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The Brood

4 Ratings: 2.8

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Cast: Susan Hogan, Felix Silla, Samantha Eggar, Oliver Reed, Nicholas Campbell, Robert A. Silverman, see all

Director: David Cronenberg

Genre: Sci-Fi, Horror, Fantasy

Release Date: May 25, 1979

MPAA Rating: R

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review by ryguy4738. April 10, 2011

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"The Brood" had me divided; it's not bad, but I don't think it's good.

** out of **** "The Brood" is a completely exploitative film which tries ever-so-hardly to disguise itself, conveniently, as a REAL horror film. The film is directed by David Cronenberg, who directed "Videodrome" and "The Fly". You'll wish it were better; you'll wish it were worse. But all-in-all, there's a chance that you'll finish "The Brood" feeling as if Cronenberg simply winged it. Yes, there are some typically interesting Cronenberg-esque suspense … more

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review by Captain_Couth. May 09, 2009

A cold and clinical film about divorce and child neglect from David Cronenberg.

The Brood (1979) was a film made by the master of psychobabble clinical horror David Cronenberg. He's the master of this genre, one that he created during the 70's. A genre that's in a class all by itself. The Brood is another one of his cinematic works that delivers the goods. He creates a thinking man's scare film. Like most of his other works, Cronenberg uses psychosis and the medical community to base a terror that only man can create. Art Hindle stars as a man who's wife … more

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