Saturday, October 24, 2020

Rabid (1977)

Rabid is a 1977 horror film directed by David Cronenberg. After a motorcycle wreck a woman undergoes an experimental medical procedure. The results are unexpected. Well, not to us -we're watching a horror movie, after all- but certainly to them.

This film takes place during the Christmas season and has the occasional scene of Christmas-themed shop windows as well as a scene in a department store with kids seeing Santa.


Horror News closes with this: "this movie is still worth a look and is far considerably better than some of it’s era counterparts."


14 comments:

  1. ...I must have been busy on 1977, I missed it.

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    1. Me, too lol Just wasn't my thing at all back in the day.

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  2. I guess some people don't want a Merry Christmas. Ha! I don't know this film, but now I know about it which is more than I did before. Happy weekend!

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    1. I love seeing touches of Christmas in what would otherwise not be a Christmas movie. But now... is it a Christmas movie? Or not? ;)

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  3. Mr. M. and I just watched this the other night.

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  4. I don't remember this one.

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  5. I watched it. At times I thought it was disjointed and at times I thought it was slow, but I never got the feeling it had any scare tactic until the very end when the scream startled me. It may have been the next film, though.

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    1. Cronenberg has his own particular style.

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  6. Sounds interesting, never knew of this. Sadly we don´t have netflix or such...

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    1. This movie is on Daily Motion online, so you may be able to access it. We got rid of cable and did without extra services for a good while, but we're enjoying Netflix and Amazon Prime. I also watch movies on free ad-supported online services like Tubi and Crackle.

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  7. Cronenberg. Haven't heard his name in a long time. Interesting the Christmas setting. There's always that debate about if it is or isn't a holiday movie. (I still say "Love Actually" IS although some argue otherwise!) Definitely not a Hallmark movie, I think!

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    1. "Die Hard is a Christmas movie!" I love than kind of talk :)

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