Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews: THE BRAIN

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The newest Canuxsploitation-A-Thon kicks off with the 1988 monster movie "The Brain"!
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[@TheBrandonTenold]

This is "The Brain". This is "The Brain" on drugs. Any questions?

[@randytessman6750]

Psssh do you need any ;)

[@Samlovescars8]

It went insane. No one is safe. You can't escape. And there's no way out.

[@rfhextra]

Simply on drugs

[@SilverMKI]

Sure they weren't just hopped up on maple syrup?

[@BeukendaalMason]

Are you sure it is not "The Brian"? I jeard he was on 'Jiparody' during his quest to rule the world.... "Yes!"

[@Fulgrim2]

“No hentai dreams after five p.m.!” That’s a declaration of war around here.

[@vesticiousCowboy9608]

This one got me wheezing

[@frankgesuele6298]

That's racist!

[@timberry4709]

"It's a fiend WITH a face." "I understood that reference." - - Captain America

[@profstrangefinger4234]

😂

[@dragonllig790]

What is it a reference to?

[@timberry4709]

@@dragonllig790 The 1958 movie "Fiend Without A Face". The creatures were essentially human brains that moved about using the spinal cord.

[@RightURKen7]

Actually he would not know that reference. He would have been frozen well before that movie came out.(1958) He knew the "flying monkeys" reference because Wizard Of Oz came out in 1939.

[@Hack_Man_VII]

Now, Turtles, you will face....THE WRATH OF KRANG!

[@jrr2480]

Totally gnarly, Dude! 🐢

[@Hack_Man_VII]

@@jrr2480 Tubuloso!

[@Charvale]

"Wasn't that the name of a movie?" - Raphael

[@eaglejones856]

Radical dude

[@theobserver6579]

I love how between The Brain and The Stuff, that we have two B movies from the same time period being hypercritical of health food and self help 😂

[@marhawkman303]

Well, there was a time period where a lot of it was snake oil that was mostly just a waste of money.

[@theobserver6579]

@@marhawkman303 I'd like to think the writers had irritating aunts or moms who were constantly promoting the "healthy lifestyle" bull crap, and just sat down after a lecture from said relative and went "How can I make this whole ordeal even more terrifying than it already is?"

[@marhawkman303]

@@theobserver6579 right and "healthy" rather than actually healthy.

[@mikekomarinski]

If Krang was in the 90s live action Ninja Turtles films, he'd probably look like this.

[@bezoticallyyours83]

🤔

[@MrBlueSkyof1607]

Or the creatures from the "Invaders From Mars" remake. Either or.

[@dont-hurt-me2519]

"Darn, A perfectly good brain wasted"

[@tyrant-den884]

YES

[@legionbeast]

The line from Guyver was: "Damn. What a waste of a good brain."

[@dont-hurt-me2519]

@@legionbeast The line I quoted was from The Iron Giant

[@Average_Fizz_Enjoyer25]

😏

[@BroomPusher2024]

"You're gonna geeeet it~"

[@lighttheshadowreaper5102]

Saw this at an MST3K Live showing in Times Square a few years ago. For a while my dad and I would cheer "Sodium!!!" whenever it came up just because it was a running gag in the riffs.

[@Redfern42]

I immediately thought of "Horror at Party Beach" when the signs for sodium were displayed realizing, "Yep, that's how it's gonna be stopped!"

[@michaelj.beglinjr.2804]

Conair clear phone? Jesus, the memories that comment brought back.

[@NicoBabyman1]

Same, I yearn for clear plastic electronics where you can see the moving parts and circuitry inside.😌

[@matthewgillies7509]

I found one in my basement last week!

[@StageRight123]

@@NicoBabyman1 Just get a prison tv.

[@frankgesuele6298]

@@matthewgillies7509 Take it to Pawn Stars🤑

[@NicoBabyman1]

@@StageRight123 No.

[@philiprearich3480]

Hey everyone, I'm the guy who requested this movie on Mr. Tenold's Patreon! Thanks so much, sir. Love your show and keep up the awesome work! 😊

[@a.m.pietroschek1972]

Bless you!

