Shivers

May 16, 1975

1h 28m

★ 6.4

Being Terrified is Just the Beginning!

Overview

When the residents of a luxury apartment complex outside Montreal are infiltrated by parasites and transformed into violent, sex-crazed maniacs, it's up to Dr. Roger St. Luc to contain the outbreak from spreading to the city.

Genres

Horror

Science Fiction

Production Companies

DAL Productions

Canadian Film Development Corporation

Cinépix Film Properties (CFP)

Shivers Trailers

Cast

Roger St. Luc

Paul Hampton

Rollo Linsky

Joe Silver

Nurse Forsythe

Lynn Lowry

Nicholas Tudor

Allan Kolman

Janine Tudor

Susan Petrie

Betts

Barbara Steele

Merrick

Ronald Mlodzik

Detective Heller

Barry Baldaro

Mr. Guilbault

Camil Ducharme

Mrs. Guilbault

Hanna Poznanska

Doorman

Wally Martin

Kresimer Sviben

Vlasta Vrana

Three boys and two girls go backpacking from the city to a paradisiacal island. There they rent motorcycles, travel around the prettiest and most remote spots, camp out in the woods, on a coastal cliff, get drunk and swim in the sea. The following day they enter a deep, maze-like cave to explore it and get lost inside.

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6.4

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4.8

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5.2

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3.8

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6.6

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5.9

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5.0

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4.7

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4.7

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3.9

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4.9

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6.4

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5.4

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5.0

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4.2

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3.3

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6.0

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3.5

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