Rabid

Starring: Marilyn Chambers; Joe Silver & Howard Ryshpan Director: David Cronenberg  Rated:

DVD Features:

Audio:

• Dolby Digital - English
• Dolby Digital - French

Additional Release Material:

• Audio Commentary - 1. David Cronenberg - Director
• Trailers - 1. English Theatrical
               2. French Theatrical

Text/Photo Galleries:

• Photo Gallery
• Production Stills

Product Description:

After undergoing radical surgery for injuries from a motorcycle accident, a young woman (former adult film star Marilyn Chambers) develops a strange phallic growth on her body and a thirst for human blood -- the only nourishment that will now sustain her. Vampire-like, she prowls the city of Montreal, using her sexual powers to attract victims, who she then infects with a particularly virulent strain of rabies. In no time at all, the city is reduced to a raging mass of rabid, salivating monsters and only an army of machine-gun-wielding soldiers can subdue them. David Cronenberg's horror film explores the relationships between sex and violence, between bodily disintegration and the disintegration of society.

Plot Synopsis:

Adult film star Marilyn Chambers stars as a motorcycle bad-girl who gets into an accident and undergoes an operation. A gaping sore develops under her arm and soon she's guzzling all the blood she can get her hands on. Her unsuspecting victims become infected with a rabies-like disease and are transformed into bloodsucking ghouls.

Plot Keywords:

Gore | Horror | Monsters | Theatrical Release | Vampires

Production Notes:

• Theatrical Release: July 1977
• Filmed in Montreal and Quebec, Canada, in Eastmancolor.
• Began shooting November 1, 1976; completed shooting December 5, 1976. Released in Canada April 8, 1977; released in the USA July 1977.
• Marilyn Chambers started out as the Whilone Proter & Gamble Ivory Snow baby; as an adult she starred in pornographic movies, her big hit being "Behind the Green Door." She has since abandoned porn for more mainstream movies.

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