Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Oliver Reed | ... | Dr. Hal Raglan | |
Samantha Eggar | ... | Nola Carveth | |
Art Hindle | ... | Frank Carveth | |
Henry Beckman | ... | Barton Kelly | |
Nuala Fitzgerald | ... | Juliana Kelly | |
Cindy Hinds | ... | Candice Carveth | |
Susan Hogan | ... | Ruth Mayer | |
Gary McKeehan | ... | Mike Trellan | |
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Michael Magee | ... | Inspector |
Robert A. Silverman | ... | Jan Hartog (as Robert Silverman) | |
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Joseph Shaw | ... | Coroner |
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Larry Solway | ... | Lawyer |
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Reiner Schwarz | ... | Dr. Birkin |
Felix Silla | ... | Creature | |
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John Ferguson | ... | Creature |
A man's wife is under the care of an eccentric and unconventional psychologist who uses innovative and theatrical techniques to breach the psychological blocks in his patients. When their daughter comes back from a visit with her mother and is covered with bruises and welts, the father attempts to bar his wife from seeing the daughter but faces resistance from the secretive psychologist. Meanwhile, the wife's mother and father are attacked by strangely deformed children, and the man begins to suspect a connection with the psychologist's methods. Written by Ed Sutton <esutton@mindspring.com>
I really enjoyed David Cronenberg's film called The Brood. It is about a woman who is being cared for by an eccentric psychologist called Dr. Raglan(Oliver Reed). Who uses theatrical techniques to breach the psychological blocks in his patients. When their six year old daughter comes back from a visit with her mother and is covered with bruises the father Frank Carveth attempts to stop his his wife from seeing their daughter. But the psychologist Dr. Raskin will not stop his wife from seeing the girl. whilst this is happening his daughter's teacher is is attacked by two strange looking deformed children. Her father starts to believe that it is to do with Dr. Rankin and a psychotherapy cult which he may have something to do with it. This film was quite disturbing at times. I thought that Oliver Reed played a very good part in the film.