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starring: Paul Hampton, Joe Silver, Lynn Lowry, Allan Kolman, Susan Petriedirected by: David Cronenberg
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786305080763
Format: Color, Letterboxed, Original recording remastered, Special Edition, NTSC
ISBN: 6305080763
Label: Starz / Anchor Bay
Manufacturer: Starz / Anchor Bay
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Starz / Anchor Bay
Release Date: August 11, 1998
Running Time: 110 minutes
Sales Rank: 14482
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
Theatrical Release Date: July 06, 1976
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
'If this picture doesn't make you scream and squirm, you should see a psychiatrist--quick!' shouts the film's trailer. This time the hyperbole is right. David Cronenberg's debut feature, and Canada's first domestic horror film, is an ingeniously engineered slasher of thoroughly modern horror that, like George Romero's Night of the Living Dead, charts a social breakdown by tearing through our most intrinsic taboos. A genetically engineered designer parasite--part aphrodisiac, part venereal disease--created by a modern-day mad scientist escapes into a colorless, self-contained apartment complex and goes searching for hosts. This monstrous parasite multiplies and invades the alienated occupants, turning them into a pack of id-driven sex maniacs. Cronenberg's suffocating vision of modern life turns his budgetary limitations--dreary, bland sets, flat lighting, and numb performances--into a severe portrait of society out of touch with its physical and emotional existence. Cronenberg pushed the boundaries of gore in 1974, but more insidious is the way he pushes the boundaries of behavior: under the influence of this invasive disease, families turn to incest and murder, strangers sexually assault the helpless, and finally they band together as a pack of bloodthirsty, libido-driven animals. That taboo-breaking display still has the power to get under your skin. The film has also been released under the titles The Parasite Murders and They Came from Within. Cult horror icon Barbara Steele costars. --Sean Axmaker
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Orgy of the Blood Parasites
Cronenburg loves to press your buttons. Any deeply troublesome idea, any frightful notion, any scouring feeling that makes you uncomfortable--he wants to uncover and examine it.
Shivers opens up in an inviting way. There is a depiction of perhaps a perfect suburban development. It displays the latest and greatest luxuries that modern technology has to offer. But this little community has some problems...
Mainly, some disgusting little parasites. A doctor decides to experiment with ... Read More
Rating: - THANKS CRONENBERG FOR THE NIGHTMARES
SHIVERS was the movie that FREAKED me out when I was a kid.
I saw the movie in 76 on a triple bill with SQUIRM and BUG.
SHIVERS came on last and did not disappoint! It all starts
with a Doctor trying to bust a door open on a young teenage girl
the Doctor breaks the door down and strangles the girl. Next
he strips her down naked and puts her on the table takes a scalpel
and starts to slice down her abdomen,he than pours in her stomach a
acid, walks away and ... Read More
Rating: - Another Cronenberg classic!!!
I finally picked up this DVD at a Used DVD store and I was very happy that I did. I am an avid Cronenberg fan and loved this movie. It is a very twisted horror fest that has a very dark side. It is a cross with zombie movies and Cronenberg's Rabid. The story is very believable and the gore is over the top for it's time. I can't believe that no one wanted to produce this movie when Cronenberg originally wrote it. This one is a must see for all Cronenberg fans!!!!
Rating: - "I just know you'll like my daughter..."
The first feature film to come from visionary director David Cronenberg, Shivers still manages to pack enough shocks and social commentary under it's horiffic story to make it relevant today. When invading parasites begin to infest and turn their human hosts into depraved and violent sexual predators, the few uneffected in a high rise apartment building do what they can to survive. Low budget to it's core and primitive in it's presentation, Shivers packs a punch thanks to Cronenberg's inventive and ... Read More
Rating:  - Movie Vhs- They Came From Within
The VHS tape worked fine. Dust cover showed signs of wear. Product came from rental store, so that's to be expected. However the movie I saw was not the original...like it was when I saw it in 1974. Scenes had been edited, or cut out completly. The scenes cut were the 'steamier' ones. Obviously some uptight censor got hold of this film after I had seen the original in 1974. Because of the cuts the movie was hard to follow, and lost the parts of the film that made it 'interesting'. Bad flick!
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