"Being Terrified is Just the Beginning!"

1975

1h 28m

6.4(670 votes)

Horror

Science Fiction

Overview

When the residents of a luxury apartment complex outside Montreal are infiltrated by parasites and transformed into violent, sex-crazed maniacs, it's up to Dr. Roger St. Luc to contain the outbreak from spreading to the city.

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Cast & Crew

32 members

Acting

Paul Hampton

Roger St. Luc

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Joe Silver

Rollo Linsky

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Lynn Lowry

Nurse Forsythe

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Allan Kolman

Nicholas Tudor

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Susan Petrie

Janine Tudor

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Barbara Steele

Betts

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Ronald Mlodzik

Merrick

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Barry Baldaro

Detective Heller

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Camil Ducharme

Mr. Guilbault

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Hanna Poznanska

Mrs. Guilbault

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Wally Martin

Doorman

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Vlasta Vrana

Kresimer Sviben

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Silvie Debois

Benda Sviben

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Charles Perley

Delivery Boy

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Al Rochman

Parkins

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Julie Wildman

Miss Lewis

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Arthur Grosser

Mr. Wolfe

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Edith Johnson

Olive

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Dorothy Davis

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Joy Coghill

Mona Wheatley

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Joan Blackman

Elevator Mother

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Kirsten Bishop

Elevator Daughter

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Fred Döderlein

Emil Hobbes

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Sonny Forbes

Garbage Room Man

Writing

Nora Johnson

Laundry Woman

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Cathy Graham

Annabelle

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Robert Brennen

Boy

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Felicia Shulman

Girl

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Roy Wittan

Bearded Man

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Denis Payne

First Elevator Man

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Kevin Fenlow

Second Elevator Man

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Directing

David Cronenberg

Infected Crowd Member (uncredited)

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