Rabid
Directed by David Cronenberg
In David Cronenberg’s must-see cult favorite, a woman named Rose (porn star Marilyn Chambers) develops a thirst for blood after receiving experimental surgery. When Rose wakes up, she finds a stinger under her armpit which she uses to feed off victims, who later turn rabid and attack others. RABID is body horror as only Cronenberg can do, with sex and death inextricably linked thanks to Rose’s phallic parasite. Chambers gamely made the leap to “respectable” films, and die-hard disco fans may recognize her bizarro single “Benihana” playing over one particularly nasty attack. Contains strong language, violence and gore.
In David Cronenberg’s early cult favorite, a woman develops a thirst for blood after experimental plastic surgery.
Cast: Marilyn Chambers, Frank Moore, Joe Silver
Member Reviews
Effective low budget body horror that was a sign of things to come from Cronenberg. Not his best, but definitely worth watching.
Incredible movie it grabbed me from moment one and it went all out David Cronenberg is a master in great storytelling, was weird and wild can't be missed.
I expected a bit more body horror from this but it was good and Cronenberg's style of satire is executed well, to the point, and relevantly timeless even if this is seen as a exploitation B-movie.
Well that was weird and wacky. Armpit monster horror is def original. Gotta love the 70’s!
Essential Cronenberg entry . . highly recommend