Rabid HD (Cronenberg 1977) to Buy Amazon Prime Video

Rabid (1977), an enduringly tense and gruesome horror that marked a landmark in David Cronenberg's early career.

After undergoing experimental plastic surgery, Rose develops an insatiable desire for human blood. She searches out victims to satisfy her craving, infecting them with a disease which swiftly transforms them into blood-thirsty zombies who proceed to infect others, creating a city-wide epidemic.

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Surgery leaves a Montreal motorcyclist with a bloodsucking appendage in her armpit. Soon she has an insatiable thirst for human blood.

Release date: 8 January 1978 (UK)
Director: David Cronenberg
Distributed by: Lionsgate Films, New World Pictures, Lionsgate Home Entertainment
Box office: $1 million (Canada) or $2.2 million
Budget: CAD$500,000
Production companies: : Cinema Entertainment Enterprises; DAL Productions; The Dibar Syndicate;

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