The brood / [presented by] Pierre David and Victor Solnicki ; a Mutual/Elgin International production ; Montreal Trust Company ; produced by Claude Heroux ; written and directed by David Cronenberg.

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Frank Carveth finds himself faced with a terrible predicament. His wife is in an institution suffering from mental illness, yet her therapy does not seem to be working. The institute's director refuses to reveal the nature of the therapy he is using to treat her. Before Frank can learn more, a serie...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Main Author: Shore, Howard (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Mutual Productions (Producer)
Elgin International (Firm) (Producer)
Montreal Trust Company (Firm)
MGM Home Entertainment Inc
Other Authors: David, Pierre (executive producer.)
Solnicki, Victor (executive producer.)
Héroux, Claude (Producer)
Cronenberg, David, 1943- (Director)
Reed, Oliver, 1938-1999 (Actor)
Eggar, Samantha (Actor)
Hindle, Art (Actor)
Language:English
French
Spanish
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
Sound track in English; optional subtitles in English, French and Spanish; closed-captioned.
Published: Santa Monica, CA : Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment, [2003]
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Mentally ill women > Care > Drama.
Psychiatrists > Drama.
Serial murders > Drama.
Feature films.
Horror films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama.
Mentally ill women > Care.
Psychiatrists.
Serial murders.
Genre:
Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
David Cronenberg's The brood.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Frank Carveth finds himself faced with a terrible predicament. His wife is in an institution suffering from mental illness, yet her therapy does not seem to be working. The institute's director refuses to reveal the nature of the therapy he is using to treat her. Before Frank can learn more, a series of bizarre murders rock the city-- victims of vengeful, murderous creatures that destroy anything that gets in their way.
Note:Originally produced as a motion picture in 1979.
Special features: original theatrical trailer.
Videorecording.
Call Number:AN4 D0027085 VideoDVD
Audience:
Rated R.
ISBN:0792857380
9780792857389
Credits:Editor, Alan Collins ; director of photography, Mark Irwin ; music, Howard Shore.
System Details:DVD, widescreen ((1.85:1) presentation, enhanced for TVs; Dolby Digital mono., NTSC.
Cast:
Oliver Reed, Samantha Eggar, Art Hindle, Nuala Fitzgerald, Henry Beckman, Susan Hogan, Cindy Hinds.