Shivers is a somewhat okay movie with that 70s B movie horror flavor but there is one main (and big) trouble I got with the movie - the tempo of the story progressing is so painfully slow (for that rather simple plot) that it almost kills the movie for me. Also, for today's standard the level of gore, violence is too low, also I do not care for any of the characters. Conclusion: compared to the original The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) Shivers is a rather tame attempt in the art of horror. A work of an apprentice not of a master, but two years later, Cronenberg made Rabid, which is also no masterpiece but I consider as the better and more interesting work. Shivers - interesting for those invested in the works and career of Mr. Cronenberg.