Title from container. Oliver Reed, Samantha Eggar, Art Hindle. Blu-ray release of the 1979 motion picture. Widescreen (1.78:1). Special features: New documentary about the making of the film and Cronenberg's early work, featuring actor Samantha Eggar, producer Pierre David, cinematographer Mark Irwin, assistant director John Board, and special makeup effects Rick Baker (Videodrome) and Joe Blasc (Shivers and Rabid ; New, restored 2K digital transfer of "Crimes of the future", a 1970 feature by Cronenberg, supervised by the director, plus a 2011 interview in which the director discusses his early films with "Fangoria" editor Christ Alexander ; Interview from 2013 with actors Art Hindle and Cindy Hinds ; Appearance by actor Oliver Reed on "The Merv Griffin show" from 1980 ; trailer and radio spot ; Plus: an essay by critic Carrie Rickey.
Summary:
A disturbed woman is receiving a radical form of psychotherapy at a remote, mysterious institute. Meanwhile, her five-year-old daughter, under the care of her estranged husband, is being terrorized by a group of demonic beings. How these two storylines connect is the shocking and grotesque secret of this bloody tale of monstrous parenthood.
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