Rabid
1977 · Movie · R · 91 min · ★ 6.3 · 66% critics
After experimental surgery following a motorcycle accident, a young woman develops a vampiric stinger and a dangerous thirst for human blood. As she feeds, her condition sparks an outbreak that spreads fear through the city and puts authorities on high alert.
Also known as Mosquitoes · Rage
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Details
- Years
- 1977
- Release date
- 1977-04-08
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 66/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 (554 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy Rabid if you want an early, unsettling contagion horror with gory body changes and mounting panic; Not for you if you dislike harsh body horror, slow dread, or films with limited explanations, like Scanners or Shivers.
Pros: nasty body horror; tense epidemic dread; memorable premise | Cons: slow stretches; low-budget look; uneven explanation
Themes
- vampire
- martial law
- montreal, canada
- motorcycle crash
- murder
- motorcycle
- epidemic
- surgery
- rabies
- disturbed
- accident
- vampiress (female vampire)
- +2 more
Cast & crew
Marilyn Chambers
as Rose
Terri Hanauer
as Judy Glasberg
Frank Moore
as Hart Read
Joe Silver
as Murray Cypher
Howard Ryshpan
as Dr. Dan Keloid
Patricia Gage
as Dr. Roxanne Keloid
Susan Roman
as Mindy Kent
- RP
Roger Periard
as Lloyd Walsh
Lynne Deragon
as Nurse Louise
- VD
Victor Désy
as Claude LaPointe
Directed by David Cronenberg