David Cronenberg is convinced that something is living inside us. In the worlds he creates, our inner rage and desire can manifest into reality with terrible consequences. The Brood is an amazing example of Cronenberg's perennial theme, complete with demon-face child clones who are continually dressed in 80s snow suits and the scene pictured above where a mother licks the blood from her "newborn's" face.
Cronenberg tries to ruin the film with some flaky Baby Boomer age-regression therapy bullshit, but I can't help but get sucked in by the underlying story: SPOILER A woman reproducing via rage tumors, releasing her parasitic offspring into the world to serve her emotional bidding. Adding to this is the presence of killer children, which I always find a genius horror twist because #1 children are evil #2 we act like they're not #3 we hesitate to kill them.
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