Synopsis
After undergoing radical surgery for injuries from a motorcycle accident, a young woman develops a strange phallic growth on her body and a thirst for human blood—the only nourishment that will now sustain her.
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Cast
- Marilyn ChambersRose
- Terri HanauerJudy Glasberg
- Frank MooreHart Read
- Joe SilverMurray Cypher
- Howard RyshpanDr. Dan Keloid
- Patricia GageDr. Roxanne Keloid
- Susan RomanMindy Kent
- Roger PeriardLloyd Walsh
- Lynne DeragonNurse Louise
- Victor DésyClaude LaPointe
Recommendations
- 75
USA Today
Another of director David Cronenberg's queasy early horror films that, like The Brood and Videodrome, gets under your skin. [04 Jun 2004] - 70
Time Out
None of the other recent apocalypse movies has shown so much political or cinematic sophistication. - 60
BBC
Ultimately Rabid boils down to zombified sluts and shock moments but it's an irresistible combination that Cronenberg handles well. - 60
Empire
Cronenberg's sleaziest, funniest film, jammed with juicy gore and infectious shocks. - 60
The New York Times
It took (Cronenberg) several films to come into his own as a filmmaker, but even his earliest work reflects his obsessive interest in the human body as raw material that can be transformed -- for better or for worse -- by strong emotions. [08 Jun 2004, p.E3] - 50
Variety
Rabid, as the dictionary explains means both ‘affected with rabies’ and ‘extremely violent’. Using both definitions, Rabid, is so accurately titled that this one word tells all. Here is an extremely violent, sometimes nauseating, picture about a young woman affected with rabies, running around Montreal infecting others. - 50
The Observer (UK)
Early, low-budget Cronenberg horror flick, emetic in intention and effect. [08 Oct 2000, p.10] - 50
TV Guide Magazine
Although Rabid is full of interesting ideas, they are not particularly well developed or presented by Cronenberg's unfocused script.
