Man with the Screaming Brain (2005)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Bruce Campbell

Writers:

Bruce Campbell (written by)
Bruce Campbell (story) ...

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

He's losing their minds

Plot:

Man with the Screaming Brain is a story of greed, betrayal and revenge in a small Bulgarian town. William Cole...

Plot Keywords:

Revenge | Mad Scientist | Split Personality | English Subtitles In Original | Broken Finger

Cast

Bruce Campbell	...	William Cole
Tamara Gorski	...	Tatoya
Ted Raimi	...	Pavel
Antoinette Byron	...	Jackie Cole
Stacy Keach	...	Dr. Ivanov (as StacyKeach)
Vladimir Kolev	...	Yegor
Valentin Giasbeily	...	Uri (as Valentine Giasbeily)
Velizar Binev	...	Mayor
Raicho Vasilev	...	Bartender
Jonas Talkington	...	Larry
Michail Elenov	...	Punk 1 (as Mihail Elanov)
Neda Sokolovska	...	Waitress
Remington Franklin	...	Bar Punk

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

Germany | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Australia:MA (2008) | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Sofia, Bulgaria

Company:

Sci Fi Pictures

Trivia:

A poster for the film, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) is visible in the scene where the wheels have been removed from the car in Gypsy Town.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When the robot version of Jackie is speaking in some of the close-up shots, you can clearly see the moving lips of the actor behind the mouthpiece on the robot suit.

Quotes:

Dr. Ivan Ivanov: You must forget to remember, before you remember to forget.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Evil Dead II (1987)

Soundtrack:

Bustin' Brains

Schlockorama

Granted, there wasn't actually a screaming brain.

We (myself, the wife, a good friend, and my sister in law) just saw this in a local showing in conjunction with a book signing of his new book, "Make Love The Bruce Campbell Way." And, keeping in mind I'm rather a big fan of the esteemed Mr. Campbell, and have been for years, I must, unfortunately, only give it a 6 of 10 score. And that partially due to Mr. Campbell's apologies in advance.

The movie was a happy melange of slapstick and ideas happily lifted from a variety of other old horror films. Given that I was tipped by the title that this wouldn't probably be on this year's Oscar list, I didn't go in expecting too much.

I was right. What I saw was an amusing little film (and I did find many of the jokes funny, by the way) which was a pleasant way to waste a couple of hours, along with a confirmation of long held ideas about Bulgarian motor sports which have plagued me for years. In addition, it does give an interesting view of Mr. Campbell's own world view.

Don't walk into the movie expecting much and you won't be disappointed. Expect a masterpiece and you will be.

(Now to avenge myself on Mr. Campbell for introducing my wife to an excitingly ethnic and film geek approved way to criticize my driving.)