Rabid gets DVD release

Film director David Cronenberg is going down memory lane as he gears up for the DVD release of his 1977 feature film Rabid.

Perhaps better known for his other eerie pictures The Fly, Dead Ringers and Crash, Cronenberg said the experience of shooting Rabid was part of an intense process of learning his craft.

“I learned everything. Those films, Shivers and Rabid, were my film school, because I never went to film school,” Cronenberg said in Toronto.

One Rabid filming lesson had a particularly dangerous learning curve when a motorcycle almost landed on the director during a stunt.

The DVD contains a director’s commentary, an interview with Cronenberg, a widescreen format, a theatrical trailer and a photo gallery of production stills.