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6.7A man tries to uncover an unconventional psychologist's therapy techniques on his institutionalised wife, amidst a series of brutal murders.
Released: 1979-05-2592 minDir: David CronenbergHorror, Science FictionBudget: $1.4MBox office: $5.0M
Cast
- Oliver Reed as Dr. Hal Raglan
- Samantha Eggar as Nola Carveth
- Art Hindle as Frank Carveth
- Henry Beckman as Barton Kelly
- Nuala Fitzgerald as Juliana Kelly
- Cindy Hinds as Candice Carveth
Themes
- toronto, canada
- mutant
- transformation
- psychologist
- divorce
- psychotherapist
- canuxploitation
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Ratings
IMDb
6.8/10
37,839 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
82%
Metacritic
63/100
- Year
- 1979
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Genres
- Horror, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 1 win & 5 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 92
- FilmAffinity ID
- 169165
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- publication date
- 1987-06-06
- title
- The Brood
- review score
- 81%
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Categories
1970s horror drama films1970s pregnancy films1970s psychological thriller films1970s science fiction horror films1979 Canadian films1979 English-language films1979 films1979 horror films1979 independent films1979 science fiction filmsCanadian body horror filmsCanadian independent filmsCanadian pregnancy filmsCanadian psychological thriller filmsCanadian science fiction horror filmsEnglish-language Canadian filmsEnglish-language horror drama filmsEnglish-language independent filmsEnglish-language science fiction horror filmsEnglish-language thriller filmsFilms about psychiatryFilms based on urban legendsFilms directed by David CronenbergFilms scored by Howard Shore