The Brood

1979 film by David Cronenberg
Movie film Q389911
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The Brood

Summary

The Brood is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (743 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Brood's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • The Brood's director is recorded as David Cronenberg[4].
  • The Brood's screenwriter is recorded as David Cronenberg[5].
  • The Brood's composer is recorded as Howard Shore[6].
  • The Brood's genre is recorded as body horror film[7].
  • The Brood's genre is recorded as science fiction film[8].
  • The Brood's genre is recorded as psychological horror film[9].
  • The Brood's genre is recorded as science fiction horror film[10].
  • The Brood's genre is recorded as horror film[11].
  • The Brood's genre is recorded as independent film[12].
  • The Brood's genre is recorded as psychological thriller film[13].
  • The Brood's genre is recorded as thriller film[14].
  • The Brood's cast member is recorded as Oliver Reed[15].
  • The Brood's cast member is recorded as Samantha Eggar[16].
  • The Brood's cast member is recorded as Art Hindle[17].
  • The Brood's cast member is recorded as Susan Hogan[18].
  • The Brood's cast member is recorded as Felix Silla[19].
  • The Brood's cast member is recorded as Henry Beckman[20].
  • The Brood's cast member is recorded as John Ferguson[21].
  • The Brood's cast member is recorded as Michael Magee[22].
  • The Brood's cast member is recorded as Nicholas Campbell[23].
  • The Brood's cast member is recorded as Joseph Shaw[24].
  • The Brood's producer is recorded as Claude Héroux[25].
  • The Brood's production company is recorded as Telefilm Canada[26].
  • The Brood's director of photography is recorded as Mark Irwin[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Brood's producer is recorded as Claude Héroux[25]. Its director is recorded as David Cronenberg[4]. Its screenwriter is recorded as David Cronenberg[5]. Cast members include Oliver Reed[15], Samantha Eggar[16], Art Hindle[17], Susan Hogan[18], Felix Silla[19], and Henry Beckman[20].

Publication

Publication dates include +1979-05-25T00:00:00Z[28], +1979-06-01T00:00:00Z[29], +1979-10-10T00:00:00Z[30], +1979-10-17T00:00:00Z[31], +1980-03-06T00:00:00Z[32], and +1980-03-13T00:00:00Z[33]. The Brood's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[34]. Genres include body horror film[7], science fiction film[8], psychological horror film[9], science fiction horror film[10], horror film[11], and independent film[12].

Reception

Reviews include 7.5/10[35] and 81%[36].

Why It Matters

The Brood ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (743 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . CineTV. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . CineTV. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . CineTV. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . CineTV. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . CineTV. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [34] . wikidata.org.
  27. [35] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [36] . wikidata.org.
  29. [28] . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [29] . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [30] . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [31] . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [32] . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [33] . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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