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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Graphic Violence, Nudity, Adult Situations, Gore Movie Release: 1977 DVD Release: 10/24/2000 Format: DVD Edition: Restored/Remastered Audio Tracks: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 31 mins Studio: New Concorde Members Wishing: 9 Genres: Horror, Sex Horror See Also: Rabid [Special Edition], Rabid

For his second commercial feature, following a pair of experimental films and 1977's Shivers, Canadian horror auteur David Cronenberg continued to mine the themes of disease and mutation that were already becoming his perennial concerns. Marilyn Chambers stars as Rose, an attractive young woman who becomes horribly injured in a motorcycle accident. Spirited away to the clinic of Drs. Dan and Roxanne Keloid (Howard Ryshpan and Patricia Gage), a pair of experimental plastic surgeons, Rose becomes an unwitting guinea pig in an operation that grafts genetically modified tissue into her body. Waking from her coma to find she is unable to ingest normal food, Rose unwittingly feeds on human blood by means of a phallic organ that emerges from a vulval orifice in her armpit. Within hours of providing Rose with sustenance, her victims fall prey to an incurable, highly contagious disease that turns them into raving lunatics who foam at the mouth and attack others indiscriminately. Soon, Montreal is under martial law, but nobody can find the Typhoid Mary whose vampiric urges are driving the epidemic -- not even Hart (Frank Moore), Rose's befuddled boyfriend. Although she is best-known for her starring role in the crossover porn epic Behind the Green Door, Chambers actually received her start in features with 1970's The Owl and the Pussycat. Rabid also stars TV and stage veteran Joe Silver as Murray Cypher, a mutual friend of Hart and the Keloids. ~ Brian J. Dillard, All Movie Guide

Marilyn Chambers - Rose
Frank Moore - Hart Read
Joe Silver - Murray Cypher
Howard Ryshpan - Dr. Dan Keloid
Patricia Gage - Dr. Roxanne Keloid

This offbeat early thriller from director David Cronenberg has been given a simple presentation for this release on DVD. Rabid has been transferred to disc in the full-frame aspect ratio of 1.33:1, and the audio has been mastered in Dolby Digital Stereo. The dialogue is in English, with no multiple language options. Bonus material featured on this edition includes text biographies of the leading cast members and the film's original trailer. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide