Rabid

Rabid

Credits
Title:	Rabid
Directed by:	David Cronenberg
Written by:	David Cronenberg
Produced by:	André Link; Ivan Reitman; Don Carmody; John Dunning
Cinematography:	René Verzier
Edited by:	Jean LaFleur
Production
Distributors:	Canadian Film Development Corporation
Released:	April 8th, 1977
Rating:	R
Running time:	91 min.
Country:	Canada
Language:	English
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Rabid is an independent Canadian feature film of the science fiction genre with an emphasis on the "science runs amok" and Pseudo-Zombies film tropes. It was written and directed by David Cronenberg. It was produced by the Canadian Film Development Corporation and premiered in Canada and the United States on April 8th, 1977.

Cast[]

Actor

Role

Marilyn Chambers

Rose

Frank Moore

Hart Read

Joe Silver

Murray Cypher

Howard Ryshpan

Doctor Dan Keloid

Patricia Gage

Doctor Roxanne Keloid

Susan Roman

Mindy Kent

J. Roger Periard

Lloyd Walsh

Lynne Deragon

Nurse Louise

Terry Schonblum

Judy Glasberg

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

Jerome Tiberghien

Doctor Karl

Allan Moyle

Young man in lobby

Richard Farrell

Camper man

Carl 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

Doctor Royce Gentry

Tony Angelo

Dispatcher

Peter McNeill

Loader

Una Kay

Jackie

Madeleine Pageau

Beatrice Owen

Mark Walker

Steve

Bob Silverman

Man in hospital

Monique Bélisle

Sheila

Ronald Mlodzik

Male patient

Isabelle Lajeunesse

Waitress

Terry Donald

Cook

Louis Negin

Maxim

Bob 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

Notes & Trivia[]

The tagline to this film is "You can't trust your mother...your best friend...your neighbor next door...". Another tagline is "Pray it doesn't happen to you".

There are a total of fifty credited cast members in this film.

Principal filming on Rabid began on November 1st, 1976. Shooting concluded on December 5th, 1976. The movie was filmed on-location in Montreal, Québec, Canada.

Rabid was first released on home video on VHS and Betamax by Warner Home Video in 1983. It was first released on DVD in Region 1 format by New Concorde Home Entertainment in 2000. It was released in dual format Blu-ray/DVD in the United Kingdom by Arrow Video on February 16th, 2015. It was released as a Blu-ray single by Scream Factory on November 22nd, 2016.

According to this film's page at IMDB, actor Sonny Forbes plays a police captain. He is uncredited for his participation in this film.

This is David Cronenberg's second commercial feature role as a director.

Rabid was remade in 2019 by twin sisters Jen Soska and Sylvia Soska. It stars Laura Vandervoort in the role of Rose.

The film review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes gives Rabid a 73% Fresh Tomatometer rating based on twenty-six posted reviews. It has an audience score of 46% based on 7,230 user ratings.

This movie has a rating of 3.2 on Letterboxd.

Before taking on the role of Rose, actress Marilyn Chambers was known for her work in the pornographic film industry with films such as The Owl and the Pussycat and Behind the Green Door. She continued to work in adult films even after starring in Rabid.

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