24.6.10

shivers (1975)


AKA They Came from Within.
"...disease is the love of two alien kinds of creatures for each other. That even dying is an act of eroticism."
There is a murder/suicide in an exclusive apartment block. The dead scientist had been experimenting on parasites for use within organ transplants. Then other residents start to act weirdly, giving in to wild abandon. Could it be that the scientist developed a parasite that preys on humans, increasing their sexual desire and violent tendancies? A parasite that is now loose within the block?
Early Cronenberg that established his dwelling on medical horror. A sort of sexualised version of 'Night of the Living Dead', which is a good thing, if you are wondering. All this and Barbara Steele.

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