The film is set in 1997. Adrian Tripod, occasional director of a dermatological clinic called the House of Skin, searches for his mentor, insane dermatologist Antoine Rouge, who has disappeared following a catastrophic plague, resulting from cosmetic products, which has killed the entire population of sexually mature women. It has allegedly claimed the life of Rouge himself after the virus mutated to affect men.
MPAA Rating: | R |
Genre: | Comedy, Sci Fi |
Country: | Canada |
Produced By: | David Cronenberg |
Directed By: | David Cronenberg |
Written By: | David Cronenberg |
Cast: | Leland Richard, Don Owen, William Wine, Kaspars Dzeguze, Rafe Macpherson, Udo Kasemets, Bruce Martin, Norman Snider, Jon Lidolt, Stefan Czernecki, Tania Zolty, Brian Linehan, Raymond Woodley, Willem Poolman, Paul Mulholland, Iain Ewing, Stephen Zeifman, Jack Messinger, Ronald Mlodzik, William Haslam |
In Theaters: | Aug 10, 1984 |
Runtime: | 1 hour 10 minutes |
Production: | Emergent Films Ltd. |
Budget: | $20,000 |
Read More On: | Wikipedia |