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Rating:  - A real no-brainer: this movie's pretty bad.
I guess you really have to be into B movies in order to "appreciate" this sort of a production, because I found it to be quite bad. It strikes me as odd that for much of the movie the brain(s) are the product of double-exposure trickery, but then for the end scene the actual model is utilized. Why not use them all the time and use skillful editting and camera angles when it comes to the brains entering/exiting bodies? As if this wasn't bad enough, the two scenes when the airplanes are blown up are outright silly. I mean, how many airplanes have one of their wings dangling as if from a string and swaying from side to side after blowing up in mid-air?!?! I'm sure that with a minimal amount of extra effort and money something more convincing could have been devised. Although a movie with such a lame premise would invariably be a stinker, this movie could have been a little better than it turned out. Still mildly entertaining due to some of the unintended humour the poor production quality of this movie illicits.
Rating:  - more like, "the brain from planet 'aroused'"!
A winner of a B movie with a great campy story, a pair of floating disembowled brains and enough reused footage to extend the running time to a whole 71 minutes! Our Story: a bad-boy brain crashes to earth and lures a world famous nuclear physicist and his strangely cute boy-pal out to a remote cave by blasting doses of radiation in his general direction. Everyone knows that excessive radiation is a sure-fired way to get the nuclear physicists running! The glowing-eyed brain croaks the boy-pal and inhabits the physicist, who then returns home to lunge at his pure-as-the-driven-snow fiancee. Man alive, the brain enjoys those sensations! He is here to take over the world in order to enslave the humans, in order to attack his own planet, in order to rule the universe! And he promises to take the girl along with him! "How about some lunch," she demurrs! OK so the good sheriff brain floats in and occupies the dog. Makes total sense. Somehow, the bad-boy brain gains enough matter to be whacked on the head and killed (despite that fact that many books and statuettes are launched through him during the course of the movie). Everything is OK and we assume that someone will tell the general and the Russians and all the rest who are frantically gathering up all their radioactive material to send it to Los Alamos. The good brain does not stick around to explain things to the authorities so one assumes that all the parties involved (dad, the fiancees) are thrown in jail for murdering the boy-pal and the old man sheriff who accidently wandered in while our hero was possessed by the bad brain. And they're probably fingered for the airplanes, and the nuclear explosion too.
Rollicking good fun! Recommended
Rating:  - John Agar Having His Mind Possessed In Fun 1950's Sci Fi Tale
I just love all the science fiction efforts from the 1950's. They always seem to have a real energy about them that often even makes the most absurd goings on enjoyable. The themes of these films generally dealt with the world being invaded by evil aliens intent upon destroying mankind, or having various capital cities being levelled by over sized creatures awakened by man's careless atomic testing. This little effort "The Brain From Plant Arous", was a title which until recently was strangely unfamiliar to me. Starring one of my favourite 1950's sci fi actors in John Agar it tells a slightly different tale of an evil brain (!) that travels from the Planet Arous and possesses the mind of brilliant young scientist Agar and using his body seeks to conquer the world by destroying anyone or anything that stands in its way. Despite the way out plot idea and the hilarious brain floating in mid air in many scenes I actually found the premise of this story quite an interesting one and despite the limitations of John Agar's acting style he did well in the part of the inquisitive scientist who goes through the torment of having his mind and body taken over by an evil alien force intent upon destruction. Undoubtedly this story about evil brains taking over a man's body will never be in the same class as classics from this decade such as the original "War of the Worlds", or "The Day the Earth Stood Still", however the cast do treat the material with great respect and manage to keep a real seriousness in the proceedings that makes it especially enjoyable.
Rating: - "Camp" at it's best!
Talk about your super cheesy, low budget horror movie! This one is great and John Agar gained a cult following for his work in it and "Attack of the Mole People". Breal out the popcorn and cold refreshments and enjoy this one!
Rating:  - I'll Take This "B" Movie Over A Coma Anyday
I've seen hundreds of Sci Fi/Horror movies over the years. This is one of those you'll wonder whether you've watched it or not a few years down the road. You just can't remember.
All in all, I figure it's still better to watch a so-so Sci Fi/Horror movie than "Dances With Wolves" or "Evita". This movie will end up being non-memorable, but it's preferable to being in a coma.
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