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Too much of everything

Beautiful, moving film.

Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

If you want to see a movie where the main character is an ugly poo colored worm, watch this! The only cool scene is when Nurse Forsythe (Lynn Lowry) undress herself under the gaze of Dr. Roger St. Luc (Paul Hampton). The actors are not bad at all, they are all natural, especially Susan Petrie and Joe Silver. David Cronenberg is not a bad director and despite his obsession for disgusting horror, he gave us good films such as Eastern Promises (2007) and A History of Violence (2005). The cinematography by Robert Saad is not bad but the makeup department it is(bad). This Shivers is for Cronenberg's fans and the amateurs of the genre.

"Starliner Tower" is a high-rise apartment complex which is situated on an island off the coast of Canada and has been marketed like a cruise ship. It has just about everything—swimming pools, tennis courts, a medical clinic, a dentist office, and a grocery store—along with a beautiful view of the ocean all around. And people come here to live and get away from the hustle and bustle of the big city. At least that is their intention. What they don't know is that one of the residents by the name of "Dr. Emil Hobbs" (Fred Doederlein) has been experimenting with a parasite that can replace a dying organ in the body. It feeds off of the host but contributes the benefit of a healthy organ. Unfortunately, things don't turn out as planned because the organism develops something much like a venereal disease and an aphrodisiac combined. But with deadly consequences for those who come into contact with an infected person. In essence, the parasite turns its host into sex-starved zombies! Well, maybe not "zombies" in the purist sense of the word but whatever the name they're certainly sex-starved. At any rate, rather than reveal any further details and possibly spoil the movie for those who haven't seen it let me just say that this was an interesting movie with a bit of lewdness thrown in for good measure. As far as the acting was concerned, I especially liked the chemistry portrayed between "Dr. Roger St. Luc" (Paul Hampton) and "Nurse Forsythe" (Lynn Lowry). Also worth mentioning is the presence of Barbara Steele (as "Betts") who was an established actress in horror films a decade earlier. Be that as it may, viewers of films similar in concept to the zombie genre might find something of interest here to enjoy. I rate it as average.

Shivers is written and directed by David Cronenberg. It stars Fred Doederlin, Paul Hampton, Lynn Lowry and Barbara Steele. Music is by Ivan Reitman and cinematography by Robert Saad.Montreal's Starliner Island Complex suddenly becomes home to parasitic organisms that upon entering a human host, turns them into flesh-eating sexual predators.Cronenberg's first commercial feature film has become a little too over analysed over the years due to the Canadian auteur's subsequent career. Meanings and motives within Shivers have been searched and scrutinised so as to give it more resonance. It really isn't worthy of that sort of cranial thinking, but what Shivers is is a fun low-budget horror film, a movie that has dashes of Cronenberg magic that shows he started as he meant to go on.With its chaotic observation of mundane everyday people suddenly turned into sexually charged beings now devoid of inhibitions, it's not hard to see why it caused some controversy upon release. Yet that sort of controversy is gold publicity really, and ultimately when you look at it now, it's played out as being more tongue in cheek than any design to shock the audience out of their seats. That's not to say there isn't horror here of course, one only has to see the brilliant opening to know this, but there is an intentional airiness about the piece, and yes! This is even as the director pushes buttons by pushing taboo subjects into our visual event.The acting is generally poor, the sound mix is off and some of the dialogue is awfully cheesy, but Shivers still comes out in considerable credit. It's an important movie in the pantheon of horror because of its director, while it's enjoyable to tick off some of the traits that would dominate his work from this point on. It also makes you evaluate the state of horror as a genre today, with the ream of sequels, remakes and unsurprising slashers dominating the box offices, now more than ever we could do with a young up and coming Cronenberg type to announce himself to our cinematic world. We can but hope. 7.5/10

Shivers. now called They Came from Within (1975) Very odd title change! Anyway, This was re-watch, I had not seen this movie for really long time, I did enjoyed it a lot back then.I thought it had Very strange story but a good plot apartment building are being infected by a strain of parasites that turn them into mindless, sex-crazed fiends out to infect others by the slightest sexual contact.and there weer good moment in this movie, This dose feel a bit out dated now and could done a bit more with the attack scenes in this movie. I didn't mind looked really really, some decent effect and some odd effect in the movie, which made me laugh,The acting was okay in this movie in this movie, I did enjoy how the movie endedIt's was not as good as I remember it! 5 out of 10