Dr. Blake runs a TV show called "Independent Thinkers", which is sort of a Scientology-like self-help/religion program. But he's not making his audience think any more independently - with the help of an alien organism he calls The Brain, he's using brainwashing and mind control. The only thing that stands between them and world domination is a brilliant but troubled high school student with a penchant for pranks...
O Cérebro, Satanikos Egkefalos, Az agy, Mózg, Das Gehirn, Manipulations, Σατανικός Εγκέφαλος, Ο Εγκέφαλος, El cerebro, Мозг, 脑魔, 악마의 뇌
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Not a particularly good movie “objectively speaking," but a really fun one. The commentary on media is shallow, at best. The acting is really subpar, to put it lightly. The writing as a whole leaves a lot to be desired. Some of the transitions were hysterical! Like the way it closes, the film almost had me in stitches. And then followed by a warning lol
But man, were the practical effects incredible! That’s some goofy, scary, huge a**, worm, awesome looking brain-something. I wouldn’t be surprised that all the human and budgetary effort was placed on that creature alone, because where everything else feels mediocre and bad, that thing looks marvelous. Memorable, memorable stuff. Some of…
Sooooooo I thought that I maybe had become such an alcoholic that I couldn’t get drunk anymore but GLORY BE here I am completely shitfaced so as usual, my OCD brain is working overtime and worrying about nothing but STILL I’m here to tell you that I thought this was great even though I was seriously lit. LIT HONEY, LITTTTTT.
A brain that kills? Yes! I was all in for this retro 80’s classic! It’s got an oddly adorable monster along with an oddly adorable lead so clearly I dug the fuck out of it. I will be picking this up on blu in the next couple of weeks. I would do it right now except Taylor Heider convinced my alcoholic ass to get some other stuff on blu first so I guess this has to wait, ok bitchesssssssss??!!!!!! No for real, it’s a solid horror flick that’s totally worth watching, drunk or sober!
It's Gale and the Brain.
David Gale and the Brain.
One is a Genius, the other is the Brain.
A Canadian flick.
Full of tentacle schtick.
It's Gale, Gale and the Brain
Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain
In ten minutes flat
The plot completely stalls
And in the ending warehouse fight
You'll think you're tripping balls.
It's Gale and the Brain
David Gale and the Brain
Their twilight campaign is easy to explain
To earn some gory cred
They'll eat your f*cking head.
It's Gale, Gale and the Brain
Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain,
barf
Cut-price Cronenberg complete with generically yet ominously monikered corporation of dubious accreditation, the Psychological Research Institute. Also like early DC, it's a product of Canada, with the architecturally striking Xerox Research Centre standing in for the headquarters of the PRI.
I'll be honest, any film that opens with a girl being molested by tentacles smashing through her TV and her bedroom walls closing in on her like a venus flytrap has my attention, especially when it turns out not to be a dream sequence (not exactly, anyway). What follows is a full-blooded romp across crazy town featuring a giant brain sending its b-waves through the ether into the homes of God-fearing citizens and a young man falsely accused of murder…
One of my favourite scenes in any 80s horror film takes place at the beginning. A girl begins to hallucinate as her bedroom closes in on her and slimey tentacles and monster arms come busting through the walls. Her teddy bear cries tears of blood as it comes to life, psychadelic lighting pierces the windows and our notorious brain monster makes its first dramatic appearance. I live for scenes like that.
The Brain is perfectly 80s and magically mesmerizing. A film that showcases some great practical FX and a memorable creature design. One of those forbidden VHS covers that I would endlessly gaze upon in my younger days. That ghastly gross Brain staring down at me...my imagination running wild. Plus…
Nothing like being chased by a giant killer brain to get you laid! When an alien brain attempts to brainwash an entire community via the television he is thwarted by a school student whose mind waves don't seem to work due to Jim having a dirty mind that was more drawn to a pair of boobs than an apple. Which is something to keep in mind if killer brains ever invade. When the mind powers have no effect on Jim they set him up as a killer which is quite easy to do as just screaming HE CHOPPED MY HUSBAND IN HALF WITH A CHAINSAW is all the proof the cops in this town need apparently. The brain itself is…
Do you feel you watch the same movies over and over and over again without any sense of fulfillment? Do you feel as if you’re on a neverending quest to overcome your human limitations towards knowledge and morality? Are teenagers today influenced by the media they consume to evoke violence, hate, sexual activities? Let Independent Thinking help you on your journey to intellectual fulfillment...
The Brain is an eighties movie about the eighties. With televangelist Dr. Anthony Blakely (played by the fabulous David Gale) teaching the masses how to transcend common insecurities and the mundane struggle of never realizing their full potential. Randian and McCarthyism and Scientology combine into a literal giant brain soaking all the knowledge of human existence…
Attributes that put The Brain a head of the pack:
1. Awesome practical effects
2. David Gale’s second head turning performance
3. Unnecessary boobies
Attributes that make me blow my top in frustration:
1. ‘Guy on the run’ storyline gets tiresome fast
2. More Brain please!
3. Worst final moment monster callback I’ve ever seen.
The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs - Joe Bob's Creepy Christmas - Film 1
"That's food for thought."
Jim is a high school student who's intellect is only rivaled by his mischievous personality. When he is caught pulling another destructive prank on the school he is forced to see famous television psychologist Dr. Blake or risk suspension and not graduating. It's at Dr. Blake's institute that he discovers a giant brain that is broadcasting signals to control anyone who watches Blake's TV show, "Independent Thinkers." Now it's up to Jim to expose the plot and sever the brain's connection to people's minds, before "Independent Thinkers" goes national wide and millions come under the control of The Brain.
The Brightstar…
Deeply Canadian and Deeply 80's take on a brainwashing goop-fest has enough charm to satiate your microwaved noggin!
Dr. Blake runs a popular TV program called Independent Thinking that is sweeping the nation. When high school rapscallion Jimmy has done one too many pranks, the principal sends him off to Dr. Blake for some psychoanalysis. Jimmy's too fast for these sinister methods though and upon his first appointment discovers the devious brainwashing nightmare underneath Dr. Blake's agenda. Calamity ensues!
Once Jimmy breaks out of the lab, this film hits gnarly chase mode and never lets up. It's a thrill ride coasting on a flimsy plot but I'll be damned if it isn't that type of cheesed out 80's horror gold…
