The Brood

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The Brood is a 1979 Canadian psychological body-horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg, known for its disturbing exploration of rage, trauma, and psychophysical mutation.

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The Brood canonical 3
The Brood Saga 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf body horror film
film
psychological horror film
cinematographyBy Mark Irwin NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Canada
director David Cronenberg NERFINISHED
distributor New World Pictures NERFINISHED
editedBy Allan Collins NERFINISHED
featuresCharacter Dr. Hal Raglan NERFINISHED
Frank Carveth NERFINISHED
Nola Carveth NERFINISHED
filmingLocation Ontario NERFINISHED
Toronto NERFINISHED
genre body horror
horror
psychological horror
hasCultFollowing true
hasFilmRating R
mainTheme parenthood
psychosomatic illness
rage
repressed emotion
trauma
musicBy Howard Shore NERFINISHED
narrativeFocus violent manifestations of a woman’s repressed rage
notableFor depiction of psychoplasmics therapy
exploration of the physical manifestation of psychological trauma
graphic body horror imagery
originalLanguage English
partOf David Cronenberg filmography
producer Claude Héroux NERFINISHED
productionCompany Canadian Film Development Corporation NERFINISHED
Victor Solnicki Productions NERFINISHED
releaseDate 1979-05-25
releaseYear 1979
runtimeMinutes 92
screenwriter David Cronenberg NERFINISHED
setIn Ontario NERFINISHED
starring Art Hindle NERFINISHED
Cindy Hinds NERFINISHED
Henry Beckman NERFINISHED
Nuala Fitzgerald NERFINISHED
Oliver Reed NERFINISHED
Samantha Eggar NERFINISHED
writer David Cronenberg NERFINISHED

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David Cronenberg notableWork The Brood
David Cronenberg directed The Brood
Uncanny X-Men notableStoryline The Brood
this entity surface form: The Brood Saga
Mark Irwin notableWork The Brood