
The Fly(1986)
When Seth Brundle makes a huge scientific and technological breakthrough in teleportation, he decides to test it on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a common housefly manages to get inside the device and the two become one.


“Being Terrified is Just the Beginning!”
The residents of a suburban high-rise apartment building are infected by parasites that turn them into mindless nymphomaniac fiends.

Paul Hampton
Roger St. Luc

Joe Silver
Rollo Linsky

Lynn Lowry
Nurse Forsythe

Allan Kolman
Nicholas Tudor
Susan Petrie
Janine Tudor

Barbara Steele
Betts
Ronald Mlodzik
Merrick

Barry Baldaro
Detective Heller
Camil Ducharme
Mr. Guilbault
Hanna Poznanska
Mrs. Guilbault
Shivers is a horror, science fiction film released in 1975 exploring themes of island, panic, attack, sexual attraction, zombie, organ transplant. Directed by David Cronenberg, it stars Paul Hampton, Joe Silver, Lynn Lowry. The residents of a suburban high-rise apartment building are infected by parasites that turn them into mindless nymphomaniac fiends.
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