On Screen!: Shivers
On Screen!: Shivers
2008, English. Directed by Tristan Orchard.
The debut feature from Canada's most celebrated filmmaker, David Cronenberg, Shivers provided the young director with a crash course in feature filmmaking and established many of the unsettling themes explored in his later work. In the film, medical professor Dr. Hobbes (Fred Doederlein) creates a genetically-engineered organism he plans to use to bring about a more sensually aware society, but his experiments turn deadly when the aphrodisiac-producing parasite gets out of control and spreads throughout a swinging Montreal apartment complex. Despite the film's success on both sides of the border, the critical backlash against the film was used to launch a cultural attack on Canada's film funding.
- Runtime
- 0h 47m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- English
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- Released
- 10 February 2008
- Written by
- Paul Corupe
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On Screen!: Shivers runs 47 minutes (0h 47m).
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On Screen!: Shivers isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 10 February 2008. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed On Screen!: Shivers?
On Screen!: Shivers (2008) was directed by Tristan Orchard and stars David Cronenberg, Joe Blasco, Ivan Reitman.