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Shivers, also known as The Parasite Murders and They Came from Within, and, for Canadian distribution in French, Frissons (IPA: / f r iː ˈ s oʊ n / free-SOHN; 'chills' or 'shivers'), is a 1975 Canadian science fiction body horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg and starring Paul Hampton, Lynn Lowry, and Barbara Steele.
After a scientist living in a posh apartment complex slaughters a teen girl and kills himself, investigators discover that the murderer had been carrying on experiments involving deadly parasites.
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- Paul Hampton
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Shivers. 1975 · 1 hr 28 min. R. Horror · Sci-Fi. The unsuspecting residents of an apartment building are in danger of being wiped out after a twisted medical experiment goes awry. Subtitles: English. Starring: Paul Hampton Joe Silver Lynn Lowry Allan Kolman Susan Petrie. Directed by: David Cronenberg.
- David Cronenberg
- January 1, 1975
- 87 min
Sep 23, 2020 · When it did finally explode off of movie screens in the fall of 1975, it proved to shock anyone who encountered it, even inspiring debate about its artistic worth on the floor of Canada’s Parliament, while simultaneously becoming the most profitable Canadian film ever made up until that point.
The residents of a suburban high-rise apartment building 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. A scientist living in an apartment complex kills a girl and uses acid to destroy her internal organs, and then kills himself.
