FREE Cronenberg Screening
Director's first feature will give you the Shivers
by Staff
Film School Confidential is doing it again. This time host Chris Alexander is presenting David Cronenberg's first feature film: Shivers (1975). That's at 9:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 27.
As always, Chris will have special guests and lots of DVD, magazines, books and other treasures to give away.
To learn more about Chris Alexander's Film School Confidential, check out this interview (click on clip 7). Chris offered his interesting, eclectic cultish program at the Bloor Cinema until it closed for renovations and we're thrilled to have him at The Revue.
Shivers has earned an 84 per cent rating on Rotten Tomatoes
Here's what the San Francisco Chronicle says: "Horror movies don't come any cooler than Shivers, a 1975 David Cronenberg feature about little parasites that sneak inside people and turn them into sex maniacs."
Read the full review, by clicking here.
Here's a plot summary from Rovi: "A gripping exercise in body horror and social paranoia, prolific Canadian director David Cronenberg's debut feature offers a startling look at modern isolationist society with a parasitic twist. When a scientist experimenting with a new form of organ transplants kills a young female resident of a fortress-like apartment complex before subsequently committing suicide, the investigation into her death leads to a frightening discovery. Originally conceived by the misguided scientist in a bid to aid organ transplant, an overzealous parasite quickly escapes into the complex in search of a host. One by one, the unsuspecting residents fall prey to the parasite, and the result is an aggressive horde of sex maniacs who will stop at nothing to satisfy their primal lust and pass the infection on through sexual contact. When the resident doctor learns the sinister truth behind the malevolent creation, only one man stands between an apartment complex overflowing with id-driven zombies and the outside world. Will he be able to stop the rapidly spreading parasite before it escapes into society, or is it only a matter of time until he, too, falls prey to its rapturous effects and gives in to the temptations of the flesh?"