Brainiac

Brainiac (El barón del terror) (1962, Mexico) is a Sci-Fi-Horror film directed by Chano Urueta.

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• Featured in: Mexico Macabre: Four Sinister Tales from the Alameda Films Vault, 1959–1963 (BluRay)

Main Details

• Released on November 9, 1962 (Mexico)
• B & W
• Running Time: 77 Min
• Production Co: Cinematográfica ABSA
• Distribution Co: Alameda Films (1962) (Mexico) (theatrical) | Clasa-Mohme (1963) (USA) (theatrical) (Spanish language only)
• Directed by Chano Urueta
• Written by Federico Curiel, Adolfo López Portillo, Antonio Orellana
• Starring Abel Salazar, German Robles, Ariadna Welter
• Produced by Abel Salazar
• Music by Gustavo César Carrión
• Cinematography by José Ortiz Ramos
• Film Editing by Alfredo Rosas Priego

Plot Summary

• A professor (Germán Robles) and his daughter (Ana Luisa Peluffo) find an Aztec chief's (Mauricio Garcés) head and a buried-alive priestess.

Tagline

• The most bizarre horror movie. Ever.