Rabid – Der brüllende Tod (1977)

Rabid – Der brüllende Tod: Directed by David Cronenberg. With Marilyn Chambers, Frank Moore, Joe Silver, Howard Ryshpan. A young woman develops a taste for human blood after experimental plastic surgery, and her victims turn into blood-thirsty zombies, leading into a city-wide epidemic.

“This is Cronenbergu0026#39;s disappointing follow-up to the great u0026quot;Shivers.u0026quot; Once again, the u0026quot;monsteru0026quot; is a disease that turns the victims into crazies. The underlying subtext that sexual appetite makes you crazy is reinforced by the casting of porn star Marilyn Chambers in the lead role (sheu0026#39;s not bad). There are some good scares and some great grotesque images (especially the frozen twisted corpse that was used in the filmu0026#39;s poster). But the story is by turns confusing and, until the military is brought in at the end, repetitive. It feels overlong for what it is. Cronenberg had some nice directorial touches–I like the way he uses brightly lit, underpopulated buildings as a backdrop for the horror.”