1979 Directed by David Cronenberg
A man tries to uncover an unconventional psychologist's therapy techniques on his institutionalized wife, while a series of brutal attacks committed by a brood of mutant children coincides with the husband's investigation.
Canadian Film Development Corporation (CFDC) Elgin International Films Victor Solnicki Productions New World Pictures
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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.
This is exactly what I was hoping it would be. I was in the mood for some Cronenberg, and I most certainly got some Cronenberg. This movie is absolutely, positively off the wall. I feel like with The Brood, the Cronenberg that we all know and love came into being. Not that there was anything wrong with his previous seventies work, but in my eyes, this was the film that paved the way for the director's subsequent masterpieces: Videodrome, The Fly, etc. You thought that those films had insane endings? Wait until you get a load of this one's finale. Holy goodness gracious on wheels, I did not see the final half hour of this film coming... from the classroom…
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.
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.
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Criterion Collection Spine #777
A total perversion on parenthood from the master of body horror Director David Cronenberg.
Wow ... The Brood shocked me with how twisted and grotesque it was, and I loved it. I went into this one blind, and every horrific turn the story took was a thrilling treat.
The film stars Art Hindle as Frank, who is raising his young blonde daughter on his own since his estranged wife is dealing with a serious mental condition brought on by her traumatizing childhood. So becasue of her unstable condition, she has locked away in a strange new psychotherapy center under the control of Dr. Raglan, played by the master of whispering himself Oliver…
Some extraordinary scenes, The Brood is one of Cronenberg's strongest in his favorite genre - creepy sci-fi/horror with cool effects.
I blind bought this early Cronenberg film back in October and I'd say that purchase was largely worth it. Cronenberg is still developing his craft here as both a writer and director, but his interest in fusing horror, the body, and sexuality are pretty firmly in place. The Brood is even more intensely personal given it was written in the wake of Cronenberg's own divorce and custody battle. That background is all over the final product, with the film playing as a thinly veiled metaphor for how divorce tears the child between parents. Many have also argued there is a misogynist streak to the ways in which Cronenberg depicts the film's ex-wife character Nola as something of a demented, emotionally…
Felt like a less stylized giallo film. Decent degree of "what the fuck is going on?", dream-like atmosphere, bizarre mysterious killer, everyone is dressed really well.
Cronenberg is not an Italian name, but maybe he was trying to emulate his Italian peers as he began honing his own craft early in his career. I don't know.
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