The Brood
In Theatre :
May 25, 1979
Director(s): David Cronenberg
Art Hindle stars as Frank Carveth, a man embroiled in a bitter custody struggle with his estranged wife Nola (Samantha Eggar), who is undergoing therapy at psychiatrist Dr. Hal Raglan's (Oliver Reed) controversial institute.
Reed's treatment causes his patients to give form to their inner conflicts, and Eggar, whose psyche is at the boiling point from childhood abuse as well as the custody trial, creates a horde of homicidal humanoid children who enact bloody revenge on anyone who has threatened their "Mother".
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