Cinépix Film Properties (CFP)
      • Cinema Entertainment Enterprises
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • CA$530,000 (estimated)
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 31 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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