Shivers

Alien may have made Hollywood safe for parasites, but a lot of the conceptual legwork had already been accomplished four years earlier in a low-budget, little-seen movie directed by David Cronenberg called Shivers.

Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

Alien may have made Hollywood safe for parasites, but a lot of the conceptual legwork had already been accomplished four years earlier in a low-budget, little-seen movie directed by David Cronenberg called Shivers.

Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

Alien may have made Hollywood safe for parasites, but a lot of the conceptual legwork had already been accomplished four years earlier in a low-budget, little-seen movie directed by David Cronenberg called Shivers.

Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

"I'm going to stop here," answered the boy called Shivers, in a very forlorn tone.

The Christmas Fairy and Other Stories Frances E. Crompton 1883

"I'm going to stop here," answered the boy called Shivers, in a very forlorn tone.

Brave and True Short stories for children by G. M. Fenn and Others George Manville Fenn 1870

Turns out, they don't call Shivers "The Burger Man," but he makes those pretty well, too.

The Herald | HeraldOnline.com - Front 2009

I'm still very fond of his first one, which has a number of different names, but I think it's normally called Shivers these days.

SFX 2009

Instead of focusing on the body like in his earlier work such as Shivers and The Brood, Cronenberg tackles the mind and how it may be more dangerous than the actual body itself.

Scanners (1981) 2010

My personal favorite is a double-barreled shout out to two movies: a bathtub scene that recalls both David Cronenberg's "Shivers" and the scene that, in turn, homaged – the bathtub scene in Wes Craven's "Deadly Blessing."

Slither, Are You Scared? More Hallowe’en Chills! 2006

Officially known as Shivers, this was David Cronenberg’s first feature.

The Scoop on the Grindhouse DVD 2007