includes the effects of phsycoplasmics there were no such hallucinations by any of the actors in The Brood.As stated before, The Dead Zone was the least horrific film. It had a little more action, in particular when Johnny and the Sheriff (Tom Skerrit) were tracking down a serial killer. It was more of a thriller than a true horror movie. It had an aura of drama with the love story between Johnny and Sara (Brooke Adams). Of all three movies I screened for this paper, none of the supporting actors really had strong performances besides Sara. She had a struggle between her former fiancee who she was obviously still in love with and the family she presently had. The way she acted just gave me a warm feeling that a mother would. She had a major impact on the way Johnny acted throughout the course of the film. Also of the three The Dead Zone had the happiest ending, and it really wasnt that much of a fairy tale ending. At least Johnny was able to save the world from World War III. Videodrome however, was very depressing Max killing himself because of the thoughts put in his head from the television. The Brood also was rather depressing, everybody died! The only survivors were Frank (Art Hindle) and Candice and the people that left the treatment center before hand. This movie was one that showed that a parent will do anything for their child, even going as far as to face death or kill someone else to save them.The strongest point of The Dead Zone was Cronenbergs use of the camera. During Johnnys psychic visions, the camera would be on him and quickly switch to the scene of what he was envisioning. The Brood contains extensive use of facial shots, often zooming in on Frank or Candice. Also I liked the way the creatures were shot, at the beginning one was not able to see what they looked like, but later in the film they gave very detailed shots of them. In Videodrome it was tough to tell. I can not recall Cronenberg using any ...
