Character Relationship Map: Rabid

Characters

• Rose (played by Marilyn Chambers) — protagonist

  Central character and primary antagonist. Survives a severe motorcycle accident after experimental plastic surgery by Dr. Keloid, which mutates her to survive on human blood via an armpit stinger. She...

• Dr. Dan Keloid (played by Howard Ryshpan) — supporting

  Surgeon at the Keloid Clinic who performs the experimental morphogenetic graft procedure on Rose. Becomes infected by Rose's stinger during surgery and turns violent, attacking a nurse.

• Murray Cypher (played by Joe Silver) — supporting

  Dr. Keloid's business partner. Collaborates with Hart and law enforcement to address the outbreak. Later discovers his infant son has died and is attacked by his now-infected wife.

• Lloyd Walsh (played by Roger Periard) — supporting

  Fellow clinic patient. Rose pierces his skin, leaving him with unclottable blood and amnesia about the incident. Later foams at the mouth and fatally attacks his taxi driver.

• Farmer (played by Terence G. Ross) — minor

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Dr. Dan Keloid → Lloyd Walsh (Professional Doctor And Patient) — The clinic places both characters within the same medical environment before the outbreak expands.

  Lloyd Walsh is a fellow patient at the Keloid Clinic, where Dr. Dan Keloid works as the surgeon.

• Dr. Dan Keloid → Murray Cypher (Professional Business Partners) — Their professional partnership connects the clinic to the later outbreak response.

  Murray Cypher is identified as Dr. Dan Keloid's business partner.

• Rose → Dr. Dan Keloid (Professional Surgeon And Patient) — Their medical relationship initiates Rose's mutation and drives the epidemic.

  Dr. Dan Keloid performs an experimental morphogenetic graft procedure on Rose after her motorcycle accident.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Dr. Dan Keloid → Farmer (Unknown Outbreak Connection) — Both characters are linked by the medical-origin epidemic, although they do not directly interact.

  The Farmer's transformation follows the same infection pattern that begins at the clinic after Rose's procedure.

• Murray Cypher → Farmer (Unknown Epidemic Connection) — Their connection is indirect and exists through the outbreak investigation.

  Murray investigates the expanding epidemic, while the Farmer is described as one of the early transformed attackers.

• Murray Cypher → Rose (Conflict Outbreak Investigator) — Murray becomes part of the effort to contain the consequences of Rose's transformation.

  Murray Cypher teams up with law enforcement and public health officials to address the epidemic caused by Rose's condition.

• Rose → Farmer (Conflict Attacker And Victim) — The confrontation marks Rose's first clearly described human feeding outside the clinic.

  After the Farmer attacks Rose, she retaliates by feeding on him.

• Rose → Lloyd Walsh (Conflict Attacker And Victim) — Lloyd becomes one of the earliest known victims of Rose's altered condition.

  Rose pierces Lloyd Walsh's skin while he is a patient at the clinic, leaving him with unclottable blood and no memory of the incident.

Story Analysis

An experimental medical procedure transforms Rose into a blood-dependent carrier whose feeding spreads an uncontrollable epidemic.

Plot Progression

1. The Graft Awakens — Rose survives a devastating motorcycle accident and receives experimental surgery at the Keloid Clinic. After awakening from a coma, she begins an unexplained pattern of violent feeding.
2. Blood On The Highway — Rose leaves the clinic and discovers that animal blood cannot sustain her. Her attack on the Farmer and the later taxi crash reveal that the condition is spreading through successive victims.
3. The Clinic Falls — Dr. Keloid becomes infected during surgery, causing chaos inside the clinic. Rose escapes toward Montreal while the authorities begin recognizing a larger epidemic.
4. Montreal Under Siege — The infection spreads through public spaces as officials fail to control it with rabies treatments. Martial law, military roadblocks, body disposal, and violent public attacks transform Montreal into...
5. The Last Experiment — Rose returns to temporary shelter and feeds on the person who helped her. After testing another victim, she is attacked and later found dead in an alley.