David Cronenberg’s startling debut feature They Came From Within (aka Shivers) was the most profitable Canadian film made to date in 1975, erupting controversy in the Canadian parliament who debated its social & artistic merits. It remains a searing sexual nightmare, an allegory both thoughtful and grotesque as the residents of an apartment complex are infected with a parasite that turns them into violent, sex-crazed hosts.
“Horror movies don’t come any cooler than Shivers, a 1975 David Cronenberg feature about little parasites that sneak inside people and turn them into sex maniacs. The picture is an anxiety fantasy about the consequences of the sexual revolution – and a nervous rumination on thepower of lust.” – Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
