DVD
The brood
Call Number
- DVD MYSTERY/THRILLER (CEN)
Edition
Director-approved two-DVD special edition.
Languages
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
Oliver Reed, Samantha Eggar, Art Hindle, Nuala Fitzgerald, Henry Beckman, Susan Hogan, Cindy Hinds.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2015]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (92 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (color illustrations ; 19 cm)
Audience
MPAA rating: R.
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.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1979.
Special features: New, restored 2K digital transfer, supervised by director David Cronenberg ; new documentary about the making of the film and Cronenberg's early work, featuring actor Samantha Eggar, producer Pierre David, cinematographer Mark Irwin, assistant director John Board, and special makeup effects Rick Baker and Joe Blasco ; new, restored 4K digital transfer of Cronenberg's 1970 feature Crimes of the future, supervised by the director, plus a 2011 interview with Cronenberg about his early career ; interview from 2013 with actors Art Hindle and Cindy Hinds ; appearance by actor Oliver Reed on The Merv Griffin show from 1980 ; radio spot.