Rabid

Rabid (2019)

Pray it doesn’t happen to you.

The quiet Rose works in women's fashion clothing, hoping to be a designer. A traffic accident damages her face. She gets experimental stem cell treatment, leaving her stronger and prettier than ever - but there's a side effect.

Date of release
2019-12-13
TMDB
5.7 / 10 (274)
Runtime
1h 47m
Genres
Science Fiction, Horror
Director
Jen Soska, Sylvia Soska

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Rabid

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

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. 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".

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.

Principal photography began in July 2018 in Toronto.

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