Rabid /
Container title: David Cronenberg's Rabid
- Collector's edition.
- 1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1977. Special features: audio commentaries with writer/director David Cronenberg and William Beard, author of The artist as monster : the cinema of David Cronenberg; archival interview with David Cronenberg; interviews with executive producer Ivan Reitman and co-producer Don Carmody; audio Interview with author Jill C. Nelson, actress Susan Roman and others; From Stereo To Video, a video essay by Caelum Vatnsdal; original theatrical trailer, cast biographies, preview attractions.
Cinematography, René Verzier; editing, Jean LaFleur; art direction by Claude Marchand. Cinematography, René Verzier; editing, Jean LaFleur; art direction by Claude Marchand.
Marilyn Chambers, Frank Moore, Joe Silver, Howard Ryshpan, Patricia Gage, Susan Roman.
A woman who has had experimental surgery develops a taste for blood and terrorizes a city when she spreads a rabies-like disease.
MPAA rating: R.
Blu-ray disc; region A; 1080p high-definition widescreen (1.66:1); DTS-HD MA mono sound; requires Blu-ray player.
English dialogue with optional English subtitles ; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival, 1977: Medalla Sitges en Plata de Ley in Best Screenplay (David Cronenberg), Best Special Effects (Al Griswold).