Dec 2, 2022
The Brain (1988)
"There have to be some sane people left, right?"
#the brain#1988#canadian cinema#horror imagery tw#horror film#ed hunt#barry pearson#tom bresnahan#cynthia preston#david gale#george buza#christine kossak#bret pearson#susannah hoffmann#bernice quiggan#justine campbell#robert king#kenneth mcgregor#harry booker#steve mousseau#vinetta strombergs#richard gira#wendy springate#paul zaza#underwhelming monster mash from brave canadia‚ which mostly drew me in bc of David Gale (Re Animator's unforgettable head in a box)#alas he doesn't get a lot of screentime (although he does get to briefly do his disembodied head shtick again). some relatively#decent practical fx and a team of likeable young protagonists keep this from being a dead loss but it's just all a bit tired and unoriginal#this did end up accidentally being my first xmas movie of the season‚ tho. nobody mentions it at any point but decorations and#christmas trees are present in the background of pretty much every scene
