--- title: 'The Brood (1979)' type: 'film' director: 'David Cronenberg' released: '1979-05-25' runtime_minutes: 92 genres: - 'Horror' - 'Science Fiction' - 'Thriller' countries: - 'Canada' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-brood-1979' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078908/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Brood (1979) 1979 · 92 min · Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller · Canada ## Synopsis The Brood is a 1979 Canadian psychological body horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg, and starring Oliver Reed, Samantha Eggar, and Art Hindle. Its plot follows a man and his mentally ill ex-wife, who has been sequestered by a psychiatrist known for his controversial therapy techniques. A series of brutal unsolved murders serves as the backdrop for the central narrative. ## Credits - **Director:** [David Cronenberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-cronenberg) - **Screenplay:** [David Cronenberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-cronenberg) - **Original Music Composer:** [Howard Shore](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-shore) - **Producer:** [Claude Héroux](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-heroux) - **Director of Photography:** [Mark Irwin](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-irwin) - **Editor:** [Luciano Pigozzi](https://cinepixo.com/people/luciano-pigozzi) ## Cast - [Michael Magee](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-magee) - [Joseph Shaw](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-shaw) - [Nicholas Campbell](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicholas-campbell) - [Felix Silla](https://cinepixo.com/people/felix-silla) - [Art Hindle](https://cinepixo.com/people/art-hindle) - [Samantha Eggar](https://cinepixo.com/people/samantha-eggar) - [John Ferguson](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-ferguson) - [Henry Beckman](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-beckman) - [Susan Hogan](https://cinepixo.com/people/susan-hogan) - [Oliver Reed](https://cinepixo.com/people/oliver-reed) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-brood-1979 Film facts: Wikidata (Q389911); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.