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Brood (The) AKA Chromosome 3 (1979)
The Ultimate Experience Of Inner TerrorDirector: David Cronenberg
OVERALL: Draw-
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Extras:Bonus trailers
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Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Italian Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Reported to have very bad picture quality.
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Extras:Theatrical Trailer (2:43)
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Subtitles:English, French, and Spanish (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Case incorrectly states an R-rating.
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Extras:Trailer
Stills Gallery -
Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
German Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo -
Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:"Horror According To Cronenberg" featurette (4:25)
"Introduction by Serge Grünberg" featurette (2:52)
Interview with director David Cronenberg and composer Howard Shore (20:34)
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Subtitles:French (FORCED on English soundtrack)
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:The featurettes and filmography are in French only.
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Extras:Filmographies (text) for: David Cronenberg, Oliver Reed, Samantha Eggar, Art Hindle, and Henry Beckman
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Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
German Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo -
Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:Filmographies (text) for: David Cronenberg, Oliver Reed, Samantha Eggar, Art Hindle, and Henry Beckman
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Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:1.66:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
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Case type:Keep Case
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Commentaries:Audio Commentary with professor William Beard (in English)
Audio Commentary with professor Dr. Marcus Stiglegger and Kai Naumann (in German with no subtitles) -
Extras:Super-8 Version
"Childhood Memories" interview with Cindy Hinds
"Scoring the Brood" interview with Howard Shore
"Cronenberg Compositions" interview with cinematographer Mark Irwin
"Pierre David on ..." interview with executive producer Pierre David
Radio Spot
TV Spot
Teaser Trailer
2015 German Trailer
Original German Trailer
Original US Theatrical Trailer
"Artwork Gallery" slideshow
"Lobby Cards" slideshow
"Promotional Material" slideshow
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Subtitles:English and German (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.78:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Special Case
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Notes:Only available in a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack.
Packaged in a media-book style case.
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Extras:Theatrical Trailer
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Subtitles:Dutch
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
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Case type:Snapper Case
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Extras:Original Theatrical Trailer
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Subtitles:Japanese
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.01 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:Cast and Crew biographies and filmographies
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Subtitles:Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, and Swedish
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:Cast and Crew filmographies (text)
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Subtitles:English and Spanish (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
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Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:DISC ONE
*The Film (R-Rated Cut)
"The Directors: The Films of David Cronenberg" documentary (59:02)
Production Notes
Cast and Crew biographies and filmographies
Theatrical Trailer
Bonus trailers for "Scanners", "Scanners 2: The New Order" and "Scanners 3: The Takeover"
DISC TWO
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Subtitles:English HoH (R-Rated Cut only)
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English DTS 5.1 (R-Rated Cut only)
English Dolby Digital 5.1 (R-Rated Cut only)
English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo (R-Rated Cut only)
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Comes with a 2-page leaflet containing an essay.
The Unrated cut is a NTSC/PAL conversion.
The picture quality of the "Unrated version" has been reported as inferior to that of the "R-rated version".
Case incorrectly states the inclusion of a photo gallery.
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Dual Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:A couple of trailers play before the menu.
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OVERALL: Draw
- The R2 German release from Wicked-Vision has the Unrated Cut with a (proper) remastered transfer and the best set of extras.
- R2 UK Anchor Bay release has both versions of the film (see below) and a documentary, but the Unrated cut is a NTSC/PAL conversion, with inferior picture quality, and the documentary is quite unrelated to the film itself, since it is part of the Directors series. This edition also offers DTS 5.1 and Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtracks, but only on the R-rated cut.
Also note that R2 French release has some exclusive extras, most of which are not English friendly, but is of the R-rated cut.
A R1 Criterion release is also available.
Versions:
Two versions of the film are known:
- The R-rated theatrical cut.
- The Unrated cut.
The differences between both cuts are the following (NTSC running times - spoilers!):
* At 19:37, the murder of the grandmother is 0:08 longer.
* At 66:14, when Frank gets in the school, after the schoolteacher has been murdered, he looks at her, turns her head and watches his own hands, which makes the scene 0:10 longer.
* At 83:11, the ripping of the birth sack by Nola lasts 0:03 longer, until the fetus is fully visible.
* At 83:31, the cub-licking is 0:02 longer.
* At 83:36, after Frank puts his hand on his mouth, we can see another cub-licking scene which lasts 0:10.
* At 86:10, we can see the dead body of doctor Raglan for 0:03.
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CUTS:
- R0 Italy- Quinto Punto - No cuts. R-Rated Version.
- R0 United Kingdom- Arrow Films - No cuts. R-Rated Version (88:08 PAL).
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R1 America- MGM Home Entertainment - No cuts. Unrated version (92:18 NTSC).
The runtime includes 0:10 for the MGM logo at the beginning of the film and 0:09 for the same logo at the end of the film. - R2 Austria- NSM Records - No cuts. Unrated Version (88:23 PAL).
- R2 France- DVDY Films - No cuts. R-Rated version (87:44 PAL).
- R2 Germany- Black Hill Pictures - No cuts. R-Rated Version (87:43 PAL).
- R2 Germany- FilmArt - No cuts. R-Rated Version (87:42 PAL).
- R2 Germany- Wicked-Vision Media - No cuts. Unrated Version.
- R2 Holland- A-Film - No cuts. R-Rated Version.
- R2 Japan- JVC - No cuts. Probably the R-Rated Version.
- R2 Scandinavia- Future Film - No cuts. R-Rated Version (87:44 PAL).
- R2 Spain- Filmax - No cuts. R-Rated Version (87:02 PAL).
- R2 United Kingdom- Anchor Bay Entertainment - No cuts. Includes both the R-Rated Version (87:47 PAL) and the Unrated Version (92:06 PAL).
- R4 Australia- Universal Pictures - No cuts. R-Rated Cut (87:44 PAL).
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Comparison added by Adrian_Busby on 19/06/02
Comparison last updated by Anthony_DiPaola on 16/09/16UPDATE LOG:
16/07/15 - added German releases (2x), Spanish, Italian and Austrian releases; updated cut status of several existing listings.
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16/09/16 - Addition of the German Wicked-Vision release.
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