LouHomey From my favorite movies..

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Juana what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Caryl It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties. It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

mymangodfrey All of Cronenberg's obsessions (clinics and hospitals, dangerous sex, the body in decay) made it into Rabid, an effective, entertaining, and unsettling horror movie that REALLY seems like a response to the AIDS epidemic, even though it predated that real-world nightmare.Porn star Marilyn Chambers turns out to be an actual actress; it's a shame she didn't get more chances to break into legitimate movies. Frank Moore does a decent job being the poor-man's Christopher Walken, a few years before Cronenberg had enough cash to hire the real Christopher Walken. The supporting players are, for the most part, quality character actors.The special effects are sickening in a way that CGI never is, and they're used selectively, so that they always have an impact.Some may dislike the sedate earth-toned 70s-Quebec atmosphere (which is similar to the vibe of pretty much every Cronenberg movie pre-Dead-Zone), but I love it; it makes this group of movies feel recognizable and special.

SnoopyStyle Rose (Marilyn Chambers) is injured in a motorcycle accident. Doctor Dan Keloid performs an experimental grafting surgery. A growth in her armpit becomes a dangerous stinger which she uses to suck the blood. Her victims turn into crazed flesh eating zombies who then spreads the disease. Soon she escapes the hospital and it spreads into the city.This is an earlier Cronenberg. It's got some of his body horror style. While the armpit monster gets the headlines, the leg skin is actually quite gruesome. Marilyn Chambers' acting is better than expected but it's by no means great. She's good enough to be in a B-horror. None of the other characters stand out and it's hard to feel the horror.

trashgang A classic from director David Cronenberg which has hardcore porn actress Marilyn Chambers (Behind The Green Door, a porn classic just as notorious as Deep Throat) in it in her first role in a normal flick. And I must say she did well coming out of the porn scene. The flick itself is a bit outdated nowadays but it's still worth picking up due the way it was shot, It was at that time a low budget flick with simple effects and no extra lighting that gave this dark flick an extra touch. The story itself isn't creepy and it never becomes frightening but it did was a standard for a lot of horror flicks who involved a virus. After having a motorcycle accident Rose (Chambers) has to undergo surgery with a new technique but things go wrong and she becomes addicted to blood and people who are bitten are turning into some kind of zombies. It's made just before the horror heydays with the coming of the slashers. If you compare it with Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) or Halloween (1978) then it's a big laugh but still, a classic indeed with it flows here and there. Gore 0,5/5 Nudity 0,5/5 Effects 1/5 Story 3/5 Comedy 0/5

Spikeopath Rabid is written and directed by David Cronenberg and it stars Marilyn Chambers, Frank Moore and Joe Silver. Cinematography is by Rene Verzier and music by Ivan Reitman.When Rose (Chambers) is involved in a horror motorcycle accident, she undertakes experimental surgery in order to save her life. However, she develops a taste for blood and has grown a deadly orifice under her armpit. As the victims stack up and Rose grows ever more insane, the city is put on red alert.David Cronenberg's second full-length film continues the themes found in his smart debut Shivers from the previous year. Body horror and disease come to the fore but Cronenberg expands it out from the confines of one building, into a whole city! Once again operating with a small budget with great results, the director fills out the narrative with sweaty virus panic, intelligent barbs, addiction concerns and visceral nastiness, with the phallic destroyer under Rose's arm a frighteningly bonkers creation. True to the director's career peccadilloes, sex and violence also come under the microscope, while his camera work shows an inventiveness that off- sets the poor effects work. The city is suitably painted as dowdy so as to run concurrent with the diseased narrative, and porn star Chambers gives a very effective performance while others are merely adequate.A simple story and periods of sag and drag stop it being top of the line Cronenberg, but there's a raw energy to Rabid that is most striking. Watching it now as it heads towards being four decades old, it signals with intent a career being born of a most skilled auteur. 7/10