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The Brood

The Brood

Horror · Science Fiction · 1979

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

Movie details

The Brood

“The Ultimate Experience in Inner Terror.”

1979 Horror · Science Fiction 1h 32m

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TMDB

6.7 / 10

Community rating

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

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The people responsible.

Directed by

David Cronenberg

Written by

David Cronenberg

Oliver Reed

Oliver Reed

Dr. Hal Raglan

Samantha Eggar

Samantha Eggar

Nola Carveth

Art Hindle

Art Hindle

Frank Carveth

Henry Beckman

Henry Beckman

Barton Kelly

Nuala Fitzgerald

Nuala Fitzgerald

Juliana Kelly

Cindy Hinds

Cindy Hinds

Candice Carveth

Susan Hogan

Susan Hogan

Ruth Mayer

Court is in session

Put The Brood on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.