The Brood (d. David Cronenberg, 1979)
If you aren’t ready for the nasty European flavor of psychsexual horror on film, don’t worry, David Cronenberg has you covered. Cronenberg’s also got Divorced Guy Energy going on, but his approach at least has a conversation about mental health and a therapist involved. Granted, therapy involves turning negative emotions and experiences into homicidal toddlers who murder whoever you talked about in the last session, but, y’know, still therapy.
As much as it is definitely A David Cronenberg Movie, there’s a lot of sadness and empathy for the factors that made Oliver Reed’s wife the way she is, but mostly a hell of a lot of anger. If you’re one of those people who thought the Maria ending was the way to go in Silent Hill 2, this should be your jam, because this basically has the same idea.
