THE BRAINIAC, while not the most logical film in the world, is probably my favorite Mexican horror monster. With his ugly, bulbous, pulsating head, lobster-claw hands and long forked tongue, which he uses to suck the brains out of his victims, this guy is hard to beat in the ridiculous creature category. He sorta reminds me of THE FLY mostly due to his gigantic head, but a way cooler, more gross version of THE FLY.
The story starts out back in the inquisition days where some evil Satanic-type of baron gets burned at the stake. Instead of being barbecued alive he decides to use his magical devil powers to jump aboard a passing comet and come back to Earth 300 years later and wreak vengeance on his persecutors ancestors. Luckily they all still live in the same town, they're all friends and some of them even look exactly the same which makes thing very convenient for this brain-sucking freak. While the basic plot of this has been used quiet a few times in horror cinema they throw enough strange ideas into this one that I find it a fun ride. It's never really explained how the baron gets this new monster appearance that he can morph in and out of at will or even how the hell he keeps himself alive in outer space for 300 years, or why he enjoys chowing on brains(he even keeps a dish of extra brains in a chest for some late-night snacking) but these are just things you have to accept. Equal parts disgusting horror film and goofy-ass old time monster on the loose epic this, to me, is essential crazy Mexploitation trash cinema. AKA BARON OF TERROR
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