Shivers

1h 28m 1975

Brief Synopsis

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A scientist living in an apartment complex kills a girl and uses acid to destroy her internal organs and then kills himself. While investigating, a doctor discovers that the scientist was doing experiments on the use of genetically engineered parasites as organ transplants. Soon other people in the complex begin showing signs of carrying the parasites, spreading the things through wanton orgiastic abandon, and the complex begins suffering an attrition problem.

Cast & Crew

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David Cronenberg

Director

Nora Johnson

Ronald Mlodzik

Julie Wildman

Charles Perley

Silvie Debois

Film Details

Also Known As
Frissons, Parasite Murders, The, They Came From Within
MPAA Rating
Genre
Horror
Release Date
1975
Location
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 28m
Sound
Mono
Color
Color
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1

Synopsis

A tale of sexual promiscuity and zombification.

Director

David Cronenberg

Director

Cast

Nora Johnson

Ronald Mlodzik

Julie Wildman

Charles Perley

Silvie Debois

Al Rochman

Joan Blackman

Camille Ducharme

Fred Doederlein

Arthur Grosser

Cathy Graham

Felicia Shulman

Dorothy Davis

Kevin Fenlon

Edith Johnson

Joy Coghill

Denis Payne

Wally Martin

Susan Petrie

Paul Hampton

Sonny Forbes

Robert Brennen

Barrie Baldaro

Hanka Posnanska

Barbara Steele

Kirsten Bishopric

Vlasta Vrana

Roy Witham

Allan Kolman

Lynn Lowry

Joe Silver

Crew

Joe Blasco

Special Effects

Joe Blasco

Makeup

Len Blum

Sound

Diane Boucher

Continuity

Don Carmody

Production Manager

Louisette Champagne

Makeup Assistant

David Cronenberg

Screenplay

John Daoust

Key Grip

David Ditmar

Assistant

Patrick Dodd

Editor

Attila Dory

Photography

Yves Drapeau

Assistant Camera Operator

John Dunning

Associate Producer

Erla Gliserman

Art Director

Dan Goldberg

Sound Editor

Paul Gravel

Assistant Camera Operator

Stewart Harding

Production Assistant

Michael Higgs

Sound

Jean-paul Houle

Best Boy

Jim Lawler

Grip

Andre Link

Associate Producer

Irene Litinsky

Other

Rick Maguire

Assistant Camera Operator

Jean-claude Matte

Boom Operator

Rose Marie Mcsherry

Art Assistant

Alfred Pariser

Executive Producer

Dexter Pattie

Electrician

Josette Perrotta

Other

Ivan Reitman

Music

Ivan Reitman

Producer

Suzanne Riou-garand

Makeup

Nolan Roberts

Sound

Cliff Rothman

Production Assistant

Robert Saad

Director Of Photography

John Sawyer

Gaffer

Tom Sawyer

Electrician

James L Thompson

Boom Operator

Film Details

Also Known As
Frissons, Parasite Murders, The, They Came From Within
MPAA Rating
Genre
Horror
Release Date
1975
Location
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 28m
Sound
Mono
Color
Color
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1

Quotes

He tells me that even old flesh is erotic flesh, that disease is the love of two alien kinds of creatures for each other, that even dying is an act of eroticism.
- Forsythe

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States March 1976

Released in United States March 1997

Released in United States Winter January 1, 1975

Shown at New York Underground Film Festival March 19-23, 1997.

Formerly distributed by Trans-American Films.

Began shooting August 21, 1974.

Completed shooting September 14, 1974.

Released in United States Winter January 1, 1975

Released in United States March 1976

Released in United States March 1997 (Shown at New York Underground Film Festival March 19-23, 1997.)

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