tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post8192906497096515453..comments2024-03-24T14:03:33.932-07:00Comments on Every 70s Movie: The Brood (1979)By Peter Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11385971732301020652noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-77300188111960710132021-09-05T17:12:24.784-07:002021-09-05T17:12:24.784-07:00This is one of those incredibly powerful films tha...This is one of those incredibly powerful films that I cannot possibly recommend to anyone, lest they think the worst of me. But I do think it the best of his early work. robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08743788064455642852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-47985308688142973942015-05-15T16:15:30.009-07:002015-05-15T16:15:30.009-07:00starofshonteff - thanks for the information. I wa...starofshonteff - thanks for the information. I was going to mention The Exterminator as being one of the unsuitable films I watched when I was eleven (along with Death Wish II and many, many others), so maybe my brain was actually working properly for a change. My memory's great - yours is amazing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04608092218218754085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-29974172484322890222015-05-14T15:10:19.847-07:002015-05-14T15:10:19.847-07:00One of Cronenberg's early classics! The nurser...One of Cronenberg's early classics! The nursery school scene alone...Will Erricksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04578872853239121306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-69034703994041660662015-05-11T13:09:06.173-07:002015-05-11T13:09:06.173-07:00Andrew, THE BROOD TV spot was included on the Alph...Andrew, THE BROOD TV spot was included on the Alpha UK video release THE EXTERMINATOR along with the trailer for ZOMBIES DAWN OF THE DEAD.<br />Voiceover for THE BROOD was by Patrick Allen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-20852689305499687032015-05-11T09:54:35.036-07:002015-05-11T09:54:35.036-07:00One of the many unsuitable videos my father rented...One of the many unsuitable videos my father rented for me in the mid-80s is memorable for having only two trailers. One for Dawn of the Dead, and one for The Brood. Both were rated XXX, and both terrified me. My memory of the latter trailer is that it showed nothing of the film but rather stills of (mostly female) viewers screaming, crying, vomiting, being carried out of theatres, etc. It must have been the same TV spot mentioned by starofshonteff. Good old Cronenberg, eh?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04608092218218754085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-51236242387659027322015-05-10T13:05:42.400-07:002015-05-10T13:05:42.400-07:00THE BROOD was marketed as a demonic child movie in...THE BROOD was marketed as a demonic child movie in the US in the tradition of THE EXORCIST and THE OMEN but this particular cycle had passed its peak and it flopped.<br />In the UK, the film did much better thanks to a TV spot from distributors Alpha which used infra-red technology to film the frightened reactions of an invited audience. This campaign was awarded a major prize at the 1980 Rank Cinema Advertising Awards.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com