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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Shivers
Horror · Science Fiction · 1975
The residents of a suburban high-rise apartment building are infected by parasites that turn them into mindless nymphomaniac fiends.
Movie details
Shivers
“Being Terrified is Just the Beginning!”
1975 Horror · Science Fiction 1h 28m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.4 / 10
Community rating
The residents of a suburban high-rise apartment building are infected by parasites that turn them into mindless nymphomaniac fiends.
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 Shivers?
For the defence
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
Taste neighbourhood
Nearby on the taste map.
TMDB supplies the candidates. CriticWise reorders them by craft, strangeness, prestige, emotion, and pace.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
David Cronenberg
Written by
David Cronenberg
Paul Hampton
Roger St. Luc
Joe Silver
Rollo Linsky
Lynn Lowry
Nurse Forsythe
Allan Kolman
Nicholas Tudor
S
Susan Petrie
Janine Tudor
Barbara Steele
Betts
Ronald Mlodzik
Merrick
Court is in session
Put Shivers on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“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.