David Cronenberg tells one of his most personal stories with The Brood - a tale about the horrors of divorce and intergenerational trauma as it gets passed down to our children and tears our families apart.
Oliver Reed stars as an intense doctor who runs a clinic where his patients begin to manifest their inner stress and trauma into physical deformities. Some get bumps and bruises, but Samantha Eggar gets large tumors that turn into murderous children who attack anyone who has done her wrong and, right now, she's most angry at her family who she believes have left her in the dust.
Performances are beyond solid and the wintery atmosphere is appropriately chilling. Violence and gore are used sparingly, but when they arrive, they pack a vicious punch.
Oliver Reed stars as an intense doctor who runs a clinic where his patients begin to manifest their inner stress and trauma into physical deformities. Some get bumps and bruises, but Samantha Eggar gets large tumors that turn into murderous children who attack anyone who has done her wrong and, right now, she's most angry at her family who she believes have left her in the dust.
Performances are beyond solid and the wintery atmosphere is appropriately chilling. Violence and gore are used sparingly, but when they arrive, they pack a vicious punch.