They Came from Within(1975)Shivers(original title).A scientist living in an apartment complex kills a girl and uses acid to destroy her internal organs, and then kills himself. While investigating, a doctor discovers that the scientist was doing experiments on the use of genetically engineered parasites as organ transplants. Soon, other people in the complex begin showing signs of carrying the parasites, spreading the things through wanton orgiastic abandon, and the complex begins suffering an attrition problem. Written byEd Sutton <esutton@mindspring.com>... Synopsis They Came from Within(1975)Shivers(original title)
Movie Title: They Came from Within(1975)Shivers(original title)
Run Time: 87 min
Rating: 6.6 / 10
Genres: Horror |Sci-Fi
Release Date: 6 July 1976 (USA)
Director: David Cronenberg
Writer: David Cronenberg... and other credits
Actor: Paul Hampton,Joe Silver,Lynn Lowry
SHIVERS (aka THEY CAME FROM WITHIN) is another pretty twisted outing from freak-o Canadian director David Cronenburg. SHIVERS is not nearly as memorable as some of Cronenburg's other works (VIDEODROME, THE FLY or my personal favorite - THE BROOD...) but it is still worth a look for anyone that is into Cronenburg's strange cinema.
SHIVERS is about parasites that enter their human hosts and cause them to do all kinds of strange sexual and violent things. Pretty cool concept that is handled well, and the film is both weird and entertaining as only Cronenburg can do it. Again, not the best of his films by any means, but still solid. Give it a shot - 7.5/10
