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Rabid

1977 · 91 min

A cold, clinical descent into urban contagion, visceral and unsettling, with a melancholic undercurrent.

Tagline
You can't trust your mother, your best friend, the neighbor next door…One minute they're perfectly normal, the next…RABID!
Overview
A young woman develops a taste for human blood after experimental plastic surgery, and her victims turn into bloodthirsty zombies, leading into a city-wide epidemic.
In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • survival
  • identity
  • corruption
  • death
Places
  • big city
  • hospital
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror8
Humour1
Realism5
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
horror
Directed by
David Cronenberg
Written by
David Cronenberg
Starring
Marilyn Chambers, Terri Hanauer, Frank Moore, Joe Silver, Howard Ryshpan, Patricia Gage, Susan Roman, Roger Periard
Cinematography
René Verzier
Runtime
91 min
Country
Canada
Languages
English

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