Rabid (2019 film)

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Rabid
File:Rabid 2019 poster.jpg
Teaser poster
Directed by Jen Soska
Sylvia Soska
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  • Jen Soska
  • Sylvia Soska
  • John Serge
Based on Rabid
by David Cronenberg
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Music by Claude Foisy
Cinematography Kim Derko
Edited by Erin Deck
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Distributed by A71 Entertainment
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Running time
 110 minutes[1]
Country Canada
Language English

Rabid is a 2019 Canadian body horror film directed and co-written by Jen and Sylvia Soska and starring Laura Vandervoort, Ben Hollingsworth, and Phil Brooks. It is a remake of the 1977 film of the same name directed by David Cronenberg.

Rabid premiered at the London FrightFest Film Festival on August 26, 2019.

Plot

After a young woman, Rose, suffers a disfiguring accident, she undergoes an experimental stem-cell treatment that leads to unintended consequences. She starts to have hallucinations and imagines killing people.

Cast

Production

In February 2016, Jen and Sylvia Soska were hired to direct a remake of David Cronenberg's 1977 horror film Rabid, with producers Michael Walker, Paul LaLonde and John Vidette.[5] The film had entered pre-production by February 2018, during which time the Soskas described the project as a continuation of the "thoughts and conversation" from the original and "modernized through a female perspective".[6] In May 2018, Laura Vandervoort was cast as the film's protagonist, Rose.[2]

Principal photography began in July 2018 in Toronto.[7]

The film was produced by Back 40 Pictures in conjunction with Telefilm Canada and Ontario Media Development Corporation, and was financed by The Royal Bank of Canada, Media Finance Capital.[2] Distribution rights were acquired by A71 Entertainment in Canada,[8] Shout! Studios in the United States,[9] 101 Films in the United Kingdom, and Madman Entertainment in Australia and New Zealand.[2]

Release

Rabid premiered at the London FrightFest Film Festival on August 26, 2019.[1][10] Rabid held its US premiere on October 15, 2019, at Screamfest Horror Film Festival in Los Angeles.[11] The film was released theatrically, digitally, and on video on demand on December 13, 2019, by Shout! Studios.[12] Release on DVD and Blu-Ray was on February 4, 2020.[13]

Reception

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References

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External links

  • Rabid at IMDbLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).

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