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, Rose (played by 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 Rose 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 and clever statements on vanity and greed, Rabid is a high-water mark in lysergic horror.