Btexxamar I like Black Panther, but I didn't like this movie.

Konterr Brilliant and touching

Helloturia I have absolutely never seen anything like this movie before. You have to see this movie.

Rio Hayward All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

gavin6942 In 1661 Mexico, the Baron Vitelius of Astara is sentenced to be burned alive by the Holy Inquisition of Mexico for witchcraft, necromancy, and other crimes. As he dies, the Baron swears vengeance against the descendants of the Inquisitors.The film has developed a cult following since its release and is now considered a cult classic. I can see why. The Inquisition scenes are very well done, and the monster is quite interesting (even if cheesy by some standards).I am curious if different versions exist. I believe an English dubbed version is out there, but I watched it in Spanish with subtitles. Is there a difference? Is there a version with extra scenes? I hope so... this film deserves to be released in a collector's edition if it has not been already.

Witchfinder General 666 "El Barón del terror" aka. "The Brainiac" is a bizarre and moody and wonderfully cheesy Mexican Horror film that no true cult cinema lover should miss. While Chano Urueta's 1962 film is not en par with the true highlights of contemporary Mexican Horror, such as "Misterios De Ultratumba" ("The Black Pit of Dr M", 1959) or "La Maldición De La Llorona" ("The Curse of The Crying Woman", 1963), it is certainly a highly entertaining, and, at times, quite original little film that is unique in several aspects.In 1661, Baron Vitelius D'Estera (Abel Salazar) is condemned to burn at the stake for witchcraft, necromancy and other crimes. Before being burned, the baron, who was not intimidated by the Inquisition's instruments of torture, sees a comet passing, and vows to come back take revenge on the descendants of his judges. 300 years later, the same comet passes Earth again... Even though the film obviously took a lot of inspiration from one of the greatest Horror films ever made, Mario Bava's masterpiece "La Maschera Del Demonio" ("Black Sunday", 1960), it does deliver many genuinely unique moments. The 17th century opening scenes are very well-done in a great Gothic atmosphere. Afterwards, it gets a lot cheesier, but in a wonderful manner. The film's strongest point is its uniquely bizarre villain, who is definitely unlike any other horror creature, at least as far as looks go. As opposed to the common blood-sucking we're used to, the film also introduces an utterly new kind of 'vampirism'... I don't want to give away too much, but I really think that most of my fellow Horror/cult-cinema fans should like this. The film is sometimes plain hilarious, and will make the viewer laugh out loud at some points, and then again it also has a nice, uncanny atmosphere. "The Brainiac" is a bizarre piece of Gothic Horror with Mad Sci-Fi elements that greatly entertains and furthermore has one thing that is always appreciated - originality. Highly recommended to cult-cinema enthusiasts.

Woodyanders 1661: Evil and unrepentant sorcerer Baron Vitelius d'Estera (well played with suitably dour relish by Abel Salazar) gets burned at the stake for practicing witchcraft. Before he dies the Baron vows to return 300 years later to kill the descendants of his executioners. In 1961 a passing comet resurrects the Baron as a grotesquely malformed brain-eating humanoid beast with pointy ears, a swollen face, fangs, and a long forked tongue who embarks on a brutal rampage. Capably directed by Chano Urueta, with a gloomy tone, a novel and inspired script by Federico Curiel and Adolfo Lopez Portillo, a steady pace, a lively ooga-booga shivery score by Gustavo Cesar Carrion, a gloriously hideous monster, several nifty quirky touches (the Baron keeps the cerebrums of his victims in an urn so he can snack on them!), stark, fairly polished black and white cinematography by Jose Ortiz Ramos, and solid acting from a cast that includes familiar south-of-the-border fright feature stalwarts German Robles, Luis Aragon and Ariadna Welter, this truly peculiar item makes for hugely entertaining viewing. The laughably hokey English dubbing and endearingly chintzy (not so) special effects only add to this picture's considerable loopy charm. A pleasingly offbeat one-of-a-kind weirdie.

javierw A man is burn by some people and swears to kill all their descendants. No I'm not talking about "Nigthmare on Elm Street" but the 1962 Mexican movie "Brainiac". In 1661, Lord Vitelius, played by the very prolific Mexican actor, Abel Salazar, is condemn by the inquisitors to be burn at the stake, where he curses them and promise to come back in the future to kill all their descendants. Two hundred years later he comes back to fulfill his promise. This classic has all the elements of a fun campy horror movie. Lord Vitelius transforms himself in a very funny looking monster with a fork-tongue and sucks the brains of the people dry. He makes men freeze and women horny with "The look", he stares at them and the magic works itself. Two policemen are after his lead, and they have the most funny lines of the film, specially the assistant.Poor Lord Vitelius falls in love with one of the descendants, that for his bad luck is with the incarnation of the only man who help him back in 1661. Can he fulfill his promise? Will love beat this unbeatable monster? Will women be ever capable of not falling to "The Look"? You will have to watch this great classic movie to find the answers, it will probably not scare you, but you will laugh nonstop.