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{{quote| "Go through it... Go all the way through it... All the way to the end..."}} |
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There are certain pairings that you know are going to result in something horrifying: [[Audition|Takashi Miike taking on romantic comedy.]] [[The Shining|Stephen King making a domestic drama.]] [[From Dusk |
There are certain pairings that you know are going to result in something horrifying: [[Audition|Takashi Miike taking on romantic comedy.]] [[The Shining|Stephen King making a domestic drama.]] [[From Dusk till Dawn|Quentin Tarantino]] [[Pulp Fiction|writing a]] [[Death Proof|crime caper.]] And in this case: [[David Cronenberg]] discussing alternative psychotherapy. |
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''The Brood'' (1979) is a Canadian [[Horror]] [[Film]] written and directed by David Cronenberg (often considered to be his first really good movie), centering around a psychotherapist, Dr. Hal Raglan ([[Oliver Reed]]), who has created a technique called psychoplasmics. By encouraging his patients to "go all the way through it", he is able to induce radical physical changes. A man verbally abused by his father develops welts all over his body. Another man's self-loathing induces lymphatic cancer. And a psychotic woman named Nola Carveth (Samantha Eggar) parthenogenetically gives birth to strange mutant children who act out her negative emotions. Then the therapist starts bringing all these negative emotions to the surface, and the children start killing anyone she sees as a personal enemy... |
''The Brood'' (1979) is a Canadian [[Horror]] [[Film]] written and directed by David Cronenberg (often considered to be his first really good movie), centering around a psychotherapist, Dr. Hal Raglan ([[Oliver Reed]]), who has created a technique called psychoplasmics. By encouraging his patients to "go all the way through it", he is able to induce radical physical changes. A man verbally abused by his father develops welts all over his body. Another man's self-loathing induces lymphatic cancer. And a psychotic woman named Nola Carveth (Samantha Eggar) parthenogenetically gives birth to strange mutant children who act out her negative emotions. Then the therapist starts bringing all these negative emotions to the surface, and the children start killing anyone she sees as a personal enemy... |
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