This article is about the 1979 film. For other uses, see Brood (disambiguation).
The Brood
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
David Cronenberg
Written by
David Cronenberg
Produced by
Claude Héroux
Starring
Oliver Reed
Samantha Eggar
Art Hindle
Nuala Fitzgerald
Henry Beckman
Susan Hogan
Cindy Hinds
Cinematography
Mark Irwin
Edited by
Alan Collins
Music by
Howard Shore
Production companies
Les Productions Mutuelles Ltée Elgin International Productions
Distributed by
New World Pictures
Release date
May 25, 1979 (1979-05-25)
Running time
92 minutes
Country
Canada
Language
English
Budget
CAD$1.4 million
Box office
$5 million[1]
The Brood is a 1979 Canadian psychological body horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg and starring Oliver Reed, Samantha Eggar, and Art Hindle. Its plot follows a man and his mentally ill ex-wife, who has been sequestered by a psychiatrist known for his controversial therapy techniques. A series of brutal unsolved murders serves as the backdrop for the central narrative.
Written by Cronenberg after his own acrimonious divorce, he intended the screenplay as a meditation on a fractured relationship between a husband and wife who share a child, and cast Eggar and Hindle as loose facsimiles of himself and his ex-wife. He would later state that, despite its incorporation of science fiction elements, he considered it his sole feature that most embodied a "classic horror film". Principal photography of The Brood took place in late 1978 in Toronto on a budget of $1.5 million. The film's score was composed by Howard Shore, in his film composing debut.
Released in the spring of 1979 by New World Pictures, The Brood proved profitable for the studio, grossing over $5 million. Though it initially received positive reviews from critics, it would establish itself as a cult film in the following decades. It has attracted scholarly interest from academics in the areas of film theory for its themes regarding mental illness and parenthood. In 2006, the Chicago Film Critics Association named it the 88th scariest film of all time. In 2013, it was selected for restoration by the Criterion Collection, which subsequently released it on Blu-ray.
^"The Dark Mind of David Cronenberg". Vancouver Sun. Vancouver, British Columbia. February 28, 1981. p. 142 – via Newspapers.com.
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