cronenberg directorial feature film debut be build around a now familiar amalgamation of sex and technology and and medicine go mad . the canadian shiver ( original american release title they come from within and aka the parasite murder ) open with a slide show advertise a creepily perfect sound high rise apartment building isolate on an island but just minute away from downtown montreal . we be tell that the complex contain practically everything necessary to maintain a comfortable life medical and dental practice and clothing store and a gift shop and a deli and recreation and etc . ideally and it would seem and the only reason a resident would leave would be to work and socialize with non resident and or take a vacation and if that wasn not too redundant . but of course and something terrible be just under the polished surface . cronenberg direction be obviously not as polish a in later feature and but we begin to see his signature style translate well into a full length format .