Shivers

Shivers (1975)

Timing: 1:28 (88 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

1975-09-26

Country

Canada

Production

Canadian Film Development Corporation (CFDC), Cinépix Film Properties (CFP), DAL Productions

Genre

Horror, Science Fiction

Budget

$179 000

Revenue

$1 000 000

Website

Director

David Cronenberg

Actors

Paul Hampton, Joe Silver, Lynn Lowry, Allan Kolman, Susan Petrie, Barbara Steele, Ronald Mlodzik, Barry Baldaro, Camil Ducharme, Hanna Poznanska
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Scenario

David Cronenberg

Producer

Ivan Reitman, John Dunning, André Link, Alfred Pariser

Operator

Robert Saad

Composer

Artist

Audition

Editing

Patrick Dodd
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• The full version of the film has a runtime of 89 minutes.
• Susan Petri couldn't manage to cry, so director and screenwriter David Cronenberg had to resort to using onions. The actress did start to cry, but the scene had to be scrapped due to equipment problems. The onions were no longer available on set, and the actress allowed Cronenberg to slap her. He hit her until her entire face went numb. Barbara Steele, another actress involved in the scene, wasn't warned about anything and assumed Cronenberg was seriously hitting the actress. After filming, she firmly demanded an explanation from Cronenberg, which she received.
• According to Lynn Laurie, the shoulder her character stabs with a fork was Cronenberg's shoulder. He had a soft pad placed under his shirt, which was supposed to be hit, but Laurie missed and drove the fork directly into the director.