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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsThe A.V. ClubKeith PhippsLike the creatures in the films, and many of Cronenberg's other films themselves, Shivers is disturbing on an almost biological level.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleA paranoid, prurient sexual nightmare.
- 75San Francisco ExaminerSan Francisco ExaminerShivers exhibits the major characteristics of Cronenberg's canon, his use of architecture as reinforcement of the film's creepy tone and the deliberate reduction of men and women to a single, compulsively sexual aspect of their identities.
- 70Time OutTime OutMisanthropic, indeed, but the black humour and general inventiveness place it high above most contemporary horror pictures.
- 63Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertIt scares and shocks us because it's so cleverly made; the writer-director, David Cronenberg, uses invention and imagination to replace expensive shock effects.
- 50TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghCronenberg's brand of body horror isn't to everyone's taste, but to call him a reactionary anti-sensualist who metes out grotesque punishment for sins of the flesh -- as detractors have -- is to miss the point.
- 30The New York TimesVincent CanbyThe New York TimesVincent CanbyIt's apparent that someone connected with They Came From Within has an impertinent sense of humor even though the film is so tackily written and directed, so darkly photographed and the sound so dimly recorded, that it's difficult to stay with it.