The Brood is a 1979 Canadian science fiction horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg, starring Oliver Reed, Samantha Eggar, and Art Hindle. The film depicts a series of murders committed by what seems at first to be a group of children. These are in fact the psychosomatic offspring of a mentally disturbed woman, whose husband fights for custody, and finally the life, of their daughter. Unconventional psychotherapist Hal Raglan of the Somafree Institute has created a technique called "psychoplasmics," where patients' traumatic memories provoke physiological changes to their bodies... according to the nature of their emotions. One of his patients is Nola Carveth, a severely disturbed woman who is legally embattled with her husband Frank for custody of their six year-old daughter Candice. When Frank discovers bruises and scratches on Candice following a visit with Nola, Frank accosts Raglan, and informs him of his intent to stop visitation rights. Eager to protect his patient, but fearful of the accusations, Raglan begins to intensify the sessions with Nola to resolve the issue quickly.
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