THE BROOD
German Title:
Die Brut
Canada, 1979
Director: David Cronenberg
9/10
German Title:
Die Brut
Canada, 1979
Director: David Cronenberg
9/10
A bit underappreciated but IMO one of David Cronenberg's greatest horror movies: "The Brood", a frightening and quite disturbing blend of science fiction, body horror and family drama - original, remarkable and completely unique.
From the very first scene (weird psychoplasmics) to the mindblowing climax (body-horror to the max!), the movie radiates a dark and unsettling atmosphere, similar to Cronenberg's "Scanners".
Initially, the plot is quite hard to unravel, but when everything becomes clear in the second half, it really knocks you off your feet, especially the final 'plot twist'.
Special effects and gore look damn impressive, and the creepy design of the 'monster children' is just awesome - love the anatomy-scene where we get to know all about their deformities.
Initially, the plot is quite hard to unravel, but when everything becomes clear in the second half, it really knocks you off your feet, especially the final 'plot twist'.
Special effects and gore look damn impressive, and the creepy design of the 'monster children' is just awesome - love the anatomy-scene where we get to know all about their deformities.
Howard Shore's rousing violin-driven score strongly reminds of Bernard Herrmann's works, the cinematography is fantastic, the acting is excellent (Oliver Reed, Art Hindle) and it's full of incredibly suspenseful scenes that chilled me to the bone.
An excellent timeless late-70s must-see classic!
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Definitely a great movie and one I'm really looking forward to seeing again on DVD when it finally makes its way to the top of my To Watch pile. Great cast, well directed, and creepy to the max! Great review, Maynard!
ReplyDeleteThank you Craig!
ReplyDeleteIt's really an absolutely stunning movie. Cronenberg is such a badass genius.
Never got a chance to review this after seeing it for the first time, but I definitely feel the same way you do! Cronenberg's body horror is always amazing to watch and this shit just blew me away. It was a little hard to get into at first with the "weird psychoplasmics" stuff because it wasn't that easy to understand and it's a crazy thing to have to believe in, but once you go with it the story just gets better and better. Need to see this one again!
ReplyDeleteYeah, you're right. At first I was like "WTF? Psychoplas-what?" but then I was "OMG no... this... coming out of her... AWESOME!" :)
ReplyDeleteCronenberg's films are fascinating and adorable, doesn't matter if it's classic body horror like Scanners, The Fly or Videodrome, or different stuff like History Of Violence, Dead Ringers or A Dangerous method. I love them all!