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A disturbed woman is receiving a radical form of psychotherapy at a remote, mysterious institute. Meanwhile, her five-year-old daughter, under the care of her estranged husband, is being terrorized by a group of demonic beings. How these two storylines connect is the shocking and grotesque secret of...

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Uniform Title:Brood (Motion picture)
Other Authors: Cronenberg, David, 1943- (Screenwriter, director of photography,), Reed, Oliver, 1938-1999 (Actor), Eggar, Samantha (Actor), Hindle, Art (Actor), Fitzgerald, Nuala (Actor), Hogan, Susan (Actress) (Actor), McKeehan, Gary, 1944-2015 (Actor), Hinds, Cindy (Actor), Beckman, Henry, 1921-2008 (Actor), Irwin, Mark, 1950- (director of photography.), Shore, Howard (composer (expression)), Board, John (Assistant director) (interviewee (expression)), Baker, Rick, 1950- (interviewee (expression)), Blasco, Joe, 1947- (interviewee (expression)), Welles, Orson, 1915-1985 (interviewee (expression)), Charo (interviewee (expression)), Alexander, Chris (Magazine editor) (interviewer (expression))
Format: Video Blu-ray Disc
Language:English
Language Notes:In English with English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)
Published: [New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2015]
Edition:Director-approved Blu-ray special edition.
Series:Criterion collection ; 777.
Subjects:
Mentally ill women > Treatment > Drama.
Daughters > Drama.
Psychotherapy > Drama.
Horror films.
Science fiction films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Summary:A disturbed woman is receiving a radical form of psychotherapy at a remote, mysterious institute. Meanwhile, her five-year-old daughter, under the care of her estranged husband, is being terrorized by a group of demonic beings. How these two storylines connect is the shocking and grotesque secret of this bloody tale of monstrous parenthood.
Item Description:Blu-ray release of the 1979 motion picture.
Special features: Radio spot ; Birth pains (2015 documentary, actor Samantha Eggar, executive producer Pierre David, cinematographer Mark Irwin, assistant director, John Board, and special makeup effects artists Rick Baker and Joe Blasco discuss director David Cronenberg's early work and the making of the film); Oliver Reed (episode of the Merv Griffin Show from April 25, 1980, features actor Oliver Reed along with director Orson Welles and entertainer Charo); Meet the Carveths (2013 interview, Fangoria editor in chief Chris Alexander talks to actors Art Hindle and Cindy Hinds about the film); Crimes of the future: Crimes of the future (1970 ; 63 min.), Cronenberg: the early years (2011 interview, conducted by Fangoria editor in chief Chris Alexander, in which the director discusses his transition in filmmaking ; 13 min.). Insert includes an essay by critic Carrie Rickey.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert ( folded : color illustrations ; 16 cm.)
Playing Time:01:32:00
Format:Blu-ray ; region A ; widescreen (1.78:1) presentation ; Dolby digital mono.
Audience:MPAA rating: R.
Production Credits:Art director, Carol Spier ; editor, Alan Collins ; director of photography, Mark Irwin ; music, Howard Shore.
Crimes of the future: photographed and edited by David Cronenberg.
Cronenberg: the early years: director of photography, Michael Jari Davidson ; editor, Tod Corman.
ISBN:1681430606
9781681430607