Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Phillida Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Janis One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

Justina The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

cinemajesty Movie Review: "The Brain" (1988)This in Canada-produced micro-budgeted Horror Flick, probably produced for less than 500,000.00 Canadian Dollars in season 1987/1988, where family-friendly productions as "Bettlejuice" highly visceral-directed by multi-talent Tim Burton, the 1950s remake of "The Blob" (1988) or alien-zombie-apocalypse "They Live" directed by John Carpenter will take all the glory with the knowledgeable movie-goers; without being ashamed this small-time gem makes its way anyways onto the list of 1980s horror exploitation due to a well-paced script by hobby-screenwriter Barry Pearson, following a local TV show moderator, who presents "live" to take over world dominion with help of an human-manipulating alien psychic brain parasite, with regards to fair writings execution by director Ed Hunt under impeccable restrictions and a saving-it-all in 90-minutes-editorial by David Nicholson; in favor for an inflation-clarified formula that still works to this very day where Hollywood Majors as Warner Bros. affiliate New Line put a minimum amount of budget of less than five million U.S. Dollars production budget into movies as "Lights Out" directed by David F. Sandberg to come out with two to three decent shocker effects within 90 minutes or less that sell as box office magnetizing gimmicks in order to end up with margin of 10 to 15 times multiplied revenues on the initial production budget; which was not the case with "The Brain", having no chances in selected Canadian movie houses, but reaching cult status with genre fan boys; and additionally discovered by an anonymous German Sales Representative in reviews, who then brought it in the year of 1989 straight to VHS cassette distribution in West Germany without seen any U.S. American theatrical exhibition at all, at time of release on November 4th 1988.© 2017 Felix Alexander Dausend (Cinemajesty Entertainments LLC)

darthMisaskernew The Brain is a weird movie! But I still love it! I first saw it on TV as a kid late at night and when I woke up the next morning I thought I dreamt it up because it didn't seem real. Years later I saw the poster and realized what I saw wasn't a dream but actually a real movie! It's a very strange film, about a giant brain that brainwashes and feeds off people, but if you get too close it'll actually attack and eat you alive. The brain is created by a scientist who is played by the guy from ReAnimator, and the only one who can resist the brainwashing is a high school rebel who looks like he's in his 30's. The special effects are gloriously cheesy, and watching the brain kill people is the best part of the movie. Since it has no arms or legs, I always wondered how it gets around. I imagine the face of the brain was just put onto the front of a van or something and a driver would drive after the actors. It doesn't even look like a brain...as a kid I thought it was some sort of giant worm or something, and it looks like a granola cookie with a giant evil face on it. What's sad is that this film was not a theatrical release, but instead went straight-to-VHS, which is part of the reason why I think nobody has ever heard of it. It's a very entertaining and well made movie, and it's a shame it doesn't have the attention it deserves. I think the film could actually use a remake, and I NEVER say that about ANY films...my username might as well be IHATEREMAKES or something. But The Brain is unique enough to warrant one. Don't remake Halloween or TCM or some well known classic, remake something like this!

TheBlueHairedLawyer High school student James has excellent grades and a beautiful girlfriend, but he is always playing weird practical jokes. This makes his teachers and parents sign a consent form to have him sent off to a revolutionary new TV doctor, Dr. Blake. Dr. Blake often talks about the increase in teen suicides and sure enough, just near James' house, a fellow student has just stabbed her mother and jumped out a window... but was there more to it? Did she really jump, or did something else kill her mother and push her? James finds the mental hospital where is is sent to be pointless and annoying, so he leaves the building. Unknown to him the hospital nurse who he hallucinated as being topless, is on his side; she knows about the strange hallucinogenic brain experiments on people in the building and threatens to tell. Before she gets the chance, a giant brain-like creature eats her. Blake sends an overweight bearded med assistant to hunt down James and bring him back.James hides out in his girlfriend Janet's diner after his car crashes and blows up. She tries to hide him but a cop shows up, as does the fat med assistant, and Janet can only watch as he is dragged away again, this time kicking at some invisible monster no one else can see. He escapes the hospital a second time with her help, and the help of his best friend, but his best friend is eaten by the brain monster. Murders start popping up all over town and on the TV sets of all the viewers tuned in, Blake tells them it was James who killed them, and that James has trouble distinguishing reality from fantasy. A brainwashing message is also said, convincing several housewives to kill their husbands if their husbands refuse to watch the Dr. Blake show. Now Janet and James are runaway fugitives, hiding out in the local high school as the entire town of brainwashed adults search for them.This wasn't the best movie but you've gotta admit, it's entertaining at least. The soundtrack is pretty good, the acting was okay and for the budget they had, the brain monster was pretty good, though highly unbelievable. This movie might make you think twice about tuning in every day to D. Phil, Ellen and Oprah.

Seb The Brain is the story of an evil alien brain that tries to take control of the world through a threadbare looking self-help show. When it fails to take control of a rebellious teenager it sets him up as a murderer which as it turns out is pretty easy. If you shout "he killed them" to the cops they will believe you, even if you are holding an axe and there is a headless cop at your feet.The effects for this movie range between shoddy and outright hilarious. The brain itself is obviously the comedy highlight but also memorable is the explosion where two very obvious fireworks can be seen. The story itself isn't that bad and there is some good acting, the thing is though you'll just be laughing at the effects too much to notice much else. I'm not saying it's well written though, the ending is spelt out in mile high letters within 20 minutes which is a bit of a shame.People are always saying that bad movies are "so bad they're good" but this is one film that's genuinely deserving of that accolade. I really enjoyed it, if you feel like some cheap laughs and a watchable story you'll find them with this movie.