Undergoing psychotherapy, woman somehow births demonic toddlers that kill everyone
The conceit of The Brood is, in the tradition of director David Cronenberg, both patently ludicrous and unexpectedly resonant: A man must protect his daughter from the horrific demons unleashed by his wife’s subconscious as she undergoes radical psychotherapy at a mysterious institute.The demons in question – bizarre, deformed children – are unforgettable (trust me, I’ve tried), as are the series of brutal murders they commit. Cronenberg uses this outlandish concept to abstractly explore the emotional stress of divorce for both parents and children, and this subtext makes it less troublesome that all of the characters so easily accept the presence of deranged, homicidal 1st graders.
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