The Brood

Name: The Brood
Genre: Sci-Fi, Horror
Released: May 25, 1979
Duration: 92 min
Rating: 63
Cast: Art Hindle, Cindy Hinds, Gary McKeehan, Henry Beckman, Michael Magee

1979

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Difilm | Release Date: May 25, 1979 | TV-MA

Starring: Art Hindle, Cindy Hinds, Gary McKeehan, Henry Beckman, Michael Magee, Nuala Fitzgerald, Oliver Reed, Robert A. Silverman, Samantha Eggar, Susan Hogan

Summary: A man tries to uncover an unconventional psychologist's therapy techniques on his institutionalized wife, amidst a series of brutal murders.

Director: David Cronenberg

Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Horror

Rating: TV-MA

Runtime: 92 min

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IndieWire Jed Mayer

Cronenberg has become known as a purveyor of body horror, in which the monstrous arises from within rather than without. The Brood cunningly turns this motif into a metaphor for psychotherapy itself, which seeks to dredge up and cast out the monsters haunting the unconscious. Read full review

Empire Kim Newman

Genuinely disturbing horror but with Cronenberg producing a slightly deeper edge in his portrait of a troubled family. Read full review

Michael Sragow

Cronenberg’s movie was an early showcase for his tense formal style and intellectual Grand Guignol. He displays a true shock-meister’s instinct by saving the worst for last. The result is a cinematic bad dream that generates recurring nightmares. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

Powerful and disturbing on both a physical and mental level, The Brood is the first Cronenberg film to use name actors, and marked a significant progression in the director's exploration of biological horror. Read full review

Eric Henderson

Undoubtedly [Cronenberg's] best from this period and also the most troubling. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)

A horror entry which casts children in the role of malevolent little monsters, The Brood is an extremely well made, if essentially unpleasant, shocker. Read full review

Roger Ebert

The Brood is an el sleazo exploitation film, camouflaged by the presence of several well-known stars but guaranteed to nauseate you all the same. Read full review

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