Horror Extreme Movie Catalog

SHIVERS was the movie that FREAKED me out when I was a kid.
I saw the movie in 76 on a triple bill with SQUIRM and BUG.
SHIVERS came on last and did not disappoint! It all starts
with a Doctor trying to bust a door open on a young teenage girl
the Doctor breaks the door down and strangles the girl. Next
he strips her down naked and puts her on the table takes a scalpel
and starts to slice down her abdomen,he than pours in her stomach a
acid, walks away and takes the scalpel on himself by cutting his throat.
Whats not explained at first is why did this Doctor do that? Well
later in the movie it is explained that the Doctor is a dirty old man
and likes his teenage girls. The Doctor develops a parasite that
makes men/women have sex no matter with whom for long period of times.
David exposed HORROR to me at a very young age(6 yrs.old) and though
this movie does not have a chainsaw maniac or a 11 yr. old girl
that can impersonate a owl it has HORROR for the psyche! To get back
to the story of the film the sexual parasites go from person to person
through their mouth and once it has you you are forever a sexual zombie
a SEXBIE so to speak. This movie is very influenced by Night of the
Living Dead. All your heroes in the film are trapped inside The Hotel
and all your heroes either die or become SEXBIE'S one by one till
you have only one actor left who looks dead-on like Chuck Norris
from Return of the Dragon! He also gets it in the end(SPOILER) till
there is no one left in the Hotel to attack. They all get in their
cars to drive off to other places and the D.J. on the radio says
the all to famous...PEOPLE ARE ATTACKING THEIR LOVE ONES,STRANGERS
ANIMALS??? LOCK UP YOUR DOORS DON'T TALK TO ANYONE AND-AND THERE
TRYING TO GET THROUGH HERE IN THE STUDIO FIND HELP BEFORE IT'S TO
LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRGGG! I really love this movie and yes it is
VERY low budget and the parasites look like Chicken Strips from a restaurant but it has a EERIE look to it,I still remember the feeling
I had when I first saw this and the one actor who looked like a deranged
Tim Allen with his stomach smoking from acid and blood in his mouth
giving me the CREEPS! Also the scene of the two little girls acting
like dogs complete with collars around their necks as Dad is walking them
and the scene of the hero locking himself in a room just to have the
lights on behind him turn on and a very old man and a very young girl
stand up the old man says to the hero of the movie..HAVE YOU MET
MY GRANDDAUGHTER ERICA? (starts to french kiss her) I JUST LOVE
MY GRANDDAUGHTER ERICA........AGHHHHHHHHHHHHH! FREAKED ME OUT AT AGE
SIX! SHIVERS is Cronenburg's first movie and anyone who loves HORROR
should know that Canada man Cronie. I recommend SHIVERS to all,just
don't watch it with a sibling...YOU WILL FEEL DISTURBED!

I finally picked up this DVD at a Used DVD store and I was very happy that I did. I am an avid Cronenberg fan and loved this movie. It is a very twisted horror fest that has a very dark side. It is a cross with zombie movies and Cronenberg's Rabid. The story is very believable and the gore is over the top for it's time. I can't believe that no one wanted to produce this movie when Cronenberg originally wrote it. This one is a must see for all Cronenberg fans!!!!