Item:

Title:
PARASITE MURDERS, THE
Title year:
1974
Also known as:
  • FRISSONS
  • THEY CAME FROM WITHIN (U.S.)
  • SHIVERS (Canada & U.K.)
Unused titles(s):
  • The Parasite Complex (Working Title)
  • Starliner (Working Title)
  • Orgy Of The Blood Parasites (Working Title)
Original dialogue(s):
  • English
Version(s):
  • French dub.
Running time:
87 m 29 s

Director(s):
Credited as:
David Cronenberg -
Screen Writer(s):
Credited as:
David Cronenberg -
Actor(s):
Credited as: Character name:
Paul Hampton - Roger St. Luc
Joe Silver - Rollo Linsky
Lynn Lowry - Forsythe
Allan Migicovsky - Nicholas Tudor
Susan Petrie - Janine Tudor
Barbara Steele - Betts
Ronald Mlodzik - Merrick
Barrie Baldaro - Det. Heller
Camille Ducharme - Mr. Guilbault
Hanna Poznanska - Mrs. Guilbault
Wally Martin - doorman
Vlasta Vrana - Kresimer Sviben
Charles Perley - delivery boy
Al Rochman - Parkins
Julie Wildman - Miss Lewis
Arthur Grosser - Mr. Wolfe
Edith Johnston - Olive
Dorothy Davis - Vi
Joy Coghill - Mona Wheatley
Joan Blackman - mother in elevator
Fred Doederlein - Emil Hobbes
Sony Forbes - man in garbage room
Sylvie Desbois - Benda Sviben
Kirsten Bishopric - daughter in elevator
Nora Johnson - laundry woman
Cathy Graham - Annabelle
Robert Brennen - boy
Felicia Shulman - girl
Roy Witham - bearded man
Denis Payne - man in elevator
Kevin Fenlow - man in elevator
Producer(s):
Credited as:
Ivan Reitman -
Executive Producer(s):
Credited as:
Alfred Pariser -
John Dunning -
André Link -
Editor(s):
Credited as:
Patrick Dodd -
Musician(s):
  • Ivan Reitman
Photography:
  • Robert Saad
Location sound mixer(s):
  • Michael Higgs

Support:
35mm col (Kodak 5247)
Aspect ratio:
1.85:1

Release:
Montréal (3 theatres in English, 7 theatres in French) 1975/10/10

Location(s):
  • Île-des-Soeurs, Montréal (Qué.)
Laboratory:
  • Les Laboratoires de Film Québec (Montréal)
Organization(s):
Distributor(s):
Canada Cinépix
Quebec Cinépix

CFFD Reference No.:
512
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