Rabid

Rose Miller and her boyfriend, Hart Reed, are involved in a motorcycle accident in the Quebec countryside after encountering a van in the middle of the road. Hart suffers a broken hand, a separated shoulder and a concussion, while Rose is severely injured and burned. They are taken to the Keloid Clinic for Plastic Surgery, where Dr. Dan Keloid performs an experimental procedure on Rose, using morphogenetically neutral grafts to replace her damaged skin and organs. Hart is released after a month, but Rose remains in a coma. Rose suddenly awakens one night screaming and pierces fellow patient Lloyd Walsh's skin. The doctors are puzzled as Lloyd has no memory of the incident and his blood fails to clot. Unknown to them, Rose's procedure has caused her to mutate, allowing her to survive only on human blood. A red stinger-like organ emerges under her armpit, which she uses to feed on her victims. One night, Rose leaves the clinic and attempts to feed on a cow but becomes sick. A farmer attacks her, but she retaliates by feeding on him and then calls Hart to pick her up. The next day, the farmer transforms into a zombie-like creature and attacks a waitress at a roadside diner. Meanwhile, Lloyd leaves the clinic but, during a taxi ride, begins foaming at the mouth and attacks the driver, resulting in a fatal crash. At the clinic, Dr. Keloid becomes infected by Rose's stinger, causing chaos as he attacks a nurse during an operation. Rose escapes and hitchhikes to Montreal, where she infects a truck driver. Hart, along with Dr. Keloid's business partner Murray Cypher, teams up with police chief Claude LePointe and public health officials to discuss the escalating epidemic. Hart witnesses an infected police officer before the officer is shot. He calls Rose's friend, Mindy, and asks her to keep Rose at her apartment if she shows up. Rose arrives in Montreal and stays with Mindy. While Mindy watches a news broadcast about a rabies-like epidemic spreading in the city, Rose goes to an adult movie theater and infects a patron. Later, Mindy encounters an infected woman attacking passengers on the subway. Meanwhile, LePointe and his team are attacked by infected workmen. With the outbreak worsening and rabies treatments failing, Dr. Royce Gentry advises a shoot-to-kill policy to prevent further infections. Martial law is declared and the Canadian Army sets up roadblocks, while NBC-suited soldiers help dispose of bodies. Rose attempts to seduce a male victim among a crowd of Christmas shoppers in a mall, but is interrupted when an infected man attacks, spurring a violent shootout by armed forces. Murray and Hart arrive at Murray's home, where Murray finds his baby dead and is attacked by his infected wife. Hart drives into the abandoned city to search for Rose. An infected person jumps onto his car but is shot by soldiers, who disinfect Hart's vehicle before allowing him to continue. Mindy watches a news report indicating the infection may have originated at the Keloid Clinic. Rose returns to Mindy's apartment and feeds on her. Hart finds Rose in the act and pleads with her to seek treatment, but she denies responsibility for the epidemic. Rose infects a man in the apartment lobby and locks herself in a room with him, planning to test whether he becomes infected. As Hart desperately tries to convince her to leave, the man turns rabid and attacks Rose. The next morning, Rose's body is found in an alley by NBC-suited soldiers, who dispose of her corpse in a garbage truck.