Rabid (1977)

Name: Rabid (1977)
Duration: 1 h 31 min

1hr 31m

1hr 31m
3.2/5 (13.3K)
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A young woman develops a taste for human blood after experimental plastic surgery, and her victims turn into blood-thirsty zombies, leading into a city-wide… More Details »

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

David Cronenberg

Producer:

Don Carmody, John Dunning, André Link

Writer:

David Cronenberg

Release Date:

Apr 8, 1977

Runtime:

1hr 31m

Synopsis

A young woman develops a taste for human blood after experimental plastic surgery, and her victims turn into blood-thirsty zombies, leading into a city-wide epidemic.

Cast

Marilyn Chambers
Frank Moore
Joe Silver
Howard Ryshpan
Patricia Gage
Susan Roman
Roger Periard
Lynne Deragon
Victor Desy
Terry Schonblum

Letterboxd User Reviews

3.2

RATINGS 29 FANS

3.2

Oct 6, 2018

Cronenberg, mid-1970s: folks, i got a terrifying movie premise for ya: the human body. but with an extra hole :o Canadian government funding his projects: ugh fine David but just this once, okay? Cronenberg: yes ... “once” .........

2.6K Likes

mia lee vicino

Feb 27, 2022

"Did you see Smooth Eddy? He didn't look so good" "What are you talking about, Smooth Eddy always looks good"

541 Likes

Branson Reese

Oct 28, 2017

What that arm mouth do?

342 Likes

Matthew Christman
Mar 21, 2020

Must have been a subconscious selection because I wasn't intending to watch a film about a spreading virus right now. But I plucked the Scream Factory Blu-ray release off my shelf and revisited this classic. Marilyn Chambers is great. Wish she did more mainstream.…

291 Likes

Sean Baker

Oct 9, 2021

Director David Cronenberg would go on to make many films far superior to Rabid, but as an early example of one of his body horrors it's worth a look. Cronenberg cast porn star Marilyn Chambers in the lead role after the studio rejected his first choice of Sissy Spacek…

257 Likes

thearkofkaark

Jul 1, 2021

I mean.. I would totally let Marilyn Chambers sting me with her phallus-shaped armpit stinger!

235 Likes

Lou (rhymes with wow!)
Oct 8, 2020

someone had to kink shame your armpit fetish - might as well be david cronenberg.

212 Likes

Danzel Vaughn

Feb 14, 2025

"The Colonel Sanders of Plastic Surgery!" Rose Miller is involved in a serious motorcycle accident (thanks to a very angry Ned Flanders and family in a van) where she's severely injured and taken to a conveniently close Plastic Surgery clinic and has a super experimental…

193 Likes

VIVE_le_FILTH

Dec 4, 2018

After watching a Cronenberg film it's difficult not to watch another. I just loved burying myself in those late 70s Canadian vibes. The familiar scenery, cold climate, Christmas decorations and morbid visuals are just what I crave this time of year. Rabid takes what…

160 Likes

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