RABID

Following a car accident, a young woman suffers severe burns on many parts of her body; she is admitted to a private clinic where she is transplanted with new skin, according to a new procedure developed by an important surgeon. At first everything seems to go well, but after a few days the woman begins to undergo a sort of genetic change, she transforms into a bloodthirsty being. With her bites she infects other people who, in turn, transform, spreading the plague all over the world. The visionary Cronenberg takes another shot at doctors (whom he doesn't seem to hold in high regard, given how he portrays them in his films), this time guilty, even, of contaminating the entire world with a terrible disease, and crafts an enjoyable and quite unsettling film, especially in the final part; the central section of the film turns out to be a bit too slow, ruining, in part, the entire film. The best remain, without a doubt, the final sequences in which the few survivors not yet infected by the disease try to escape from the terrible "beings", moments that seem precursors of the unforgettable "Zombi" by Romero, without having, however, the charm and visual impact of the latter.