Press Release Lionsgate Press Release: David Cronenberg's Shivers (1975) (Blu-ray SteelBook) (Walmart Exclusive) (1 Viewer)

[Ronald Epstein]

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Send shivers down your spine with a cult classic when Shivers becomes available on Steelbook® on March 5 from the Vestron line distributed by Lionsgate. Follow the residents living in a parasite infested suburban apartment building and turned into mindless, sex-crazed lunatics. Shivers will only be available at Walmart on Steelbook® for the suggested retail price of $22.99.

OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS
A cult favorite, Shivers is acclaimed filmmaker David Cronenberg’s (The Fly, Naked Lunch) controversial feature-length debut. When the residents of a luxury apartment complex outside Montreal are infiltrated by parasites and transformed into violent, sex-crazed maniacs, it’s up to Dr. Roger St. Luc to contain the outbreak from spreading to the city at large in a film that “scares and shocks us because it’s so cleverly made” (Roger Ebert).

CAST
Paul Hampton TV’s “Babylon 5,” Road to Nhill, TV’s “Halifax f.p.”
Joe Silver Rabid, Deathtrap, Creepshow 2
Lynn Lowry Fang, The Crazies, Model Hunger
Barbara Steele Black Sunday, Pretty Baby, 8 ½

4K UHD STEELBOOK®/ BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES:

• Audio Commentary with Writer-Director David Cronenberg
• Audio Commentary with Co-Producer Don Carmody
• “Mind Over Matter” — An Interview with Writer-Director David Cronenberg
• “Good Night Nurse” — An Interview with Actress Lynn Lowry
• “Outside and Within” — An Interview with Special Make-Up Effects Creator Joe Blasco
• “Celebrating Cinépix” — An Interview with Greg Dunning • Archival 1998 David Cronenberg Interview
• Still Gallery with Optional Archival Audio Interview with Executive Producer John Dunning
• Theatrical Trailers
• TV Spots
• Radio Spots

PROGRAM INFORMATION
Year of Production: 1975
Title Copyright: Shivers © 1975 Canadian Film Development Corp. and The Famous Players Company. Artwork & Supplementary Materials ®, ™ & © 2024 Lions Gate Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Type: Catalog Re-Release
Rating: R
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Closed-Captioned: N/A
Subtitles: Spanish, English SDH
Run Time: 88 Minutes
BD Format: 1080p High Definition • 16x9 (1.78:1) Presentation
BD Audio: English Mono DTS-HD Master Audio™
Artist Information: Vance Kelly

 

[SD_Brian]

4K UHD STEELBOOK®/ BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES:

BD Format: 1080p High Definition • 16x9 (1.78:1) Presentation

This press release is confusing: It says it's a 4K UHD Steelbook, but also says it's 1080p. I'm assuming this is just a re-packaging of the previously released Blu-ray, and that "4K UHD" is a typo?

 

[Ronald Epstein]

This press release is confusing: It says it's a 4K UHD Steelbook, but also says it's 1080p. I'm assuming this is just a re-packaging of the previously released Blu-ray, and that "4K UHD" is a typo?

Yeah, that's probably a typo. Good catch.

 

[jayembee]

All of the Lionsgate UHD upgrades -- at least all of the ones I've gotten -- have been UHD/BD combo packs. I don't imagine this is any different. Marketing Department copywriters can get easily confused.