The film-makers wanted to use the actual footage of a famous TV interview with Lord Hailsham in which he angrily said that "a great party is not to be brought down by a proven liar and a woman of easy virtue", but Hailsham, still very much alive in 1989, refused to permit it, just as he also made strenuous efforts to prevent the film from being made at all. As a result, the interview was recreated with an actor, Iain Cuthbertson, who was encouraged to portray Hailsham as an apoplectic buffoon.
The Brood - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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David Cronenberg wrote the film following the tumultuous divorce and child-custody battle he waged against Margaret Hindson. Cronenberg also said that Samantha Eggar's character, Nola Carveth, possessed some of the characteristics of his ex-wife.
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Samantha Eggar and Oliver Reed grew up together in the same area of London, England.
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Joe Dante cut the American theatrical trailer for this movie.
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Oliver Reed was arrested by the Canadian police during the production of this film after he made a bet with someone that he could walk from one bar to another without wearing clothes in freezing cold weather.
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Samantha Eggar's last big role before this was playing Anna in "Anna and the King"; the TV show adapted from the hit Broadway show "The King and I"; opposite Academy Award winner Yul Brynner.
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Little girls who were from a grade school gymnastics club played various members of the brood for the climax in the cabin.
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Samantha Eggar only worked for four days on this film.
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One of the rare movies where Oliver Reed isn't the villain.
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This film is one of the last mediums through which to see the interior of the old Toronto Police Headquarters on 590 Jarvis Street in Toronto, as the Headquarters was re-located to a new building in 1988 and the older building (shown in the film) was torn down to make room for condominiums in 2007.
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Psychoplasmics is similar to Gestalt Therapy, although nothing will grow on you.
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Film debut of Cindy Hinds, who was only eight years old at the time.
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Samantha Eggar came up with the idea to lick the blood off of the newborn baby. Moreover, the fetuses attached to Eggar's body were actually stuffed condoms.
The Brood - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Brood - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Brood - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Brood - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Brood - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Brood - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Brood - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Brood - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Brood - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Brood - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Brood - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Brood - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Brood - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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