The Brain Eaters (1959)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1959
Running Times: 60 mins
Format: black and white     35mm
Ratio:
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: AIP / Corinthian Productions
Executive Producer: Roger Corman
Producer: Edwin Nelson
Associate Producer: Stanley Bickman
Production Manager: F. Amos Powell

SCRIPT
Script: Gordon Urquhart
Novel: The Puppet Masters by Robert A. Heinlein (uncredited)

DIRECTION
Director: Bruno VeSota
Assistant Director: Mike Murphy

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Larry Raimond
Gaffer: Gene Petersen

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Carlo Lodato

MUSIC
Music: Tom Jonson

SOUND
Sound: James Fullerton

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Make Up: Alan Trumble
Costume Designer: Charles Smith

VISUAL EFFECTS
Title Designer: Robert Balser

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Burt Shonberg
Props: Tom Hughes

CAST
Edwin Nelson (Dr Paul Kettering)
Alan Frost (Glenn Cameron)
Jack Hill (real name: Cornelius Keefe) (Senator Walter K. Powers)
Joanna Lee (Alice Summers)
Jody Fair (Elaine Cameron)
David Hughes (Dr Wyler)
Robert Ball (Dan Walker)
Greigh Phillips (Sheriff)
Orville Sherman (Mayor Cameron)
Leonard Nimoy (Professor Cole)
Doug Banks (doctor)
Henry Randolph (telegrapher)
Saul Bronson (Professor Helsingman)
Hampton Fancher (zombie (uncredited))

PLOT SUMMARY

A massive structure, possibly alien in origin, is found in Riverdale, Illinois. Senator Walter Powers discovers a race of parasites that have swarmed up from the centre of the earth and are possessing everyone they encounter.

UK
Distributor: Anglo Amalgamated

USA
Theatrical Distributors: AIP (1961 re-release)
Video Distributors: Cinemacabre; Nostalgia Video; Columbia TriStar Home Video (1993)

UK
Rating: A

1959
December
17: USA - theatrical release

Crawling, Slimy Things Terror-Bent on Destroying the World!

The Brain Snatchers
The Keepers
Keepers of the Earth

LINKS

FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
The Day the World Ended (2001)

SEE ALSO
Matinee (1993)

MAGAZINES

Monthly Film Bulletin March 1959 p.32 (UK)
credits, synopsis, revew

BOOKS

Attack of the Monster Movie Makers by Tom Weaver (Jefferson NC: McFarland and Co (1994) pp.238-242 ISBN: 0786400188)

Hoffman's Guide to SF, Horror and Fantasy Movies 1991 - 1992 p.55
credits, review

Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.46
credits

aliens, book into film, brains, mind control, parasites, scientists

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008