The defence The Arthouse Gremlin
“Its refusal to behave is the point.”
The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.
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Rabid
Horror · 1977
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.
Movie details
Rabid
“You can't trust your mother, your best friend, the neighbor next door…One minute they're perfectly normal, the next…RABID!”
1977 Horror 1h 31m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.3 / 10
Community rating
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.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Rabid?
For the defence
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Prestige Tourist
“You like your greatness pre-approved.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Shivers
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Near Dark
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
David Cronenberg
Written by
David Cronenberg
Marilyn Chambers
Rose
Terri Hanauer
Judy Glasberg
Frank Moore
Hart Read
Joe Silver
Murray Cypher
Howard Ryshpan
Dr. Dan Keloid
Patricia Gage
Dr. Roxanne Keloid
Susan Roman
Mindy Kent
Court is in session
Put Rabid on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Prestige Tourist
“Oddness is not depth.”
A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.