Another film that felt like a first time watch because 1) it's been over 30 years 2) Criterion's restoration is so good that it almost feels like a different film from the VHS I rented when I was in my teens.

I forgot how in line this film is with Cronenberg's fascination/obsession with body horror. I re-visited thinking that I would like it better after all these years but quite honestly, still low in my Cronenberg ranking.

Criterion release is great. So much on the disc including interviews, tv spots and Cronenberg's 2nd feature Crimes of the Future, which I've never seen and will so soon.

I'm 100% sure I'd be an awesome mom. I'd have the perfect balance of being there for them when they needed me and giving them their space whenever they truly needed it in order to become independent and fully capable of existing without me. The main reason I'd be an awesome mom though is because when my child is 12 years old I would show them how I made a home video of all the good scenes in The Brood that I recreated shot for shot shortly after they were born. They'll love it and they'll be like "you're the coolest, mom! can we watch Suspiria now?" and of course they can because I'm raising children with great taste.

and they'll really get a kick out of what I did with À l'intérieur, but I'll save that until they're at least 16.

The debilitating trauma of divorce. 
The horrifying damage of dubious psychiatric treatment. But above all, the ultimate showcase for Canadian Snowsuit fashions. 

We were, and always will be, a country that defines chic.

David Cronenberg turning his own ugly feelings about his messy divorce into a disturbing dive into psychological scars of family. Art Hindle’s blank face is the perfect foil to such dissection and the film has some of the most effective horrifying images put on film particularly when they are the most simple (as a 15 year old those little deformed hands coming from under the bed really did a number on me). Even the pure little girl sight is disturbing. And then there is the moment in which the ex-husband arrives in the school to murdered body of the teacher and all those little children crying. When it comes to psychological damage, The Brood has something for everyone.

Though it is very Cronenberg something about the evil kids makes this seem more mainstream than the others I’ve seen. Surprising right?

There’s something about this film where I feel there are a lot of dialogue not heavy but driven scenes that don’t build to anything, where’s that guys, what about that other guy. I’d like to see more stuff be opened and then close. That’s a great thing about his other films like VideoDrome and The Fly, not many Characters but each feel defined and realized.

The Letterboxd summary kind of gives away the whole mystery and that sucks I would’ve preferred to be guessing at the story not waiting for it to catch up.
Anyway, this is another like Scanners where I applaud the concept but feel the film might have been better, but to each their own.
Still love the guy

sick that Cronenberg made a dads for justice movie !!

Definitely one of Cronenberg’s most personal films, but didn’t really grab me as much as his later body of work. Beautifully shot with solid performances from all three leads, especially Oliver Reed as a dodgy psychiatrist, but apart from the great finale the scares and the overall plot didn’t really do it for me.

Good plot, but not sure if an horror or a comedy.

one of my favorite movies! forgot i had a ticket til the last minute & barely scrambled to the new beverly in time. ending always fucks me up. anyway i was thinking about death stranding for at least half of it

“They're her children. More exactly, they're the children of her rage.”

Cronenberg really is one of the best of all time

Cronenberg’s film about mental illness and motherhood is a sucker punch of a horror film. Slow building towards a wild finale. Oliver Reed delivers a great performance here and Samantha Eggar is chilling as the mother of the brood.