"Twisted twins" Jen and Sylvia Soska's remake of the 1977 David Cronenberg film RABID will be making its world premiere at London's Frightfest, which is set to take place at the Cineworld Leicester Square and The Prince Charles Cinema from August 22nd – 26th. A month out from this event, a new poster for the film has been released online, along with a fresh batch of images.
Starring Laura Vandervoort, RABID tells the following story:
After aspiring fashion designer Rose suffers a disfiguring traffic accident she undergoes a radical and untested stem-cell treatment. The experimental transformation is a miraculous success, transforming her into a ravishing beauty. But she soon develops an uncontrollable sexual appetite, resulting in several torrid encounters, which sees her lovers become rabid carriers of death and disease. As the illness mutates and the contagion spreads out of control, all hell breaks loose as the infected rampage through the city on a violent and gruesome killing spree.
Vandervoort's co-stars include Greg Byrk, Benjamin Hollingsworth, Mackenzie Gray, Hanneke Talbot, Stephen McHattie, AJ Mendez, Phil "CM Punk" Brooks, Heidi von Palleske, and Ted Atherton.
RABID will be showing at FrightFest on the Arrow Video Screen at 5:45pm on August 26th, and at 6:15pm on the Horror Channel Screen at the Cineworld Leicester Square that same day. The Soskas will be in attendance, and will also be presenting a screening of a 2K restoration of Cronenberg's original RABID at the festival on August 25th.
Tickets to FrightFest can purchased at FrightFest.co.uk.