Movies

The Brain Eaters (1958) Short, concise, no-budget Brain Parasite film. A little bit of imaginative staging and direction, and some genuinely bizarre and creative plot elements. A large spiral cone of impenetrable metal appears, from which come the Brain Parasites that stick their prongs in your neck and drive you around like a volkswagen. If you try to take them off they inject acid into your spinal cord that dissolves your nerves so once you are caught you're screwed. But they are NOT from outer space. Leonard Nemoy (sic) is nearly unrecognizable in cowl and flowing white beard but his unmistakable voice speaks the will of the group mind. Clear allegory of the cold war fear of invasion, brainwashing, and loss of individuality. Really quite good for what they had to work with. 7/10