Plot by Imdb:"A young woman develops a taste for human blood after undergoing experimental plastic surgery, and her victims turn into rabid, blood-thirsty zombies who proceed to infect others, which turns into a city-wide epidemic."
Excellent follow up to "Shivers" and annunciating the little known masterpiece "The Brood", this vampire-zombies-virus paranoid movie is one of the gems from the early years of master David Cronenberg carrier. Low budgeted but already carrying all the ingredients of Cronenberg's obsessions: mutation, biological decay, contamination, social ostracism in front of a disease, society (or culture) seen as weak in front of biology, etc...The carrier is sexy pornstar Marylin Chambers, that pulls out a great performance and shows everybody that she can act with clothes on, as well. As she carries on spreading the virus, the weakness of human sociological behavior in front of a biological threat is more and more present until a chaotic final that is clearly shows that our society can fall into panic anytime, confronted to its very organic composition: us.
Then our only response for survival is a non-human one: extermination.
Incredibly modern in its themes, this Cronenberg movie will creep under your skin and make you unconfortable.
If you start spitting white mossy liquid and feeling enraged, it's too late.
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