Shivers ( They Came from Within ) (Blu-Ray & DVD Combo) [ NON-USA FORMAT, Blu-Ray, Reg.B Import - United Kingdom ]

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I only recently heard about this movie, but watching it, I was reminded of so many other books and movies. Flesh by Richard Laymon for one, Slither by James Gunn for another.The movie opens with scenes of an androgynous girl being murdered intercut with the marketing of an apartment building in Montreal. This is great horror, the interposition of normalcy and the unnatural continues throughout the movie.The plot is basic, slug-like creatures are infecting people and filling them with lust. The sex is constant but mostly off-screen, showing more the danger of desire...and later, the seductiveness of being possessed by the slugs, becoming one with the growing masses of erotically indulgent citizens. Those who do not willingly let themselves be seduced are raped or otherwise violated by the infected or the slugs themselves. Some interesting metaphors are at work here and the movie rewards thinking about, afterwards.The lead is a fairly wooden doctor who lives in the building and although he knows early what he's looking for, he's simply not able to counteract the spreading infection. At first, he simply doesn't take it seriously enough, later he is unable to act ruthlessly to prevent it's spread. In the end, he succumbs to the embrace of his nurse-lover...and two other near naked girls.In the end, everything seems normal again as the infected go out to spread their slug-like progeny, to the willing and to the unwilling alike. This is true horror, in which the hero is not promised success. Recommended.

A friend recommended this horror flick, but I think he must have been drunk when he watched it.This film contains nudity and mediocre acting with a strange story line about a young girl who engaged in sex with several men in high rise condo, infecting them with a parasite that turns them into mind controlled zombies who crave blood.The girl’s father (a scientist) winds up killing her to try and prevent the spread of the parasites, but he’s too late, and he commits suicide after he kills her.The infected men then pass the parasites to others while having sex or kissing others. All the while an investigator and a doctor try to make sense of it all.It ends up with nude folks swimming in a pool and then going out into the world to seed more parasites in the world.And I believe it was made in Canada!

The production definitely doesn't impress a millenial such as myself, but the premise is worthwhile. It's a mix of titillation, disgust, and comedy for me. I view the film as an elaboration on a philosophy of living. What is to happen if we all cut loose and relinquish those higher parts of ourselves? Which is better, the Dionysian or the Apollonian? I think the film tries to get the viewer to ask these questions. One of the lead roles in the film rambles on about everything being erotic, including the act of breathing. This seems like something that needs to have a book written about it. How sexuality encompasses every aspect of being. Well, all in all, the film itself is not particularly interesting, but the thoughts it arouses are worth the watch in my opinion.

I don't know the Director, I judge the film merely on my experience with Horror movie viewing. This film is full of surprises and keeps you on the edge through out. People are going crazy when infected and others are just behaving like that normally! You know the symptons and when someone starts displaying sexual promiscuity you don't know if they are infected or normal. It's fun finding out! And if someone is attacked, you don't know if they escaped or were infected! A great suspense drama!Most Erotic Strip Ever!!: I would like to thank the writer/Director for including the Most Erotic Strip Scene I have ever seen in a movie! The scene where the Nurse changes from her uniform into her plain clothes in front of her boyfriend must be the most erotic film scene I have ever seen! She is obviously parading for the Doctor (her boyfriend ) in front of him, while he is talking on his phone! First she undresses and then dresses again in front of him! He is trying to talk science on his phone, while watching his girlfriend undress! Also, at that point, you are wondering if the Nurse has been infected by the disease which makes people develop a strong sexual urge! Anyway, Director, a great strip scene! Thank you! And Thanks for scaring me throughout the movie!

Shivers (or as it's called in the US, THEY CAME FROM WITHIN) is the first feature from David (SCANNERS, A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE) Cronenberg - and looks it. Unlike the brilliantly subversive counterpoint of a slickly-produced surface erupting into grotesque gore that became Cronenberg's hallmark beginning with his second feature RABID, SHIVERS has all the production flaws of a typical horror cheapie - flat lighting, indifferent audio, not-so-special effects, etc.What puts it head-and-shoulders above most of its no-budget kin is that the movie is as much social satire as horror movie - the parasites infecting the tenants of the isolated luxury Starliner Apartments come not to kill their hosts, but to turn them into amoral sex junkies! This pornographic-sounding premise is treated dramatically and philosophically rather than salaciously, to intriguing effect. Fans of David Cronenberg's later work will recognize many of his recurring themes in nascent form here, and those in the mood for a more intelligent horror flick than usual while still delivering the goods will not be disappointed.

Comentario del bluray Vinieron de dentro de... Con ASIN: B01N4GAJVFEdición decente en bluray de esta película de Cronenberg, con buena calidad de video, sin alardes, y dos audios en castellano, el doblaje original y un redoblaje.Un saludo!!

Cannot comment as this was a gift to someone else but they were very satisfied.

