Rabid - David Cronenberg Showcase by Requisite Cinema

Rabid/ Canada/ 1977/ Dir: David Cronenberg / 91 Min

Picking up where the taboo-busting SHIVERS left off, RABID is the next-level iteration of Cronenberg’s obsession with sexual body violence in the form of a late nite creature feature. After a motorcycle accident, former adult film star Marilyn Chambers wakes up in a hospital with new skin and a new appetite. As the city of Montréal is transformed into an incubator for gunk-spewing vampires, the ghostly Chambers finds herself at war with her body and the world. This is a young Cronenberg firing on all cylinders. Featuring a focused and intense performance from Chambers, clever statements on vanity and greed, and a grotesque lil’ beastie who looks like a penis with teeth, RABID is a high-water mark in lysergic horror. This includes the show-stopping scene that involves a machine gun and Santa Claus.

David Cronenberg: A Requisite Cinema showcase
To celebrate the release of his latest masterwork THE SHROUDS, the Broadway Theatre has curated a selection of classics from the peerless catalog of the iconoclastic DAVID CRONENBERG. This twelve picture series will highlight the evolution of Cronenberg's unparalleled work as the cerebral and visceral collide, negotiate, and inevitably coalesce across decades of groundbreaking cinema.