In a luxury condo in which a scientist has murdered a youth and committed suicide afterwards, the police discover that the killer was undertaking experiments with lethal parasites. Still on the loose, these organisms infect other tenants, who become overcome with violent desires in a terrifying fusion of eroticism and horror. Cronenberg’s first project to be commercially distributed, Shivers is also the director’s first foray into the body horror genre, a hallmark of his filmography.