Brainiac 1962

Director: Chano Urueta

Starring:
Abel Salazar, Rubén Rojo, Rosa María Gallardo, Luis Aragón, Ariadna Welter

In Mexico the year is 1661, some poor bugger is burnt to a crisp by the local authorities for being a gad-about-town and a witch or worlock or something. Just before he is barbequed he looks up to the sky and dang it all if a comet don't appear. As he's looking up he lays a curse on his accusers and vows to return in 300 years when the comet reappears and kill all their desendants.

Sure enough, it's 1961, and the comet returns again and does a soft crash landing on the ground. Out of it comes a guy in a rubber monster mask wearing claw mittens. He knocks one poor sucker off then turns into a human.

One by one he seeks out kills his prey by sucking out their brains with his ten inch tongue. It seems he keeps the brains in a large bowl in an unrefrigerated cabinet and every now and then dips into them with a spoon and gobbles down the grotesque concoction. But the cops are hot on is tail. They catch up to him just as he's about to snuff our hero and his sweetie. The cops blow him away with flame throwers. A bit of overkill if you ask me. But then again, you didn't ask me.

This made in Mexico and dubbed in English turkey is an extravaganza of really bad special effects. Sparklers for comets and photographs for background buildings abound. The cops drive around in a convertible police car. I couldn't take my eyes off this film, it was just so damn dumb that it's hilarious. That doesn't mean it's good, it ain't.