You won't be disappointed!

Just perfect...

Absolutely Brilliant!

A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

David Cronenberg's 1977 sci-fi/horror film stars Marilyn Chambers, Frank Moore and Joe Silver. This begins with woman, Rose (Chambers) riding a motorcycle with her boyfriend, Hart (Moore). They get into an accident and Rose goes into a coma, but needs immediate surgery. A month later, she awakens with a lethal appendage craving blood. When she starts feeding on strangers, an infectious, epidemic spreads. The late, Silver plays Hart's friend, Murray. This isn't bad, the late, Chambers was good in this and there's gruesome make-up effects. I'd give this a try.

An effective early effort from director David Cronenberg, RABID is a disturbing tale of a city overtaken by disease and fear. A cast of unknowns work hard to make this film seem as morally depressing and hauntingly realistic as possible, and the low, almost documentary style film making and the use of Canadian cities as a setting really work in its favour. The film deals with the subject of disease - something akin to rabies in this case - spreading through a city. It starts off with small isolated attacks but soon the city is put under martial law and the infected people are being shot on sight. Disease films are a frequent fixture in Hollywood - take OUTBREAK for example - and RABID is stylish and entertaining enough, in a low budget way, to warrant repeat viewings.Marilyn Chambers I found at first to be pretty annoying. A former porn star (as the box so proudly proclaims), she has a habit of removing her top in this film, but displays precious few acting talents. However her performance grew on me as the film progressed and she even becomes quite moving at the end of the tale; her offbeat acting style makes her in some ways quietly unforgettable. The rest of the cast have little to do, while the male lead looks strangely like Christopher Walken (who went on to star in Cronenberg's THE DEAD ZONE in 1983). However all involved turn in performances that are at the least adequate.The special effects are kept to a minimum in this film, with the 'star' of the show being a strange, pulsating tube which comes out of Chambers' armpit to suck the blood of her victims. This typical Cronenbergian image is pretty sick to watch but it's what you come to expect when you're a fan of the director. There are a few explosions and shootings to keep things moving along (the shootings are all violent scenes - the best taking place in a police station and involving a contaminated police officer and his companions all armed with shotguns - it's quick, blunt, and cuts straight to the point).The attacks on unsuspecting strangers by rabid, foaming maniacs are perpetrated throughout the film and are all handled with such style that you can't help but look forward to the next one (as sick as that may sound). All this and a downbeat ending help to make RABID a small, but nonetheless powerful, outing for Cronenberg, which is a must see for any fan of his. The film is at its best when it focuses on the spread of the disease and it does pack lots of horrifying vignettes into the running time, like the bit with the machine-gunned Santa Claus. I find that it outdoes Romero's THE CRAZIES in terms of pure effectiveness.

"Rabid" is the way that I found myself entering the career of director David Cronenberg. At first, I expected a simple but yet effective "zombie" movie with some interesting argument and nothing more, but what this movie offers is far more than just that.After and accident of a young couple in a motorcycle, a doctor of a near clinic try to save the woman of the couple, but at the same time, he does it with the help of a little experiment that he has been working with some colleagues. The result saves the lady, but with some cost, a deadly cost.What Cronenberg offers in this films is desperation, desolation and loneliness. You will never feel save watching this, because the danger is everywhere and no one is safe. One of the things that I really liked about the movie and is really not a recurrent theme in the zombie cinema is that the infection is growing gradually. You're not just inserted in a apocalyptic world, but you can watch one getting stronger with time, which is a very effective way to build tension through the entire movie. The acting is solid enough with some really good moments, specially for actress Marylin Chambers, who you can see leave everything in this movie. The dialogue is actually very clever and realistic in a situation like this, helping a lot to care about the characters. The relation between sex, life and death is recurrent theme in the movie, and even if very subtle, I found it clever and make a stand for the film to just not be another zombie flick.The make-up team made an incredible job right here, and I would even argue that Deodato take one or two ideas about it. The music is a beautiful mix of emotions between compassion and terror, switching very effective when it is needed.In a nut-shell, "Rabid" is a movie that any horror or zombie fan should watch, and even if you watched a lot of movies in the past, believe, I can assure you that you're not completely prepared for this one.

Rabid is an early feature film written and directed by David Cronenberg and produced by Ivan Reitman. It is a low budget independent film set and shot in Canada.The film is a straight role for porn star Marilyn Chambers who plays Rose, a critically injured woman involved in a motorbike accident and taken to a plastic surgery hospital where she undergoes experimental treatment to treat her burns.Although her boyfriend was also involved in the accident he is released because he had less serious injuries and he has been told that Rose is in a coma. However Rose develops a vaginal orifice in her armpit and from there s phallic stinger emerges that sucks blood from a victim as Rose develops a desire to feed from blood. In turn the victims become crazed zombies who also want flesh and blood and soon there is an epidemic in Canada as zombies run rampant.The film is low budget and looks it. It has the embryonic cold finish that Cronenberg would become better known from. Its an early cult film from him, the Canadian setting gives it a nice authenticity. There is some effective thrills and horror but also some lame lines. The film with the orifice in the armpit, the phallic stinger sucking blood is presumably making a point about sexual politics, physical horror and human sexuality. Cronenberg is a man who makes more than just a cheap horror film, he is a cerebral person and someone who studied biochemistry. The body, revulsion at the body is a common feature in his work.However Chambers is just OK but the film needed a stronger actress. She is pretty, appealing enough to be a vamp tempting men who she can devour them. Frank Moore plays the boyfriend, he looks like Christopher Walken but does not have his magnetism or acting chops and comes across as dull and weak. The film has a rather downbeat ending and has obviously been inspired by the Night of the Living Dead.