[@AkuTenshiiZero]

When the first thing you see in a movie is the Zoalord, you know shit's about to get wild.

[@AlexSpalex1]

The Brain, huh, but where's Pinky?

[@michaelj.beglinjr.2804]

The same place he is every night

[@john_blues]

Narf!

[@jesusromanpadro3853]

That is the reason this movie isn't more popular.

[@louisduarte8763]

This Brain had enough of Pinky's shit, so he was the first to die.

[@jrr2480]

It's Pinky and the Brain 🧠 , Yes Pinky 🐭 and the Brain 🧠! One is a Genius, the others Insane!...

[@tskmaster3837]

The ending's all wrong! What they needed to do was a Deadly Spawn ending and have a GIANT brain go after them far in the background. Didn't even have to be all that realistic.

[@AgentofLADON]

Or a Head of the Family ending where the brain just transferred to a host body among his viewers.

[@tonytoes0]

Are you saying It Follows ripped off Deadly Spawn?

[@marhawkman303]

@@AgentofLADON ooohh... my thought was that this was the brain's way of reproducing. it infects people with it's young... THEN eats the young. Yes, that would be cannibalism, but it's a movie monster. At any rate the idea then goes to having the monster spawn try to establish dominance....

[@derekshropshire2513]

We need a counter at the bottom for the amount of times they run up and down the same stairwell.

[@TheBrandonTenold]

Gotta get the movie to 90 minutes any way possible.

[@randomreviews4278]

11:29 aw man no decapitation joke

[@mmattson8947]

I had the same reaction, until my faith was restored at 15:25

[@joaoonda]

"Hashtag - The Brain is a Christmas movie!" love that line!😀

[@SirAsdf]

This feels like an 80s remake of that fake 50s sci-fi movie the kid from Iron Giant was watching.

[@TheBrandonTenold]

Or that movie was a fake 50's prequel to this one.

[@peterkrug4124]

@@TheBrandonTenold Do you take requests for movies to review? If so, here are a couple I'd REALLY love to see you do: King Kong (1976) Gamera: Guardian Of The Universe🤞

[@AmityvilleFan]

Freddy's blood was not yellow. Yellow blood means Phantasm!

[@rubberneckinc.8937]

Wasn't really blood though. Inside yellow goop is definitely Phantasm so you aren't wrong.

[@nathanforester5993]

Green is definitely Demon Knight and From Dusk Till Dawn, the latter because green is the vampire blood color in that movie.

[@slothking50]

Discovered this movie randomly on Amazon Prime a few years ago. The really long chase scenes are a thing to behold.

[@BlackMoore82]

George Buza (voice of Beast) was in Meatballs III: Summer Job (1986) as well, plus he did the voice of Colossus for the video games X-Men: Children of the Atom (1994) and Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes (2000).

[@burtknighten4438]

Was that the one with the alien or was thag MB2?

[@johntowers1213]

he was in The adventures of Sinbad series too as Sinbad's Elder Brother Doubar...

[@AHalevonEric]

@@johntowers1213 He had a memorable cameo on Forever Knight too. It was one episode, but he was great. David Hemblen was in the same ep as well.

[@JasonTate08]

Finally, the Canuxsploitation-A-Thon has come back to KZbin! If you smeeeeellllllllllllllllllll, what the Brandon Tenold is cooking!

[@wstine79]

It's a shame David Gale didn't live long enough to make more horror movies. He had a creepy presence on screen.

[@BarryHart-xo1oy]

Very true.

[@hew2356]

Very Edward Andrews-like. It takes a talented actor to play an ordinary looking person who's also very creepy.

