You can't trust your mother, your best friend, the neighbor next door… one minute they're perfectly normal, the next… RABID!
After undergoing radical surgery for injuries from a motorcycle accident, a young woman develops a strange phallic growth on her body and a thirst for human blood—the only nourishment that will now sustain her.
Cast
Marilyn Chambers
Rose
Terri Hanauer
Judy Glasberg
Frank Moore
Hart Read
Joe Silver
Murray Cypher
Howard Ryshpan
Dr. Dan Keloid
Patricia Gage
Dr. Roxanne Keloid
Susan Roman
Mindy Kent
Roger Periard
Lloyd Walsh
Lynne Deragon
Nurse Louise
Victor Désy
Claude LaPointe
Julie Anna
Nurse Rita
Gary McKeehan
Smooth Eddy
Terence G. Ross
Farmer
Miguel Fernandes
Man in Cinema
Robert O'Ree
Police Sergeant
Greg Van Riel
Young Man in Plaza
Jérôme Tiberghien
Dr. Karl
Allan Moyle
Young Man in Lobby
Richard W. Farrell
Camper Man
Jeannette Casenave
Camper Lady
Karl Wasserman
Camper Child
John Boylan
Young Cop in Plaza
Malcolm Nelthorpe
Older Cop in Plaza
Vlasta Vrana
Cop at Clinic
Kirk McColl
Desk Sergeant
Jack Messinger
Policeman on Highway
Yvon Lecompte
Policeman
Grant Lowe
Trucker
John Gilbert
Dr. Royce Gentry
Tony Angelo
Dispatcher
Peter MacNeill
Loader
Una Kay
Jackie
Madeleine Pageau
Beatrice Owen
Mark Walker
Steve
Robert A. Silverman
Man in Hospital
Monique Bélisle
Sheila
Ronald Mlodzik
Male Patient
Isabelle Lajeunesse
Waitress
Terry Donald
Cook
Louis Negin
Maxim
Robert V. Girolami
Newscaster
Harry Hill
Stasiuk
Kathy Keefler
Interviewer
Marcel Fournier
Cab Driver
Valda Dalton
Lady in Car
Murray Smith
Interviewer
Riva Spier
Cecile
Denis Lacroix
Drunken Indian
Sherman Maness
Indian
Basil Fitzgibbon
Crazy in Plaza
Sonny Forbes
Police Captain (uncredited)
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- Release Date 04/08/1977
- Language English
- Director David Cronenberg
- Writer David Cronenberg
- Editor Jean LaFleur
- Cinematographer René Verzier
- Producer John Dunning
- Companies Famous Players, Canadian Film Development Corporation, Cinépix Film Properties (CFP), Cinema Entertainment Enterprises, Dunning/Link/Reitman Productions
- Budget $530,000
| Country | Date | Format | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | Apr 8, 1977 | Theatrical | R |
| DK | Apr 8, 1977 | Theatrical | 15 |
| United States | Apr 8, 1977 | Theatrical | R |
| Germany | Jun 24, 1977 | Theatrical (West Germany) | 18 |
| France | Aug 3, 1977 | Theatrical | 18 |
| United States | Aug 31, 1977 | Theatrical (San Francisco, California) | R |
| United Kingdom | Sep 2, 1977 | Premiere (Edinburgh International Film Festival) | — |
| United Kingdom | Nov 1, 1977 | Theatrical | — |
| IE | Feb 24, 1978 | Theatrical | 18 |
| Italy | Aug 24, 1979 | Theatrical | VM14 |
| FI | Nov 26, 1982 | Theatrical | K-18 |
| Germany | Sep 25, 2009 | Physical | 16 |
| United Kingdom | Feb 16, 2015 | Physical (Bluray) | — |
| France | May 10, 2020 | Digital (VOD) | — |
| France | Mar 3, 2022 | Digital (Prime Video) | 18 |
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