Rabid
“You can't trust your mother, your best friend, the neighbor next door…One minute they're perfectly normal, the next…RABID!”
A young woman develops a taste for human blood after experimental plastic surgery, and her victims turn into bloodthirsty zombies, leading into a city-wide epidemic.
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Cast
51 people
Marilyn Chambers
Rose
Known for
The Owl and the Pussycat
Terri Hanauer
Judy Glasberg
Known for
Communion
Beauty and the Beast
Frank Moore
Hart Read
Known for
Nuremberg
Below
Joe Silver
Murray Cypher
Known for
Shivers
Deathtrap
Howard Ryshpan
Dr. Dan Keloid
Known for
Ulysses 31
Pinocchio 3000
Patricia Gage
Dr. Roxanne Keloid
Known for
Waking the Dead
Susan Roman
Mindy Kent
Known for
The Adventures of Tintin
Beetlejuice
Roger Periard
Lloyd Walsh
Known for
Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business
Lynne Deragon
Nurse Louise
Known for
The Company
Pete's Christmas
Victor Désy
Claude LaPointe
Known for
Scanners
Julie Anna
Nurse Rita
Also in
Blood Relatives
Surfer Lover
Gary McKeehan
Smooth Eddy
Known for
The Brood
David Cronenberg Director · René Verzier Cinematographer Jean LaFleur Editor
Budget $530K · United States release April 8, 1977 · Produced in Canada
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Budget
$530,000
Production
Canadian Film Development Corporation
Production
Cinépix Film Properties (CFP)
Production
Cinema Entertainment Enterprises
Production
Dunning/Link/Reitman Productions
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Famous Players
Production
Cinépix
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Famous Players Film Corporation [ca]
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The Dilbar Syndicate
Production
Canada
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Mosquitoes
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · April 8, 1977
Theatrical
United States · April 8, 1977
Theatrical
United States
August 31, 1977 · Theatrical · San Francisco, California
Denmark
April 8, 1977 · Theatrical
Finland
November 26, 1982 · Theatrical
France
August 3, 1977 · Theatrical
May 10, 2020 · Digital · VOD
March 3, 2022 · Digital · Prime Video
April 1, 2025 · Physical · Blu-ray Carlotta
Germany
June 24, 1977 · Theatrical · West Germany
September 25, 2009 · Physical
Ireland
February 24, 1978 · Theatrical
Italy
August 24, 1979 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
September 2, 1977 · Premiere · Edinburgh International Film Festival
November 1, 1977 · Theatrical
February 16, 2015 · Physical · Bluray
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