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The Brood [1979] [DVD]

DVD ~ Oliver Reed
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  • Actors: Oliver Reed, Samantha Eggar, Art Hindle, Henry Beckman, Nuala Fitzgerald
  • Directors: David Cronenberg
  • Format: Anamorphic, Box set, PAL, Widescreen
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Anchor Bay Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 18 Jul 2005
  • Run Time: 88 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0009S9LQ2
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 8,401 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Featuring both the UK and the US version. Frank Carveth starts to question the treatment that his wife Nola is receiving at the clinic of Dr. Hal Raglan. Horrific things begin to happen: a band of homicidal cloned midgets terrorise the neighbourhood, seemingly provoked by Nola...

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Psychoplasmics, Murderous Children and Oliver Reed: The Brood, 30 Jul 2008
By Bored@Work (Devon, England) - See all my reviews
The Brood was David Cronenberg's third feature release and the film that got him noticed outside Canada and the horror genre. With heavy weight actors Oliver Reed and Samantha Egger, Cronenberg's excellent script - Oliver Reed said it was the best written part he had had since The Devils - and a story more psychological than outright horror, though there are a few gory scenes, Mr Cronenberg was onto a winner. This is a film that stays with you long after the final credits have rolled. There are many influences playing through the film, the brood children are reminiscent of the 'dwarf' from Don't Look Now, Howard Shore's excellent strings only score a nod to Bernard Herrman's score for Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho.
The picture quality is okay for a film of this vintage, however, this film could have done with a digital wash and brush-up, as some of the interior scenes are a little washed out, lacking contrast and definition. A 5.1 soundtrack would have been welcome too, but the audio is okay if not brilliant. There is a nice little docu about the films of David Cronenberg - up to eXistenZ and a bunch of trailers, one for The Brood, Scanners and surprisingly (as he had nothing to do with them) Scanners II and Scanners III. Also some bios of the cast.
On this two disc version (very good value for money) there is the UNCUT UK release version and if your interested on the second disc the American version - which Cronenberg hated because of some cuts made by the censors which gave a different twist to the end!
Get this DVD now! it should be in your collection, quick before some idiot does a remake with CGI brood and no plot or subtext!
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7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Entenn, 15 Jun 2008
By Mate Jako "entenn" (Hungary) - See all my reviews
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Oh hoh! I can't believe it nobody was writing a review about this masterpiece which is one of the best of the Cronemberg's. I was terrified and disgusted of this movie! A true horror about the power of the human mind and the unsecured insanity caused by science! Highly recommended!!!
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4.0 out of 5 stars A new kind of therapy., 24 Jul 2009
David Cronenberg's the brood is a film about the concept of violence within a family and how it later affects the child's life, it also tells us how frustrating it is when separated parents have to fight for the custody of their own child as Cronenberg himself was going through a divorce. Frank Carveth (Art Hindle)starts to question the treatment his wife Nola played by Samantha Eggar is receiving at the clinic of Dr. hal Raglan (Oliver Reed). Horrible things begin to happen as his daughter returns from a visit to her mother only to have some scars and bruises on her back. While Nola is in intensive care and is locked up at the clinic it seems that all her frustrations and rage manifest into these deformed creatures that act as a revenge from Nola towards her own mother and anyone that stands in her way. The film wasn't as gory as Cronenberg's other films but it definitely had a creepy and unsettling feeling that I had from watching it, it also had an intelligent storyline and it seemed more like a personal horror film then the sort of weird mixture of science fiction and horror that Cronenberg usually does so I definitely think that you should check it out as I thought it was great but not one of my favorites, my favorite of his would be Scanners. Note:- this region 2 anchor bay edition has both the U.S. uncut film and the U.K. cut version (this was useless) and the documentary The Directors: The Films of David Cronenberg Featurette, if you had to choose which version to get then I suggest you get this one over the inferior MGM edition.
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4.0 out of 5 stars More schlock than horror
Made in the golden age of schlock, (the mid 70s to early 80s) this is a typical movie of the era and of the horror genre of that period. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Lou Knee

5.0 out of 5 stars Early fine Cronenberg
I like Cronenbergs early movies (The Brood, Scanners) better than his later. The Brood is a very disturbing tale about psychoanalysis, rage and families. Read more
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