Rabid (1977)

Critics,are you kidding us

Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

This little film was very well made & on an obvious tiny budget but still had shocks & scares & some cool scenes!!! Rabid has a BEAUTIFUL musical score it's really LOVELY!!! Realistically there was no "great" performances but hey this is just a fun gritty infection Horror Thriller film & nothing more!!! Cool to know that the excellent Ivan reitman was producer on this & this is very well directed by david & the rabid people look cool like i said it's just a low-budget bit of gross fun & nothing more it's not a masterpiece but it is excellent & very rewatchable, I love these 70s & 80s Horror flicks so i enjoyed this lots & would make a cool double feature with Shivers

David Cronenberg's 1977 sci-fi/horror film stars Marilyn Chambers, Frank Moore and Joe Silver. This begins with woman, Rose (Chambers) riding a motorcycle with her boyfriend, Hart (Moore). They get into an accident and Rose goes into a coma, but needs immediate surgery. A month later, she awakens with a lethal appendage craving blood. When she starts feeding on strangers, an infectious, epidemic spreads. The late, Silver plays Hart's friend, Murray. This isn't bad, the late, Chambers was good in this and there's gruesome make-up effects. I'd give this a try.

As big of a name that David Cronenberg is in the horror scene, then I can't really claim to be a fan of everything that he touches. I have never heard about "Rabid" before I happened to stumble upon in this late in 2017. I read the synopsis and it sounded like something that could potentially be alright, as it did have that zombiesque vibe to it.I managed to endure 30 minutes of "Rabid" before I gave up out of sheer and utter boredom. I actually found myself with my mobile phone in my hand and was playing a game while watching this movie. Yeah, it was that boring to me.From what I managed to see during the 30 minutes that I sat through, then there was nothing appealing or interesting here that fell into my taste and preference. So I can in all honesty say that I am not going to return to watch "Rabid" later on in order to finish it.As for the cast and their acting talents, well, I can't really complain about anything here. The acting seemed adequate considering that the movie was from 1977 and given the limitations of the script and storyline imposed on them."Rabid" didn't really make much use of special effects in the 30 minutes that I managed to endure. So whether or not the movie actually did well on the effects department, that I cannot make a proper statement about.This was a rather bland and uneventful 30 minutes that I will never get back. And from what I saw, then my rating of "Rabid" is a meager 3 out of 10 stars, and I do feel somewhat large and generous here actually. The movie cover boasted "Pray it doesn't happen to you", which actually happened to summarize the feeling of having to sit down to watch the movie quite well.

One of the things that distinguished early David Cronenberg films from those of other horror filmmakers was that they often looked and felt like Art House films. RABID is a prime example: the cinematography is often absolutely stunning. In one scene, we see the infected Marilyn Chambers walking down a lonely country road. She takes refuge in a barn and is discovered there, "milking" a cow of its blood. This entire sequence is beautifully shot- and it's not the only one. Another thing that separated Cronenberg from other filmmakers of his era was his approach to horror: he pioneered what was then called "bio-horror." This stemmed, in part, from his medical school background, which gave his unusual concepts more than a touch of verisimilitude (even if you didn't fully UNDERSTAND what was going on, it sure SOUNDED somehow plausible...). On top of everything else, Cronenberg's movies were genuinely SCARY- and, again, RABID is a Prime Example: there's an uneasiness that pervades the film from scene first to last; an end-of-the-world scenario that, while it may in the end offer a RAY of Hope, it's a dim, faraway Hope that may or may not pan out... The suspense is, at times, nigh intolerable. RABID was the first film that I recall seeing (at a drive-in) that captured what it might actually be like to find oneself in a No-Win Situation. (In that respect, it called to mind Cronenberg's earlier shocker, THEY CAME FROM WITHIN.) The sight of tanks blocking intersections and the matter-of-fact killing of The Infected on sight by soldiers was mind-blowing at the time. RABID remains, to this day, one of the premiere "viral Armageddon" movies. Oh, and the music is absolutely beautiful. Check it out- if you dare...