I'm a big fan of David cronenberg's films, i've seen most of his films and have them on blu-ray myselfRABID, THE BROOD, SCANNERS, VIDEODROME, THE FLYbut one film i had not seen yet was Shiversapparently Arrow films blu-ray version of shivers was supervised & approved by David cronenbergthat's what it says on the back cover anywayso i bought this Shivers blu-ray out of curiosity and i have some regrets now after i bought itHumans in a High rise Apartment building in Canada being invaded by a parasitethat makes Humans into crazed sex maniacs, there's no scenes of actual sexbut lots of sexual overtones, sexual assaults mainlythere's a scene of Incest, what looks like incest anyway an old father sexually assaulting his teenage Daughterthere's a scene of Lesbianism, Barbara steele's character makes out with Janine Tudor played by Actor Susan petriethere's American & canadian actors in the filmthe Great performances in the film come from Los Angeles actors Barbara steele & Lynn Lowry,the other Male actors in the film are Canadian and had next to no experience as actors for surein one of many Cronenberg interviews i've seen David talks specifically about the Actors/casting in Shiverssaying most of the background supporting Actors were not Actors but people from the streets of Montreal or Torontothat needed to be given Acting lessons from Cronenberg himself scene by scene in the filmso because of some of the Terrible acting performances by some of the Canadian citizens in theHigh rise apartment block where the film was shotsome scenes i did find boring and pointless, again it's a matter of opinionbut the special effects of the parasite were incredible thou, ahead of it's time for surethe HD transfer is suppose to be supervised by Cronenberg himselfso when i watched it i was very impressed with the picture quality, nice sharp & clear picture quality in 1:78:1 widescreennot much dirt & Grain, so excellent Job with the HD transferthe sound quality however was extremely terrible, only mono sounda new 5.1 Master audio mix would've boosted the sound quality for sureit would've sounded Great through my surround sound systembut no 5.1 master mix has been added, only a terribly sounding mono sound, i was angry for sureobviously Arrow films did not bother to add a new 5.1 Master audio mix as an optionwhich they should have done for fans, pathetic effortalso the film appears to be cut, i don't believe this is the full uncut version of the filmotherwise there would be more Blood/Gore, violenceanother thing Arrow films failed to make the effort with was to make sure they got the Unrated cut of the film.also the Artwork is Disgusting, i never like new artwork of any classic filmi always prefer the original poster artwork so when i turned over to see the original artwork Arrow films have given fansi was very annoyed, it should've just been the original artwork of Shivers, not the alternate title They came from withinwhich i think is s*** title, Shivers is better title for the filmapart from the cut version of the filmthe main Highlight of this new blu-ray is the special features, there's lots of thema new retrospect Documentary on the film called PARASITE MEMORIES goes for about 40minsnew interviews with Actors Barbara steele & Lynn lowry, canadian Actor Allan kolmannew interview with special effects artist Joe Blasco who did the blood & Gore effects for shiversand interview with Canadian film critic Kierla Janisseof course there's no new interview with David cronenberg i would have been surprised if there wasON SCREEN which is 45mins TV program broadcast for Canadian TV back in 2005, this episode is on the film Shiversinterviews with David cronenberg, Producer Ivan reitman, executive producer John Dunning and other cast & crew from the filmvery interesting 45mins Doco, lots of behind the scenes footage of David directing scenes from ShiversFROM STEREO TO VIDEO another Documentary about Cronenberg & the History Canadian Horror cinemathe original Theatrical trailer & Promo photo Gallery is included aswellthere's also a new Booklet inside the case with new writing on the film by Paul Corupethis release also has DVD version of the film, i didn't bother with the DVDmost fans watch blu-ray now, dvd is outblu-ray is better quality so i only watched the blu-ray versionthe film is cutBut the picture quality is pretty clear & sharp i must say better than the old dvd releasethe sound quality is really terrible but there's lots of new special features thouso i gave this new blu-ray only 3 stars if thatif the film was the Unrated cut i would give at least 4 stars

Censored version. AVOID. Never pre-order ARROW BLU/DVD again. Utterly cheated and robbed.

Je ne suis pas du tout un inconditionnel de Cronnenberg dont je juge mes extravagances souvent pitoyables : toutefois c'est un réalisateur de haut niveau, iconoclaste dans un monde devenu aseptisé. Le premier constat est la qualité remarquable des images du Blu Ray car loin des pitres pitoyables qui donnent des synthèses de Première, de l'écran fantastique et des Années Laser, je suis un spectateur ordinaire qui paye ses films pour les regarder et je n'ai que faire d'un scénario en béton sur des images sales à mourir de honte... Ce n'est donc pas le cas et la définition et la colorimétrie sont au top avec des défauts franchement mineurs. Ensuite c'est la thématique du parasite dans l'organisme (abdomen) qui paraît être un croisement entre une limace et un gros étron qui provoque chez son hôte des pulsions sexuelles irrépressibles d’où une fin apocalyptique et glauque sur fond de partouze décérébrée : une grosse farce de série Z à prendre totalement au second degrés mais il est bon parfois de laisser son cerveaux au vestiaire avant de commencer le visionnage du film : donc pas un chef d’œuvre mais du glauque jubilatoire qui permet de bien rigoler... Bonne séances à toutes et à tous.