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In this film, invisible monsters (which later become visible) shaped like human brains, are attacking people on and near an American military base in a rural area of Manitoba, Canada. The deaths are initially blamed on radition from the power reactor on the base but when an autopsy reveals the brain and spinal cords are missing from the victims, they look elsewhere.

The film, made entirely in the UK, looks convincingly like North America. The special effects, made with stop-motion photography are well done and the acting is also typical on 50's B horror flicks.

The Criterion DVD has plenty of special features. There is a theatrical trailer for the film plus four other films. "First Man into Space" "Haunted Strangler" "Corridors of Blood" and "Atomic Submarine." There are also images of lobby cards and newspaper ads for the film, an essay by Bruce Eder prodution photos, and a feature length conversation/commentary by Tom Weaver and the film's executive producer Richard Gordon.

Fifties SCI-FI at its very best
What a trully fantastic little movie this is, a real SPFX shocker in its day, and a great story with some fantastic character acting. TV in the UK used to show this a lot in the 1980's but it has been missing for a few years, and it is one of my faves, so now thanks to the team at Criterion I can own this peice of trully bizarre sci-fi cinema history. The extras are great and the commentary is very informative, also there is an essay a sort of potted history of UK sci-fi movies from this era. The transfer is crisp apart from a few scratches on the stock film used, particularly the old plane shots and the radar base, but this is mere trifle compared to the overall mastery involved in the plot and effects, which are for the time pretty incredible to say the least. If you want any more proof of sci-fi from the golden age being intelligent, thought provoking and damn right scary then go and buy this movie, and be very very impressed....

I created a fiend!
oh boy, is this one priceless! A christmas present from my dear old ma, i SHook my head in disbelief upon opening. This was not the lord of the rings-two towers extended version I had requested. "give it a chance" she said.
So i put it on and to my suprise, i loved it! this isn't going to scare you. But thats ok, In fact, when the fiends became visible and attacked, i laughed myself silly! But the ideas were there. This could be re-made into a real chiller nowadays with the new technology. But it just wouldnt be the same.
So what happens? Invisible fiends attack citizens of a small town. The bodies are found missing their brain and spinal cord. What creatures could do such a thing! Whos responsible, dammit!
Lo, i shan't tell.
Gore-we get old school ketchup in this one. Back in the days, i can see this could have caused some controversy. Brains get shot, brains implode. Brains melt.
T&A- naked brains everywhere.
So how bout the transfer? Well i never saw this on Tv or vhs so i can't say for sure how good it was but for an old black and white film, it looked unusualy clear. Some specks and film lines from time to time but overall, the print looks good.
We even have special features on this one! someone was actualyl proud of this ditty and rightly so! We get a commentary from the producer. We also get some old ad pics and posters and some stills.