cronenberg first movie of note and shiver ( aka they come from within ) and be the director first attempt at tackle a theme that would eventually become his trademark represent the progression of man evolution through technology . the result isn not as polish a his late film and with less consider direction and weak performance from some member of the cast and but the film still manage to impress thanks to cronenberg innovative story and some impressive make up fx ( by joe blasco ) and a few very memorable scene . set in starliner tower and an exclusive self sufficient apartment block isolate on an island and shiver star paul hampton a resident doctor and roger st. luc and who discover that some of the building occupant have become host to man make parasites that heighten sexual desire to dangerous level . a more and more of the resident become infected and roger attempt to at first destroy the creature and then contain the situation and and eventually and when the block be finally completely over run by sex mad zombie and escape from the island . although shiver might not wow today audience with dazzle special effect and technical brilliance and there be still plenty of unsettle scene that make this movie worth a look and especially if youre a fan of the director later work represent an early death scene see a man strangle a young woman and before cut her open and pour acid into her body cavity while betts ( barbara steele ) get a bath time shock a one naughty and phallic parasite pop out of the plughole and nip up her cooch while nicholas tudor ( allan kolman ) wish he hadn not be get some on the sly when his stomach begin undulate in a rather uneasy fashion while and a brilliant and downbeat end see the horny islander get into their car for a trip to the mainland .