laetitiapayombo That's a good horror movie! Naked women, sex, violence what else?! All we ask in a horrific movie is to be scared, and disturbed in our comfort zone. There's no doubt that David Cronenberg knows how to do it. Great references to George Romero in The crazies and Night of the living dead! There's a lot to tell about this movie like the curse of infidelity. But let's just say it's a good movie to make out with a crush... Or not.

Michael_Elliott Shivers (1975)** 1/2 (out of 4)A futuristic high rise is the setting for this David Cronenberg shocker, which has the people of this complex catching some sort of disease that turns them into sex crazy maniacs.SHIVERS was the first film that Cronenberg directed that was meant for a large audience. After doing a couple experimental films and some made for Canadian television, SHIVERS was meant to put the director on the map and it certainly did that. The film was praised in some circles. It was hated in others. Some people were downright disgusted by what they saw in the picture. It was released in American theaters as THEY CAME FROM WITHIN but no matter the title it's certainly worth watching.What I liked most about the film is that very little is actually explained. The movie starts with the disease already in full force and most movies would have started with a lot of character development before getting to the disease but that's not the case here. I liked how the weirdness starts right off and Cronenberg cuts from a couple happily moving into the complex to a bizarre murder-suicide sequence. Cronenberg certainly handles the material extremely well and once again he builds up an utterly bizarre atmosphere that continues to get stranger with each new scene.The film also benefits from some good performances including Paul Hampton and Joe Silver. Scream Queen Barbara Steele appears in the film and she's always a pleasure to watch. SHIVERS does have some flaws include some at times awful death sequences as well as some pacing problems. There are also some bad performances in some of the smaller roles. However, with all that being said, this is a unique and rather disturbing horror film.

rodrig58 If you want to see a movie where the main character is an ugly poo colored worm, watch this! The only cool scene is when Nurse Forsythe (Lynn Lowry) undress herself under the gaze of Dr. Roger St. Luc (Paul Hampton). The actors are not bad at all, they are all natural, especially Susan Petrie and Joe Silver. David Cronenberg is not a bad director and despite his obsession for disgusting horror, he gave us good films such as Eastern Promises (2007) and A History of Violence (2005). The cinematography by Robert Saad is not bad but the makeup department it is(bad). This Shivers is for Cronenberg's fans and the amateurs of the genre.

Aaron1375 I have seen David Cronenberg's The Brood, Videodrome and The Fly. I enjoyed all three and I thought I would enjoy this one. I enjoyed it a bit, but at the same time I just thought it could have been so much better. The plot was very interesting, but at times it just played out a bit too inconsistently. The acting was at times very weak as the characters seemed to react to certain things completely wrong for what was going on. However, the film did also have some very disturbing scenes, some erotic ones and some nasty gore scenes too. The movie had it all and if it had a bit more focus it would have been as good as the other Cronenberg films I have seen. As it is, I found it to be the weakest.The story starts out by having a voice over and slide show that touts the benefits of living at this apartment complex that is on an island in Canada. Kind of makes this building seem like it is going to be more important than it actually turns out to be. It really is not all that important to the plot. No, what is important is the strange scene where an elderly man attacks a young woman dressed provocatively. He strangles her and makes an incision and pours acid into her. This is just the start as many men in the complex have apparently had a fling with her and she seems to have infected them with some kind of parasite that increases ones sexual appetite and also makes them more sexually violent! It is up to a doctor to try and stop this epidemic before it gets out of hand, but it may already be too late! The movie had a lot of problems, but the main one I had is that if the film was meant to show sexual violence in a disturbing manner, then it was too erotic. If it was trying to be erotic, then it was too disturbing and violent. The parasites in the film looked pretty good and were icky, but at the same time very inconsistent. They make nearly everyone in the movie very amorous. However, the husband has little to do with his wife and does not really show an inclination to want to have sex till halfway into the movie. The parasites also really mess him up, but do not really infect others in the film the same way. Not even the girl initially infected. These things and the rather mundane acting just take this film down a notch when it could have been completely awesome.So this film was okay at times, but overall not all that good or bad. It had some good things such as the scene at the end with all the people as it was better than a lot of zombie films, but a lot of bad too as I have documented already. It has that early Cronenberg flair as it is a science horror film and I rather wish he would go back to making these type of films. I have not seen anything by him in years though, so for all I know perhaps he has and I just do not know what they are. I am glad I have finally seen this one, now I just need to be on the lookout for Rabid.