Shivers poster

Shivers( 1975)

TV-MAHorrorScience Fiction
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Being Terrified is Just the Beginning!

Overview

When the residents of a luxury apartment complex outside Montreal are infiltrated by parasites and transformed into violent, sex-crazed maniacs, it's up to Dr. Roger St. Luc to contain the outbreak from spreading to the city.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Paul Hampton

      Roger St. Luc

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      Joe Silver

      Rollo Linsky

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      Lynn Lowry

      Nurse Forsythe

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      Allan Kolman

      Nicholas Tudor

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      Susan Petrie

      Janine Tudor

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      Barbara Steele

      Betts

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      Ronald Mlodzik

      Merrick

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      Barry Baldaro

      Detective Heller

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      Camil Ducharme

      Mr. Guilbault

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      Hanna Poznanska

      Mrs. Guilbault

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      Wally Martin

      Doorman

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      Vlasta Vrana

      Kresimer Sviben

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      Silvie Debois

      Benda Sviben

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      Charles Perley

      Delivery Boy

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      Al Rochman

      Parkins

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      Julie Wildman

      Miss Lewis

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      Arthur Grosser

      Mr. Wolfe

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      Edith Johnson

      Olive

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      Dorothy Davis

      Vi

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      Joy Coghill

      Mona Wheatley

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      Joan Blackman

      Elevator Mother

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      Kirsten Bishop

      Elevator Daughter

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      Fred Döderlein

      Emil Hobbes

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      Sonny Forbes

      Garbage Room Man

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      Nora Johnson

      Laundry Woman

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      Cathy Graham

      Annabelle

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      Robert Brennen

      Boy

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      Felicia Shulman

      Girl

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      Roy Wittan

      Bearded Man

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      Denis Payne

      First Elevator Man

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      Kevin Fenlow

      Second Elevator Man

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      David Cronenberg

      Infected Crowd Member (uncredited)

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    A review by John Chard

    7.5
    Written by John Chard on Sun Nov 17 2013
    Disease is the love of two creatures for one and other. Shivers is written and directed by David Cronenberg. It stars Fred Doederlin, Paul Hampton, Lynn Lowry and Barbara Steele. Music is by Ivan Reitman and cinematography by Robert Saad. Montreal's Starliner Island Complex suddenly becomes home to parasitic organisms that upon entering a human host, turns them into flesh-eating sexual predators. Cronenberg's first commercial feature film has become a little too over analysed over the years due to the Canadian auteur's subsequent career. Meanings and motives within Shivers have been se...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    179000.00

    Revenue

    1000000.00

    Keywords

    • island
    • panic
    • attack
    • sexual attraction
    • zombie
    • organ transplant
    • parasite
    • infestation
    • sex fiend
    • luxury hotel