# Shivers (1975)

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**Runtime**: 88 min
**Genres**: Horror, Science Fiction
**Directed by**: David Cronenberg
**Written by**: David Cronenberg
**Starring**: Paul Hampton, Joe Silver, Lynn Lowry, Allan Kolman, Susan Petrie, Barbara Steele

> *Being Terrified is Just the Beginning!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Île des morts. Mid-winter. A single maggot.
Luxury condos become a hotbed of perverse contagion after a mad scientist’s aphrodisiacal parasite gets loose. The sleek building turns into a breeding ground.
Cronenberg's early body horror is less gross than you remember.

**Mood tags**: body-horror, sexy

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