Rose (Chambers) undergoes experimental surgery after a motorcycle accident, something that has nightmarish results when she not only grows a new organ for sucking blood, but also contracts a virulent strain of rabies. Escaping from the clinic, Rose unknowingly spreads the contagion, leaving chaos in her wake as her boyfriend races against time to find her. One of Cronenberg’s most rip-roaring, rewarding chillers. – American Cinematheque