The Bloody Brood - Julian Roffman - 1959

First of all, thanks to those who came out to the Bloody Brood screening tuesday night at the Brantford Arts Block. I think everyone had a good time and enjoyed the film and lively discussion afterwards.

The Bloody Brood is a beatnik classic as well as a Canadian film produced and directed by Julian Roffman who also did the cult classic The Mask. The film is the story of a gang of innocent beatniks who are relatively ignorant of all the nefarious activities of their leader Nico, played very slimily by Peter Falk. After witnessing a death, Nico and his unhealthy looking, advertising director friend Francis decide to murder a delivery boy for kicks by feeding him a hamburger full of ground glass. Francis doesn't have the stomach for murder though, and Nico's involvement with the mob, his drug dealings and plans to double cross his mules, Studs and the Weasel, along with the nosey brother of the kid they murdered hanging around in their club is threatening to spell the end for him.

"Nah,nah nah, there's no doubt about it, the worlds falling apart. And they call it progress. First they spend millions developing toothpaste to stop cavities, then they spend billions on bigger and better ways to blow us all to bits."

"Patty cake, patty cake, puzzle for squares. Why take a plane trip to fly through the air? You work the whole year to get two weeks with pay. So, get with it, cats, and you'll fly every day."

"I'm digging lots of things now, for instance, that it's possible to live you're life the way you want, and the most important day of the year isn't mother's day."

"Five bucks a minute !"

"Look, Honey, you want to seduce the world into using Feather Foam, not clobber them with it!"

"The lights are blue, the moon is to. French fried shoes, all the way!"

"The Digs"

"I'm gonna do more for you than anything you can find in stores!"

Wanton beat chick dance routine

"Listen you mindless, gutless snob. At the first sign of trouble you start trying to weasel out. Let me remind you. I didn't feed him that hamburger, you did."

Studs and The Weasel

"NOOOOOOOO"

Watch the whole film right here!