Rabid (1977)

Pray it doesn't happen to you.

Original Title :	Rabid
Director :	David Cronenberg
Writer :	David Cronenberg
Genre :	Horror
	Thriller
Country :	Canada
Language :	English
Producer :	Don Carmody , John Dunning , Danny Goldberg , André Link , Ivan Reitman
Photography :	René Verzier
IMDB ID :	0076590
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poster for "Rabid" by David Cronenberg (1977)

Rabid (1977) - David Cronenberg

Starring

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
Greg Van Riel		Young Man In Plaza
Jérôme Tiberghien		Dr. Karl
Allan Moyle		Young Man In Lobby
Richard W. Farrell		Camper Man
Jeannette Casenave		Camper Lady
Karl Wasserman		Camper Child
John Boylan		Young Cop In Plaza
Malcolm Nelthorpe		Older Cop In Plaza
Vlasta Vrana		Cop At Clinic
Kirk McColl		Desk Sergeant
Jack Messinger		Policeman On Highway
Yvon Lecompte		Policeman
Grant Lowe		Trucker
John Gilbert		Dr. Royce Gentry
Tony Angelo		Dispatcher
Peter McNeill		Loader
Una Kay		Jackie
Madeleine Pageau		Beatrice Owen
Mark Walker		Steve
Robert A. Silverman		Man In Hospital (as Bob Silverman
Monique Bélisle		Sheila
Ronald Mlodzik		Male Patient
Isabelle Lajeunesse		Waitress
Terry Donald		Cook
Louis Negin		Maxim
Robert V. Girolami		Newscaster
Harry Hill		Stasiuk
Kathy Keefler		Interviewer
Marcel Fournier		Cab Driver
Valda Dalton		Lady in Car
Murray Smith		Interviewer
Riva Spier		Cecile
Denis Lacroix		Drunken Indian
Sherman Maness		Indian
Basil Fitzgibbon		Crazy In Plaza

Plot

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.

Comments

Not as good as "Shivers" and "The Brood". A collision between motorcycle and motorhome on a country road leaves Hart Read(Frank Moore)and his girlfriend Rose(Marilyn Chambers)badly injured.Read is stable enough to be shipped to a hospital,but Rose is shipped to the clinic.The operation to save her life appears at first to be a complete success,but soon all hell breaks loose.Marilyn Chambers is pretty believable as Rose-even Cronenberg was surprised that she didn't do more mainstream movies.The film has some great moments of terror-the shooting of a man trying to get into a carand the immediate washing down of the windshield that follows,is a perfect example."Rabid" isn't as gruesome as "Shivers" and "The Brood",but if you are a fan of Cronenberg's movies you can't miss it.Highly recommended.