David Cronenberg's 1970s sexual transmission horror centres on the residents of a suburban high-rise apartment building who are being infected...
David Cronenberg's 1970s sexual transmission horror centres on the residents of a suburban high-rise apartment building who are being infected by a strain of parasites that turn them into mindless, sex-crazed fiends out to infect others by the slightest sexual contact.
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85 %26 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
58 %8,488 reviewsAudience score rating
"A paranoid, prurient sexual nightmare."
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San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Chronicle"Despite all the nastiness there is a compulsive nature to this film that makes it very hard to switch off..."
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BBC
BBC"The film is so tackily written and directed, so darkly photographed and the sound so dimly recorded, that it's difficult to stay with it."
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The New York Times
The New York TimesShivers | Details
- Rating
- R16, Violence, sexual themes & content that may disturb
- Runtime
- 88
- Genre
- Horror
- Country of origin
- Canada
