The Brain [Blu-ray]

Director: Ed Hunt Ed Hunt

Overview

Dr. Blake (David Gale) is a psychologist who hosts a popular television program broadcast from the Psychological Research Institute. Viewers don't realize that the demented doctor is in league with a giant brain from outer space, and together they plan to take over the city with mind control. Jim (Tom Breznahan) is the teen troublemaker sent to the institute for therapy. Jim learns of the fiendish plot when teens begin committing suicide, and he enlists the help of his girlfriend Janet (Cyndy Preston) to foil the evil plan.

Product Details

Release Date:	04/30/2019
UPC:	0826663192803
Original Release:	1988
Rating:	R
Source:	Shout Factory
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	1:34:00

Special Features

NEW audio commentary with director Ed Hunt; NEW audio commentary with actor Tom Bresnahan; NEW audio commentary with composer Paul Zaza; NEW interviews with actors Cynthia Preston and George Buza and assistant art director Michael Borthwick; "Love Letter to the Brain" featurette

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Tom Breznahan	Jim
Cyndy Preston	Janet
George Buza	Verna
Brett Pearson	Willy
David Gale	Actor
Paul Zaza	Composer

Technical Credits

Barry Pearson

Garry Brown	Stunts
Don Haig	Executive Producer,Producer
Ed Hunt	Director
Anthony Kramreither	Producer
Mark Williams	Special Effects
Barry Pearson	Screenwriter
Gary Brown	Stunts

Editorial Reviews

This low-budget Canadian weirdness involves the diabolical schemes of pop psychologist Dr. Blake (David Gale, who played a far more convincing horror villain in Re-Animator), the host of an incredibly popular TV self-help show called "Independent Thinking." Blake takes a particular interest in the case of a juvenile delinquent (Tom Breznahan), whose brain is fitted with a special transmitter linking him to a giant, bug-eyed, fanged brain monster, which begins to remotely control his will. Sort of a blend of Videodrome and The Brain from Planet Arous by way of EC Comics, this would have come off as a fairly clever sci-fi/horror sleeper if not for the ridiculous special effects: the monster is essentially a big brain-shaped rubber balloon with a cartoonish face on it.

All Movie Guide - Cavett Binion