El Barón del terror (1962)

Directed by
Chano Urueta
Also Known As:
Baron of Terror (1969) (USA) (informal literal English title)
Brainiac, The (1969) (USA) (TV title)

Writing credits
Federico Curiel
Antonio Orellana
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Reseña: En 1661 el Barón Vitelius de Astara es sentenciado a ser enterrado vivo por la Santa Inquisición de México, acusado de brujería, necromancia y otras barbaridades. Cuando muere jura vengarse de los descendientes de los Inquisidores. 300 años después la maldición se corporiza en un monstruo horrible que devora los cerebros de las personas.
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The Brainiac (1962)
A diabolical baron, burned at the stake 300 years earlier, returns to Earth as a super-tongued monster ready to suck out the brains of those who condemned him. Classic Mexican chiller stars Abel Salazar (who also produced), German Robles. 77 min.

Category: Horror    Director: Chano Urueta
Cast: Rene Cardona, Mauricio Garces, German Robles, Abel Salazar
Also Available: DVD
Rated: NR  B&W

Credited cast:
Abel Salazar ....  Baron Vitelius/The Brainiac
Rubén Rojo ....  Ronald Miranda/Marcos Miranda
Rosa María Gallardo ....  Victoria contreras
Luis Aragón ....  Prof. Milan (astronomer)
Ariadna Welter ....  Bar girl (victim #2)
Ofelia Guilmáin ....  Senora Luis Meneses
René Cardona
Susana Cora
David Silva ....  Detective inspector
Germán Robles ....  Indelacio Pantoya/Sebastian de Pantoja
Roxana Bellini
Mauricio Garcés ....  Medical examiner
Magda Urvizu
rest of cast listed alphabetically
Miguel Brillas
Federico Curiel
Magda Donato
Carlos Nieto
Francisco Reiguera
Carlota Solares
Víctor Velázquez
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Also Known As:
Baron of Terror (1969) (USA) (informal literal English title)
Brainiac, The (1969) (USA) (TV title)
Runtime: 77 min
Country: Mexico
Language: Spanish
Color: Black and White
Sound Mix: Mono

Genre: Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller (more)
Plot Summary: In 1661 Mexico, the Baron Vitelius of Astara is sentenced to be burned alive by the Holy Inquisition of Mexico for witchcraft... (more)

Steev Hopper (steevh@hotmail.com)
London, England
Date: 28 April 1999
Summary: Possibly The Best Film Ever Made?

TV comedy has made a lot of mileage out of the movies of 50s and 60s over the last few years. I've lost count of the number of
supposedly generic 'B Movie' sketches I've seen on one comedy show or another- usually accompanied by the studio audience
laughing so hard that you'd expect a 'Scanners'/'Meaning of Life style' bodily explosion any second.

I wonder what those TV hacks and their zombie audiences would do if confronted with this, a movie that is so magically,
unashamedly bad that it covers you in puppy-dog kisses and dares you not to love it.

Quick Synopsis: A couple of hundred years ago an evil baron bloke was executed for being... well, evil. In contemporary
Mexicamerica a meteor is lowered gracefully from the studio ceiling and in a puff of smoke turns into the reincarnated Baron: a
brain-eating monster from space, who kills people by kissing them with his long forked tongue. In his disguise as the camply
menacing Baron Del Terror he then throws dinner parties for his enemies' descendants, occasionally sneaking away to munch
on a piece of cerebellum secreted in his cupboard. Involved in all this are a brave hero, his girlfriend, and a mad scientist. Oh,
and some comedy cops for light relief- as if this needed any. I won't tell you how it ends, but I guarantee your jaw will be
agape. Promise.

Nearly every scene is jam packed with absurdities- from the picture of Neptune on the wall of an office (to denote that
astronomers work there) to the hilariously stilted dialogue- translated by someone to whom the English Language is, well, just
something that other people speak. I kid you not, if any modern comedian could jam this many fantastic, mad, and stunningly
dumb elements into a parody, he'd be a genius. Best of all is the fact that it's all played straight.

Run, do not walk, to your local cinema and demand a late night showing of 'Brainiac'. Invite all your friends, and then slip into
delirium.

And then take all your copies of 'Saturday Night Live', and 'Amazon Women On The Moon', and burn them. They serve no
purpose: This is the true face of the 'B', and it is far better than you'd ever imagine.