Shivers
Cinépix Film Properties (CFP) | Release Date: July 6, 1976 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
58
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
2
Negative:
1
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83
The A.V. ClubKeith Phipps
Like the creatures in the films, and many of Cronenberg's other films themselves, Shivers is disturbing on an almost biological level. Read full review
80
CineVueCleaver Patterson
It was Shivers that laid the groundwork creating the blend of sex, distorted psychologies and horror which became Cronenberg staples and his signature style in the years to come. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
A paranoid, prurient sexual nightmare. Read full review
75
San Francisco ExaminerBob Stephens
Shivers exhibits the major characteristics of Cronenberg's canon, his use of architecture as reinforcement of the film's creepy tone and the deliberate reduction of men and women to a single, compulsively sexual aspect of their identities. Read full review
70
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
Misanthropic, indeed, but the black humour and general inventiveness place it high above most contemporary horror pictures. Read full review
63
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
It scares and shocks us because it's so cleverly made; the writer-director, David Cronenberg, uses invention and imagination to replace expensive shock effects. Read full review
60
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
A silly but moderately effective chiller about creeping parasites that systematically (and comically) 'infect' an entire highrise population with nothing less than sexual hysteria. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Cronenberg's brand of body horror isn't to everyone's taste, but to call him a reactionary anti-sensualist who metes out grotesque punishment for sins of the flesh -- as detractors have -- is to miss the point. Read full review
30
The New York TimesVincent Canby
It's apparent that someone connected with They Came From Within has an impertinent sense of humor even though the film is so tackily written and directed, so darkly photographed and the sound so dimly recorded, that it's difficult to stay with it. Read full review
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