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Shivers

1975

David Cronenberg

Paul Hampton, Joe Silver, Barbara Steele, Lynn Lowry ...

6.0

4,526

Horror. Sci-Fi The residents of a suburban high-rise apartment building are being infected by a strain of parasites that turn them into mindless, sex-crazed fiends out to infect others by the slightest sexual contact.

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"It scares and shocks us because it's so cleverly made; the writer-director, David Cronenberg, uses invention and imagination to replace expensive shock effects.(…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Chuck Bowen Slant	"The atmosphere, an extension of the chillingly antiseptic realms of Stereo and Crimes of the Future, is dank, luridly yellow, anonymous, and impossible to shake. "	POS
United States	Ryan Lambie Den of Geek	"While its story elements are straight from schlock horror (...) there’s still that hint of intelligence and satire that would soon become synonymous with Cronenberg’s name."	NEU
United States	Mick LaSalle SFGATE	"A paranoid, prurient sexual nightmare (...) The effects become funny in a couple of places"	POS
United States	Trace Thurman Bloody Disgusting	"While it isn’t known as one of Cronenberg’s best films, it has stood the test of time and remains a remarkably creepy (and gross) little movie."	POS

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