{"id":8831,"date":"2009-08-05T15:05:49","date_gmt":"2009-08-05T22:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=8831"},"modified":"2020-12-12T00:46:45","modified_gmt":"2020-12-12T07:46:45","slug":"rabid-rage-1977","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=8831","title":{"rendered":"Rabid \/ Rage (1977)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I feel strong; I feel very strong.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Rabid-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Rabid-Poster-207x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-57281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Rabid-Poster-207x300.png 207w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Rabid-Poster-706x1024.png 706w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Rabid-Poster-88x128.png 88w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Rabid-Poster-768x1115.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Rabid-Poster-186x270.png 186w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Rabid-Poster.png 771w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAfter undergoing experimental plastic surgery, a woman (Marilyn Chambers) craves human blood, and turns her victims into blood-seeking, zombie-like creatures.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Canadian Films<\/li>\n<li>David Cronenberg Films<\/li>\n<li>Horror<\/li>\n<li>Vampires<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nDavid Cronenberg fans will surely be interested to check out this early &#8220;low-budget horror film&#8221;, a &#8220;lively, if stupid&#8221; flick which is &#8220;sloppy in spots and not particularly inventive&#8221; but shows ample evidence of Cronenberg&#8217;s ongoing obsession with horrific bodily growths. Porn star Marilyn Chambers &#8212; &#8220;satisfactory&#8221; in her first R-rated role &#8212; is perfectly cast as a woman who, after being badly burned in a motorcycle accident and undergoing an experimental skin-graft operation, finds &#8220;what looks like a vagina-like opening in the skin&#8221; beneath her armpit. In a gruesomely creative twist on vampiric longings, Chambers secures blood from her victims by a &#8220;phallus-shaped projection&#8221; which emerges from her new opening and draws blood like a needle. It&#8217;s all really too gross and inexplicable for words, yet evokes provocative sexual metaphors: Chambers (the ultimate &#8220;sexually liberated woman&#8221;) is given hermaphroditic abilities, yet her &#8220;sexual&#8221; rampages result in sickness and death, starting a rabies-like pandemic (pre-AIDS) around Montreal. Meanwhile, her victims turn into zombie-like creatures, thus tapping into this horror genre trope as well. It&#8217;s all silly and low-budget, but shows Cronenberg&#8217;s firm directorial hand and unique sensibility, and thus will probably be of at least passing interest to film fanatics. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> It&#8217;s interesting to know that Sissy Spacek was Cronenberg&#8217;s first choice for the central role; but Chambers, despite her limited acting chops, ultimately strikes me as the better fit. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A gruesomely provocative premise<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Rabid-Still2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Rabid-Still2-1024x563.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"352\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-57282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Rabid-Still2-1024x563.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Rabid-Still2-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Rabid-Still2-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Rabid-Still2-768x422.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Rabid-Still2-1536x845.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Rabid-Still2-491x270.png 491w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Rabid-Still2.png 1813w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, simply as an early, representative Cronenberg film. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Important Director<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0076590\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/classic-horror.com\/reviews\/rabid_1977\">ClassicHorror.com Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.combustiblecelluloid.com\/classic\/rabid.shtml\">Combustible Celluloid Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/87519\/rabid#articles-reviews?articleId=1471137\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moriareviews.com\/horror\/rabid-1977.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/film\/reviews\/76324\/rabid.html\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I feel strong; I feel very strong.&#8221; Synopsis: After undergoing experimental plastic surgery, a woman (Marilyn Chambers) craves human blood, and turns her victims into blood-seeking, zombie-like creatures. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Canadian Films David Cronenberg Films Horror Vampires Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: David Cronenberg fans will surely be interested to check out this early &#8220;low-budget horror film&#8221;, a &#8220;lively, if stupid&#8221; flick which is &#8220;sloppy in spots and not particularly inventive&#8221; but shows ample evidence of Cronenberg&#8217;s ongoing&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=8831\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8831"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57283,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8831\/revisions\/57283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}