The Brain Eaters (1958)
1958 · Feature film · 60 min · dir. Bruno VeSota
Crawling, Slimy Things, Terror-Bent on Destroying the World!
- Science Fiction
- Horror
Synopsis
A huge, alien structure resembling an inverted cone, appears in the woods outside a small rural town. Sent from Washington to investigate the origin of the mysterious object, a team of investigators discovers that intelligent parasites from inside the "cone" can attach themselves to humans' nervous systems and control their minds, taking control of the authorities and workers, making communication with the outside world impossible, and leaving the responsibility of stopping the invasion up to…
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Bruno VeSota
- Writer
- Gordon Urquhart
- Composer
- Tom Jonson
- Cinematography
- Lawrence Raimond
- Studio
- American International Pictures
- Released
- 1958-09-01
- Running time
- 60 minutes
Cast & crew
Bruno VeSota Director
Ed Nelson
Joanna Lee
Cornelius Keefe- Alan Jay Factor
Jody Fair- David Hughes
Robert Ball
Phil Posner
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · The Walter K "Action" Powers Show · Kolchak_TNS · 2017-07-03
Wow this one brings back memories of warm summer nights watching Creature Features hosted by the late great Bob Wilkins Practically every line delivered by Walter K Powers is an instant classic. & the support provided by Powers toady/minion is just priceless. The look said toady gives the female lead when she dares speak her mind had me rolling with laughter. A thoroughly uncomplicated and mostly tissue thin plot is supported by oodles of suppositions and wild guesses. An entertaining B movie classic that moves seamlessly from day to night scenes and back at times within the span of only a…
★★★ · Roll Your Eyes · billbarstad · 2016-02-03
When the titles revealed that Bruno VeSota directed, I thought 'o-o'. I've seen his acting. What followed did not surprise me. He's as good an actor as he is a director. All the botched scenes, the plot cliffs the story falls off and so much more, provided amusement and 'what the...' moments. But then it was back to the film. While the movie was often confusing, it didn't give me a headache. Ed Nelson, who's had a long career as a character actor, is good here. I downloaded the MPEG4 file. Video and audio are good.
