Mark Kermode reviews The Brood (1979) | BFI Player

Reappraising Cronenberg's "brilliantly visceral example of physical metaphor." Watch The Brood on BFI Player (UK only): player.bfi.org.uk/subscriptio...
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[@lnvenum]

This and CRASH are cronenberg's underrated masterpieces.

[@chrishiggins7166]

The film’s well acted, stylish, well written, well directed, well characterised & is an original horror film that’s also A culty film. (85%) (4/5 stars) (positive)

[@s.a.l.1974]

This has basically the same premise as Żuławski's Possession, what a divorce feels like for the affected parties. Although Żuławski referenced Scenes from a Marriage

[@greggoat6570]

I was thinking of Possession immediately, especially with the child abuse stuff early on in the film

[@MAFion]

Terrific film. I love Oliver Reed as the psychiatrist.

[@zaroffhound]

Criterion's releases of Cronenberg look like they've been flattened by someone with a disdain for light.

[@1977Suspiria]

My favourite Cronenberg. Creepy & disturbing.

[@karlkarlos3545]

Reliable Roger Ebert? Oh, Mr Kermode, you are always so polite.

[@julienperonne2347]

To be fair, he and Ebert are quite alike. If you look at Kermode original review of Blue Velvet, you get a textbook example mistaking the disgust he felt with the overall quality of the film. It's just that Kermode is a younger critic of a more genre-aware generation than Ebert was.

[@plasticweapon]

ebert's review for the brood pointed out once and for all how shallow and hysterical and generally invalid he was as a reviewer. his reputation as a "cool" critic with a good average for liking movies isn't just beyond me, it's a lie. and his inability to be objective was pathetic.

[@thatllputmarzipaninyourpie3117]

Ebert was a great critic, but he had an enormous blind spot when it came to the horror genre.

[@karlkarlos3545]

@@thatllputmarzipaninyourpie3117 Daily reminder: Ebert wrote the script for Russ Meyer's Beyond the Valley of the Dolls.

[@chasen47]

I feel like every major critic is hated by people just because they disliked a few movies that said person liked ha ha

[@jimmyfaustjr6413]

I think Im the only person who finds this movie funny lol

[@lapislazuli5035]

It's darkly funny.

[@simonjohn354]

I can only imagine how bad the divorce would have been that he came up with this movie.