The Brood

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Justin T Dec 4 This is one of Cronenberg’s better films that has not aged well. Don’t get me wrong as this was a good movie although some of the film aspects could do with a modern touch. It was a touch slow and the lighting was horrible in places. The film is creepy and not too ridiculous unlike some other Cronenberg films. There are some scary scenes but nothing too petrifying which is a shame as this could have been a really scary film. It is well acted and the effects are well placed and well done. They didn’t explain what the treatment that they were using was ever and they should have said something about it at the beginning so there was more context. All in all I found this an okay but dated film. See more CodyZamboni Z Dec 3 Watchable, but with lots of bland scenes and psycho babble dialogue, What keeps it riveting are Oliver Reed and Samathan Eggar, They are magnetic, However , there are no real scares, The brood are silly looking, Especially wearing their colorful jumpsuits, That said, there are still some shocking practical effects involving Eggar. See more O g Nov 12 Gratuitously grotesque and stylistically grating to watch, with some dodgy production values and heavy-handed score. It does grow and there's actually a reasonably interesting metaphor behind it. See more Dave S Oct 27 Hal Raglan (Oliver Reed) is a psychiatrist who dabbles in something he calls psychoplasmics, a concept that inexplicably allows for psychological emotions to manifest themselves into physiological traits and actions…or something like that as none of it makes a whole lot of sense, especially when the end result is a gaggle of little kids roaming around and bludgeoning people to death. David Cronenberg’s The Brood is sort of interesting to watch on a couple of levels: 1) early Cronenberg is always a little rough around the edges, but it’s cool to compare stuff like this to his more disciplined and mature later works, and 2) there are enough ‘what the hell is happening here?’ moments to keep the audience on its toes. Is it flawed? Yes. The premise is ridiculous even by Cronenberg standards and some of the acting is brutal, but it’ll be of interest to fans of the director and fans of the genre. See more Cody S. @cody073001 Sep 25 Another example of a Cronenberg slow build not working for me. I love and live for campy 70’s and 80’s films. Those films know what they are, and play into it, but these films seem like they’re taken all too seriously for the concepts themselves. This film, as well as Scanners, Rabid, Shivers…. Just to name a few, are examples of Cronenberg films that I think could’ve been PERFECT if they weren’t so drawn out and taken too seriously. A little more camp, shlock, gore and such, and they would’ve been perfect “bad” movies. Examples of these that come to mind are The Burning or Halloween 3, even something like Sleepaway Camp. See more Kalissa H @kali_416 Aug 23 Great body horror. A little slow at times. See more Read all reviews

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