Conceptually, the movie is pretty dated (spread of disease that turns victims into murderous monsters has been done to death in recent years). Back in 1977 it was novel, I'm sure. Execution wise, the movie suffers from a lot of tedious shots that either linger too long or are all together unnecessary. Frank Moore is bland, boring and unneeded. And I wanted to see more details about Rose's odd transformation. I appreciate Cronenberg's unique visions, but Rabid is not one of his better films.

It should be fairly obvious to anybody that Cronenberg plus zombies equals awesomeness so I just don't get why people aren't more fond of this early effort from the master of body horror. I loved it.

Cronenberg follows They Came from Within with more of the same: the same venereal-disease plot development, the same nauseating special effects by Joe Blasco, the same plasticky color that makes an actor's skin look like that of a rubber doll, and the same scattered satirical touches. The movie is angled toward making you ill at ease whenever Chambers puts her arm around anybody, and it conveys an urgent message about what you get if you mess around with dirty girls.

A less interesting premiss than Shivers, but better in terms of pacing, acting and visuals.

Much, much better than Shivers.

Not a bad entertainment and interesting zombie-like disease with a bit of vampirism, but too repetitive and not offering anything really new. I would never think that "Free hugs" could be that dangerous.

I always knew world zombiefication would start in Quebec.

shot well, but it's one of cronenberg's most straightforward stories, so it's not as satisfying as, say, The Brood

watchable

The plot is hilarious: a woman ends up with an anus and a phallic stinger in her armpit after plastic surgery. With this hidden weapon she wreaks zombie havoc. Unfortunately the film itself is duller than theplot suggests. Plus Marilyn Chambers is much more interesting when she's nekkid.

She's got a vagina in her armpit. This vagina stabs people with a penis-like object inside it. This penis-like object turns people into zombies when it stabs them... wow

Excellent and bloody early Cronenberg feature that is essentially a vampire/zombie film. Adult actress Marilyn Chambers is surprisingly good in the lead role.

Good horror.

One of Cronenberg's finer efforts. Profoundly strange movie about experimental technology going wrong in a seriously original way

Cronenberg is still getting his legs here, but it shows great things to come.

Been awhile

Early Cronenberg! Yeah! "Rabid" has all the basics elements of his work: sex, blood and chaos.