[@Fluoride_Jones]

Fun fact: George Buza has returned as the voice of Beast for _X-Men '97._ In fact, he does a ton of voiceover work, mainly for children's animated series. He was also in a live-action television series based on the cult-classic computer game, _Maniac Mansion!_

[@A1ml33y]

Good ol Hank McCoy 😎

[@bradyfitzy]

Somewhat Fun Fact: Janet's actor is the voice of Zelda from the 80s cartoon

[@Carnivius_Prime]

yeah i noticed that too. :) and I was rewatching Jason X the other day and the guy who plays the Professor "Guys, it's okay! He just wanted his machete back!" was Link in that same Zelda cartoon. :D

[@bradyfitzy]

@@Carnivius_Prime wait, for real!? That I didn't know!

[@burtknighten4438]

​@@Carnivius_Primeyou rewatched that?

[@Carnivius_Prime]

@@burtknighten4438 yeah? It's silly fun. Much like many movies covered on this channel. :)

[@JeffreyDeCristofaro]

Funny, that's TWO movies with killer brain monsters involving Canada - we're working our way to a trilogy!

[@wstine79]

I noticed that the Brain monster and the lead alien in the Invaders From Mars remake look like they would fit perfectly in a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles live action film from the 90s.

[@TheBrandonTenold]

Too bad we just got Turtles 3 with some lame British guy villain instead.

[@wilcee238]

@@TheBrandonTenold Wow. Bro I forgot there even was a Turtles 3. My brain shut down after "GO NINJA GO!" in Turtles 2

[@TexasHollowEarth]

Yeah, Invaders from Mars 80s remake was a really solid watch 👍👍

[@vesticiousCowboy9608]

Honestly the Brain monster looks more like a ghost I'd see in a montage scene for a Ghostbusters movie

[@TheRealNormanBates]

@@TexasHollowEarth "Great Scott! Doesn't anyone have a penny?!"

[@MegaZeo]

It's funny that you mention The Brain From Planet Arous. When I was younger I always thought The Brain WAS intended to be a remake of that.

[@zachw2906]

No "Decapitation" sound bite for the cop?😢 Edit: Nm - you were saving it for the doc at the end. Shouldn't have doubted you 😆

[@milestrombley1466]

I kept seeing that VHS image in every horror section.

[@billjones5741]

I haven’t even watched your review yet, but all I remember in this movie is the line: “now that’s what I call food for thought.” Pure genius.

[@josephbohren1091]

If you're doing another Canuxsploitation-a-thon, you have GOT to do "Videodrome"! That's a Canuckistani production, isn't it?! It's horrible, it's violent, it's sexy, it's utterly surreal, it's PERFECT for this channel!

[@happybeejv]

You can tell canada is America's hat because their ponytail alaska is sticking out in the back

[@zachw2906]

Thanks for referencing those mad balls - the brain made me think of them too, but I couldn't recall the name

[@childofthe80s1981]

The minute i see David Gale playing a character in a sci-fi/horror film I know immediately they are evil

[@rubberneckinc.8937]

I would think that for a kid's movie.

[@travisshallenberger9486]

SODIUM!!! First it saved us from The Horror of Party Beach, then it defeated The Brain! Cue the MST3K sodium song!

[@1kylecurry]

The flick was goofy, wacky & all over the place 80s horror / sci-fi schlock...which makes it reasonably watchable. Go Canuxploitation...Ay!

[@dwaynehendrickson8854]

I love the Independent Thinking show has a sign that says Applaude More and Smile More

[@nicholaslienandjaja1815]

The Brain monster looks like a 90s live action version of Krang.

[@thejudgmentalcat]

Looks like Stan Winston made a hilarious Halloween decoration and someone rolled it onto a movie set and said, "Look, I got this idea" 😂

[@fyrstlast2393]

That escape Was easy... barely an Inconvenience

[@devinthunderstrike]

No "decapitation" sounder? What is this show coming to? Ah, there it is on the second one. You're still great, Brandon.

[@Replicaate]

All the locations in this movie are places I passed on the way to school and various extracurricular stuff. Can't say I ever hallucinated a giant homicidal brain, though.

[@marqsee7948]

Canadian movies about big things is because it's populated with the Winter Pygmies. It's why snow seems bigger in Canada.

[@TheBlueFlame54]

The brain keeps growing the more it eats like katamari damacy.

