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Evil Brain from Outer Space (1966)
it's that good
(my 13 year old son wrote this) I was watching this movie on Retro TV (dont ask me why) and when the monster multiplied on the bridge and flew away i was like hey wait where have i seen that i know that wait Testify by Rage Against the Machine which is a video about how similar Bush and Gore where its funny to see how amazingly bad this movie was when you see it decades later.
Here is the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JSBhI_0at0
the video also contains other obscure alien movies.
The movie has everything you'd want in a cheesy 1960s era Japenese scifi movie; bad guys in matching outfits, kabuki dancing evil doers with jazz hands, really bad special effects, dubbing by emotionless actors, and a hero - Starman - in tights effortless fighting off all manner of threats.
Dead of Night (1945)
And I thought I might have dreamed up the whole thing!
For years I've wondered if I really saw a movie that served as the source for innumerable childhood dreams and fears. I tried telling folks about seeing this British film on TV in the 1960s, but it was so jumbled in my memory that I really couldn't describe it properly. I knew it led to a lifelong dread of ventriloquist dummies, but I couldn't figure out how that tied to an architect at a country house party.
For no apparent reason today I put "ventriloquist movie" into yahoo and skimmed down to Dead of Night - British 1945. At long last I knew that I hadn't imagined the whole thing - and boy am I relieved! I'm also delighted to find that I've been "haunted" by a classic of the genre that has had a big impact on so many others.
I'm looking forward to ordering it and watching it again.