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| | Rabid |
 | | Rabid falls mostly into the former category, and as in so many of Cronenberg’s movies, high-tech medicine is at the root of the horror. |
 | | I mean, this movie is called Rabid, right?” Well, the rabies comes into play shortly after Rose begins her new life as a vampire, as every person from whom she drains blood becomes stricken, within eight hours or so of being attacked, with a contagious, rabies-like disease that turns them into mad, cannibalistic killers. |
 | | And Rose’s ultimate fate, both apt and tragic, may not be sufficient to elevate Rabid to the status of even a minor classic, but it does bring the movie to a close on a high enough note to counteract most of the awkwardness that characterizes the first two thirds of the film. |
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