Chills (1975)
by David Cronenberg
ESC Distribution - March 3 , 2021
Original Title : Shivers
Audio : English DTSHD-MA 2.0 Mono, French DTSHD-MA 2.0 Mono
Subtitles : French, English
Country : Canada
Year : 1975
Duration : 88' ( )
Format : Blu-ray
Area : B
Genre : SF, horror
Synopsis
In a luxurious residence near Montreal, a renowned professor commits suicide after strangling and disemboweling a young woman. The affair is quickly hushed up but the doctor of the hotel complex decides to carry out the investigation when he learns that this professor had given himself up to singular medical treatments, based on the grafting of parasites. However, these seem to trigger particular reactions in the patients treated and generate an epidemic.
Audio presentation by David Cronenberg (5'54”, VOST)
“Parasite Memories”: interview with actors Barbara Steele, Lynn Lowry, Allan Kolman, special effects genius Joe Blasco and film critic and feminist Kier-La Janisse (2014, 42'48”, VOST)
“It Was the Seventies! » : new interview with Lynn Lowry (2014, 10'15”, VOST)
“The Organic Horror of David Cronenberg”: interview about the film with Olivier Père, Director of Cinema on Arte, journalist and film critic (2020, 18'10”)
Sequence analysis by Olivier Père (2020, 2'28”)
Clip: vintage posters (slideshow, 1'31”)
Promo clip: The Starliner Tower (2'32”, VF/VO)
Trailer (1'26”, VF/VO)