[@ShadowSonic2]

I love that you're wearing a "Dark Night" shirt from YTV.

[@fish3443]

Man I missed watching this channel. IDK why i haven't watched it in so long, i think i'm just stupid.

[@TheBrandonTenold]

Well, good to have ya back!

[@legionbeast]

Line from the uncensored cut of the Guyver movie: "What a waste of a good brain."

[@MEJECIEN]

Whoa.... You have drugs? Did you bring enough to share with the class??!??!

[@thEannoyingE]

Been waiting for you to cover this insanity. The brain’s face still exists today.

[@SwiftNimblefoot]

Now if he only reviewed Killer Eye!

[@chadharger9323]

​Does that take place before Pink Eye or after Stink Eye?

[@dwaneanderson8039]

Where is it?

[@adambell9188]

The timing of the ads on here sometimes is immaculate. Right after he says "Where do we go from here" it cut right to Pablo Pascal standing in a bush and when I say I was confused...boy...

[@SwaggyG_2102]

Knowing how this is a 1988 movie set during Christmas, it's a shame that Bruce Willis isn't around to shoot the monster out of a window.

[@JacobHerter]

I saw the VHS of this in a video store for years and would always go over and look at the box.

[@DarrylGonyea]

As a kid growing up in Scarborough in the 80's and 90's I used to watch this flick on The Movie Network and loved it.

[@marsmeetsearthproductions6279]

Not only does it have the live action Krang that never was it has both beast from X-men and the dr hill from reanimator those three things alone make it worth watching. Perfect start to a new canuxsploitation athon

[@piggywaffles5871]

Omg thank you! I saw this movie when I was little. I've been trying to figure out what it was called for years and everyone I asked had no idea. I couldn't find anything online. I was starting to think my parents just gave me way too much nyquil one night. But it is a real movie!

[@reignfire85]

Saw this a couple years ago, it's definitely a fun little monster flick. I swear the blonde nurse that gets eaten is the same actress who plays the blonde nurse is Breeders.

[@montanajackson3713]

I think this movie is suppose to be a cautionary tale about how watching too much TV can rot your brain or else your brain waves will fuel a giant brain monster bent on world domination, or something like that.

[@ziplockcreations2313]

I wonder how many other's caught that "Mike Hunt" reference? Lol

[@DimePackage]

The return of Canuxsploitation with this banger?! 😃 Big brain move, Tenold.

[@JohnnyBurnes]

A Braindon Tenold review..... I'm just boosting the algorithm.

[@twistedtrailerparktales2126]

Hey man great video. I was very impressed with the way you handled the Cinemasochist birthday. I really like that guy but he seems to be going through some things and I feel for him. You're a good friend.

[@sebastianmoreno5814]

Sweet! I love this one! Saw this for my Horror movie marathon last year.

[@benderbendingrodriguez420]

Been a long time coming that this was covered! Early Monster Madness introduced me to this gem

[@Brian-qn7fn]

Brandon always makes a Friday better.

[@JamesRedekop]

The outside of the Institute is the Xerox office in Mississauga (QEW & Winston Churchill Blvd). I had a summer job there not long after the film was shot.

[@JS-hw8ve]

I saw this in a hotel in Kalispell, Montana, while in the US on vacation. Didn't realize it was, like me, Canadian.

[@Penfolduk001]

I'm assuming the ending suggests the hero is still under the influence of The Brain. Saves and gets the girl. Getting offers from all the prime universities. etc. It's an illusion.

[@Axolotl_Mischief]

I first saw this movie via MST3K live and imo that's the best way to be intro'd to flicks like this one 🤘

[@robotrix]

I really regret not seeing this one now

[@Spike674]

Mystery Science Theater did this movie live, and it was easily one of the best riffs they ever did. Movie is good enough to be interesting, but silly enough that the riff material never stops.

