It's nowhere near as complex or layered as his later pictures, but it's still deeper than most horror movies.
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04/01/06
Shivers (1975)
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Reviews Counted:3
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Rotten:1
Average Rating:2.7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: Bizarre parasites lead the inhabitants of a high-rise apartment building to go on an orgy of violence. Horror and some humor mix in director Cronenberg's breakthrough hit.
Starring: Paul Hampton, Joe Silver, Lynn Lowry, Barbara Steele
Director: David Cronenberg
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Excellent opening! Not because I like to see young girls cut up on kitchen tables, but because you can't help but ask, "What the hell is going on?" You're drawn in, which is what the opening scenes in any movie are SUPPOSED to do.
07/02/03
SHIVERS is well worth a viewing not only as a preview of things to come from Cronenberg, but as a stand-alone terror film.
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