Cronenberg has said that his films should be seen "from the point of view of the disease", and that in Shivers, for example, he identifies with the characters after they become infected with the anarchic parasites.
Cronenberg dixo que as súas películas deberían ser vistas "desde o punto de vista da enfermidade" o que identifica cos personaxes en Shivers logo de seren infectados cos parasitos anárquicos.