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Ep 97 - DAVID CRONENBERG'S SHIVERS (1975): THE BIRTH OF BODY HORROR?
SHIVERS (1975) is a wonderfully squirmy milestone in body horror — and David Cronenberg's sleazy, slimy debut.
A high-rise residence is thrown into chaos when a strange parasite begins turning tenants into uninhibited, sex-crazed versions of themselves. Part science fiction, part sleazy exploitation, Shivers introduced many of the themes that Cronenberg would return to again and again throughout his half-century behind the camera: disease, transformation, sexuality, technology, ethics, identity, and isolation.
Not bad for a government-funded Canadian horror flick that can also be described…
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