Official Score = 2 1/2 Devils[/caption]Some can say that the golden age of the horror movie franchise lasted for about 50 years, from the early 1930s to the late 1980s... Some can even say that there has been many golden ages seen in horror, (i,e... The 1930s - 40s with Universal's Monster Movies, the 1950s - 1970s with Hammer's Films, and even the rise of the slasher film in the 80s). In my opinion, I would say that like everything, in horror, there has been ebb's and there has been flows, there has been ups and there has been downs. But for me, I think the best time period for the horror genre really was from about 1950 through to about 1995. Now that is not to say that there has not be a good movies before and after, but for my money, some of my favorite horror movies have come out of these decades! In the early 1990s there was a series of movies that were in some ways directly connected because of their similarities I believe due to their connections to the H.P. Lovecraft novels, (but we'll get in to that in a moment.) Now this movie that I am speaking of is Brain Dead (1990)! Written by: Charles Beaumont (The Intruder), Adam Simon (Carnosaur), and Directed by: Adam Simon. Starring: Bill Pullman (Independence Day), Bill Paxton (The Terminator), Patricia Charbonneau (Manhunter), and George Kennedy (Demonwarp).
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Doctor Rex Martin (Bill Pullman)[/caption]Have you ever heard the old saying that, 'perception is reality', and in Brain Dead (a movie which was heavily influenced from the old Lovecraft story, 'Re-Animator') is a fascinating Psychological Horror movie that takes the concepts of perception as reality to the next level! You see in the world of Brain Dead, a highly regarded Neuroscientist by the name of, Dr. Rex Martin (Pullman), a man who closely maps and studies the brains of various people, is about to get an offer that he can't refuse! This offer is from his old college roommate and good friend, 'Jim' (Paxton), who needs to get at a set of figures that seem to be stuck in the mind of a genius scientist by the name of, 'Halsey' (Played by: Bud Cort), and wants Martin to get the numbers out of Halsey by use of a currently un-tested and unproven method of extracting it from Halsey's mind! Well after Martin refuses Jim's offer, Jim has Martin's grant pulled in an effort to nudge him in the so-called, 'right direction'. So Martin performs the procedure to a total success, and right as he is about to have all the success and money he could have ever need to complete his research, a homeless man attacks Martin, by pushing him in to an on-coming car! Now Dr. Martin will truly find out what it is meant by, 'perception is reality' when Martin is sent in to a nightmare world for which he may never come back from!
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Dr. Rex Martin's work will ultimately take him to new realms of fear![/caption]In the end if you are looking for a fun mind fuck of a movie, or if you are a fan of Lovecraftian movie/novels then I would recommend this one, it is a fun one!
http://youtu.be/QtmqGe7740g
