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With a 2K scan from the original camera negative, 101 Films is proud to present the Blu-ray release of Rabid, the enduringly tense and gruesome horror that marked a landmark in David Cronenberg's early career.

Cast

Marilyn Chambers, Howard Ryshpan, Frank Moore, Patricia Gage

Director

David Cronenberg

Producer

John Dunning, Ivan Reitman, Don Carmody

Distributor

101 Films

Run time

1 hour 31 minutes

Release date

26/08/2019

Hash Tag

#Rabid

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101 Films is proud to present Rabid (1977), the enduringly tense and gruesome horror that marked a landmark in David Cronenberg's early career. Title 009 on the Black Label, this double Blu-ray is stacked with extras, including Part 1 of a new feature length documentary on Canadian horror film.

When Rose suffers terrible injuries in a motorcycle crash, she is taken to a nearby clinic run by Dr Keloid for experimental skin-graft surgery. At first, the revolutionary procedure proves successful, but it soon leaves Rose with a strange orifice protruding from her armpit and an insatiable thirst for human blood. Hell-bent on satisfying her bloodlust, Rose leaves a trail of insane and uncontrollably aggressive victims, as the unknown virus engulfs North America in an orgy of frenetic violence.

Rabid stars Marilyn Chambers, Howard Ryshpan, Frank Moore and Patricia Gage (American Psycho) and is written and directed by David Cronenberg (Videodrome) and produced by John Dunning, Ivan Reitman and Don Carmody.

With 2K scan from the original camera negative at director David Cronenberg's preferred aspect ratio (1.66:1), Rabid is released on Blu-ray 26th August 2019 from 101 Films.

Special Features

The Quiet Revolution: State, Society and the Canadian Horror Film - Part One: Gimme Shelter: Cinepix and the Birth of the Canadian Horror Film, a brand new feature-length documentary exploring the social contexts behind Canadian horror cinema from filmmaker and author Xavier Mendik
Audio commentary with filmmakers Jen & Sylvia Soska
Audio commentary with writer-director David Cronenberg
Audio commentary with William Beard, author of 'The Artist as Monster: The Cinema of David Cronenberg'
Audio commentary with Jill C. Nelson, author of 'Golden Goddesses: 25 Legendary Women Of Classic Erotic Cinema, 1968-1985' and Marilyn Chambers' Personal Appearances Manager Ken Leicht
Young And Rabid - An interview with actress Susan Roman
Archive interview with David Cronenberg
The Directors: David Cronenberg - a 1999 documentary on the filmmaker
Interview with executive producer Ivan Reitman
Interview with co-producer Don Carmody
Trailer
Limited edition booklet: Includes 'The Birth of Rabid' by Greg Dunning and 'Stunned. Shocked. Exhilarated': Horror in the Early Films of David Cronenberg by Alex Morris

Please note - Disc special features are subject to change, may differ from format to format and/or may differ from region to region.

David Cronenberg

Videodrome, Rabid, Maps to the Stars, Shivers, The Brood, Cosmopolis, A Dangerous Method, A History of Violence, Crash, Videodrome: Limited Edition, Crimes of The Future, Naked Lunch

Marilyn Chambers

Rabid

Frank Moore

American Ghost Story, Rabid

Patricia Gage

Rabid

Howard Ryshpan

Rabid

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Rabid (1977)