GrimPrecise I'll tell you why so serious

MamaGravity good back-story, and good acting

Comwayon A Disappointing Continuation

Haven Kaycee It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

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.

lost-in-limbo You are going to have a good time. Repeat it. You are going to have a good time. No need for brainwashing in what is an outrageously silly and strange, but very fun low-budget Sci-fi / horror b-grade hokum with cult actor David Gale's straight-up glee to his clinical mad doctor role adding much more to the amusement. But the real star has got to be the hideously throbbing human brain with its huge beady eyes, sharp pointy teeth, snarling, telepathic abilities in controlling people's thoughts, presenting hallucinations (the opening sequence has a nightmarish pull to it) and it seems to be growing thanks to its diet for human flesh. Oh it's a sight watching it chomp down on someone's head?! It's nasty, but rather daft. Watching it move about is just as laughable. Barry Pearson's imaginative screenplay is obviously a satirical pot-shot on the TV's hypnotic influence in swaying the viewers and how it can be taken advantage of through particular scientific/religious groups. The ironic delivery does come off and you got to love the use of sodium. Even with this on mind, there's no doubts that none of this is taken all that seriously with it mixing that 50s cheesy drive-in mentality with 80s over-the-top visual intensity. What actually occurs is a predictable pattern (no one believes our rebellious teen protagonist with the things going on behind the scenes at psychological research centre) and despite what has happened some of the character's decisions are dumbfounding. Director Ed Hunt's sporadic handling works well keeping a sharp pace to this taut on-the-run formula and giving many scenes much needed punch with its shocks and twisted surrealism. While the make-up FX and special effects are cheap-looking and tacky, they're effectively done and somewhat colourful. The performances are limited, but Tom Breznahan and Cyndy Preston make for likable heroes. Low-grade, but enjoyably shoddy entertainment for those that have trouble dealing with reality. "Give yourselves a hand you independent thinkers".

BA_Harrison Let's face it, this film isn't great; hell, it's not even good. But it does feature a huge pulsating purple brain with googly eyes and fangs that eats people, and if that sounds like your bag of trash then you'll no doubt derive some pleasure from this patently daft drivel. I know I did.The film sees power-mad TV psychologist Dr. Anthony Blakely (David Gale) plotting to control the world with the help of a giant disembodied brain that can transmit hypnotic suggestions over the airwaves. When obnoxious high-school trouble-maker Jim Majelewski is sent to Blakely for treatment, he subconsciously manages to resist the brain's mind control powers, but suffers from a series of hallucinations which almost cause his death. Realising that all is not right at Blakely's institute, the plucky lad decides to investigate...In addition to the titular creature with a liking for human flesh, this dumb B-movie horror offers viewers the following dubious delights: a girl being attacked by rubber claws and tentacles in her bedroom; Jim performing the old 'sodium block down the loo' prank (a scene necessary to help explain the brain's final demise); an industrial basement plastered with warning signs about the facility's use of sodium (hmmmm!); a topless nurse; several people having their heads chomped by the brain; and a couple of decapitations (with David Gale once again losing his head!).Oh, and one giant exploding brain, of course.5.5 out of 10, rounded up to 6 for the topless nurse (an element that I feel can improve almost any film).

The_Void Although there was a lot of crap released in the eighties, one thing you can always count on from these films is a hilarious good time! The subject of this film (mind control) has been used many times before, but it's not usually explored with the aid of a mad doctor and a daft looking rubber brain! This plot is explored from the perspective of a young high school student who, in true eighties fashion, has a penchant for silly pranks and general tomfoolery. He uncovers the plot, lead by Dr. Anthony Blakely (David Gale, who played a similar role Re-Animator'), the host of a TV show called "Independent Thinkers". The show is supposed to help viewers, but it's actually a tool for the doctor to have the viewers of the show brainwashed. The silly plot "thickens" when the school lad is sent to the see the doctor by his school and ends up suffering hallucinations, before stumbling in on the doctor and his two assistants. Oh, and the monstrous brain creature that enjoys eating people and controlling minds...Naturally, this film isn't exactly high quality. The acting is terrible and the production values are low quality, but of course that isn't important in a film like this. Director Ed Hunt (who also made the surprisingly decent eighties crapfest Bloody Birthday) always ensures that the film is fun, light-hearted viewing and that ensures that The Brain just about does its job. It's true that the film could have been better. The director never really makes good use of the rubber brain, which is a shame. It does feature in two big scenes, but its left languishing in its little tank too often. The only real star of the film is David Gale, who will be remembered by cult fans for his key role in Stuart Gordon's classic Re-Animator. His acting here isn't brilliant but he provides enough interest as the mad doctor; although his exit is extremely disappointing. Overall, I can't really recommend tracking this film down as it's not great or anything like a classic; but if you're into eighties tat, then you could certainly do a lot worse than it.