[@THEGOOD360]

Thanks for another great episode Mr Tenold

[@danielbrown2240]

Youre hilarious Brandon 😂 Thanks man 👍🏻

[@AberrantChibi]

Oh, that explains why that Beast guy's voice was so familar to me. Also, cudos for whoever made or found the location of the psychological institute for finding a place that just oozes 'you do not want to be here' energy.

[@CPBoxsetPlaylists]

Was watching a film called Timescape. It had my inner Brandon Tenhold come out while watching it. One for the future maybe.

[@simeonellinger2064]

That "Edward hunt" joke almost went over my head lmao

[@mileshill7196]

Nobody tell Brandon that Canada is also in America.

[@anadin0612]

Thank you good sir. The king of snark. Beautiful.

[@michaelthomas5433]

NOICE. Now I want some Hickory Sticks.

[@daviddestin1990]

"Micheal Hunt". nice one. I had to think about that for a bit...

[@TheJamesk01]

This wasn’t in my 2024 bingo card but i love these

[@The_Ortiz]

The carefully placed #the brainisachristmasmovie is just perfect 😂

[@anthonycarpenter9925]

I had been wondering if you'd ever do this movie, imagine my excitement when I got the notification.

[@tacosocks2576]

The Ytv shirt brings back some fun memories. Great song at the start.

[@judsongaiden9878]

6:52 We Hoosiers also wear that. It's as popular now as it was in the '80s. Canucks and Hoosiers have a lot in common. 8:51 Triangles and circles. Gotta slip those esoteric symbols in there somehow. 8:55 That looks just like Indiana. 10:27 I had those! I think I had all of them.

[@jerrywalls3402]

"Michael Hunt". Lmao! Mike Hunt. Mike Hunt. Has anyone seen Mike Hunt???

[@TheBrandonTenold]

Personally I'm a fan of the movies he made with Hugh Jass.

[@landonwhyte2973]

​@TheBrandonTenold I think Dick Sukka should be mentioned too, he helped Hugh Jass and Mike Hunt get their starts in cinema.

[@fromthecheapseats7126]

3:31 No jokes about “The Pit?” Come on Brandon, that was even from a previous Canuxsploitation-athon!

[@bluemilkalienmonster522]

I definitely remember seeing that cover art at the video rental store

[@shaterlemming2549]

Watched this on The Last Drive In on the most recent Christmas special was a fun way to see this movie for the first time

[@markmyers6756]

I saw the mst3k live show were they did this movie.

[@kelvinb4683]

Well if this was in ''Canada'' nobody would be watching the Doctor's show they would be watching hockey instead.

[@rubberneckinc.8937]

Canada really pumps out some strange films

[@JW666]

The first time I got to know this movie was through James Rolfe's Monster Madness video. I always remember the part where he said that The Brain could have definitely been Krang in the TMNT live action movies and I totally agree! =) Then I saw the actual movie. It's flawed, but it was still a fun movie. And thanks to this video I learned that the henchman was played by the voice actor of Beast from both X-Men: The Animated Series and X-Men 97', and that this movie is a Canadian movie, which I had no idea about until now.

[@davidparrish1205]

What?! Two missed chances at "DECAPITATIOOOOOONNNÑNNN!"

[@vustvaleo8068]

the brain monster's other weakness is zombies because they eat brains.

[@user-kr7xp2ts6d]

Love this show.

[@zaggyboy100]

on a side note, Beast from X-Mens voice was a pretty impressive sprinter. as always a cool review thankyou. I went straight on to watch the film haha. I'm pretty sure it was a Christmas movie...

[@Harperd5]

“DOES ANYONE ELSE FEEL LIKE A FRIED EGG!”

[@Anyone00TZ]

The guy that did the voice of Beast from X-Men makes me wonder: will Brandon ever cover the Maniac Mansion TV series?

[@chriswelter3859]

Can't believe I've never even heard of this film. It looks fun as hell!

[@coolintruddle]

I lived in Meadowvale in 1988. That is definitely the high school I remember.

[@s1ck845t4rd]

thank You for making my day.

[@mutantmuseum]

That house the girl falls out of at the beginning is definitely in Toronto.