Rabid
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This article is about the 1977 film. For other uses, see Rabies.Rabid is a
1977 horror film written and directed by
David Cronenberg.
Marilyn Chambers stars, with Frank Moore, Howard Ryshpan, Joe Silver and Robert A. Silverman, who would go on to become a regular Cronenberg actor, appearing in
The Brood,
Scanners,
Naked Lunch and
eXistenZ.
The story begins with Rose (Chambers) being seriously injured in a motorcycle accident. She is brought to a nearby research clinic where a radical attempt to use an experimental surgical technique causes Rose's body to mutate. The mutation results in her becoming a vampire and an immune carrier of a disease that causes uncontrollable rage in its victims. As the disease spreads throughout the city, Rose realizes that it can only be stopped if
she is stopped.
Cronenberg initially wanted to cast the unknown
Sissy Spacek as Rose, but producer
Ivan Reitman persuaded him to use the better-known Chambers instead.
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28 Days Later[
1] Shivers at the Internation Movie Database
