One of the best horror movies of the year is set to hit the home formats in October and we have the full details. Rabid is based on the original horror from David Cronenberg and stars Laura Vandervoort (Jigsaw, Bitten), Benjamin Hollingsworth (Cold Pursuit) and Phil ‘C.M. Punk’ Brooks (Girl on the Third Floor). The film is written and directed by Jen and Sylvia Soska.
After aspiring fashion designer Rose (Laura Vandervoort) suffers a disfiguring traffic accident she undergoes a radical and untested stem-cell treatment. The experimental transformation is a miraculous success, transforming her into a ravishing beauty. But she soon develops an uncontrollable sexual appetite, resulting in several torrid encounters, which sees her lovers become rabid carriers of death and disease. As the illness mutates and the contagion spreads out of control, all hell breaks loose as the infected rampage through the city on a violent and gruesome killing spree.
Related: Rabid review
Rabid will be released on DVD and Blu-ray from 7th October.
Expected Blu-ray special features:
- The Quiet Revolution: State, Society and the Canadian Horror Film – Part Two: An Emerging Revolution: New Territories & Diverse Fears, a brand new feature-length documentary exploring the social contexts behind Canadian horror cinema from filmmaker and author Xavier Mendik (exclusive to Blu-ray)
- Behind the scenes with Jen & Sylvia Soska
- An interview with Laura Vandervoort
- FrightFest Presents The Soska Sisters’ on set message to the FrightFest 2018 audience, with Paul McEvoy
