Shivers

PRESENTED BY THE CANADIAN CULT REVUE | RESTORED DIGITAL PRINT

Cronenberg’s first commercial film, about genetically-engineered parasites turning the residents of a luxury high-rise into sex maniacs, shows the shape of things to come in his career; it “scares and shocks us because it’s so cleverly made.” (Roger Ebert)

Shivers Courtesy of TIFF’s Film Reference Library

The short film Justice for Deepan preceeds the feature –– a documentary about a Canadian-born man with a troubled past who faces deportation and fights to win his citizenship back. 10mins DCP