Man With the Screaming Brain (2005)
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33% of critics liked it
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42% of users liked it
(7,757 ratings)
A wealthy industrialist in search of a tax break finds himself at the mercy of a deranged scientist in this surreal comic thriller from Evil Dead star Bruce Campbell. While his overwhelming greed and hawkish business sensibilities have helped to ensure pharmaceutical CEO William Cole (Campbell) a… More A wealthy industrialist in search of a tax break finds himself at the mercy of a deranged scientist in this surreal comic thriller from Evil Dead star Bruce Campbell. While his overwhelming greed and hawkish business sensibilities have helped to ensure pharmaceutical CEO William Cole (Campbell) a fairly comfortable existence, that doesn't stop the money-minded businessman from traveling to Bravoda with his trophy wife, Jackie (Antoinette Byron), in a bid to diversify his company's holdings. As William heads out to meet with city officials and Jackie gets better acquainted with handsome chauffeur Yegor (Vladimir Kolev), Dr. Ivan Ivanov (Stacy Keach) and his hip-hopping assistant Pavel (Ted Raimi) come close to completing an experiment that may revolutionize organ transplants. When an unfortunate encounter with obsessive hotel maid Tatoya (Tamara Gorski) finds William, Yegor, and Jackie all taken under the care of Dr. Ivanov, a series of transplant surgeries result in both William and Yegor sharing William's body and Jackie's brain being transferred into a break-dancing robot. Now, if William ever has any hope of getting his head back to himself, he and Yegor must use their combined knowledge to hit the streets to find the woman responsible for their deaths. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Bruce Campbell
- Genres
- Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Apr 3, 2005 Wide
- Studio
- Anchor Bay Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press
The image of Campbell slapping himself to the ground is the only gag that the movie doesn't beat to death.
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Richard Nilsen, Arizona Republic
The film tries very hard to be over the top, wacky and camp, but instead, it's flat as stale O'Doul's.
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Mark de la Viņa, San Jose Mercury News
An unapologetically sloppy jumble of Roger Corman-style antics that could only hope to inspire their own drinking game.
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Dennis Harvey, Variety
A comedy that doesn't build, lacks structural integrity, and often falls flat. But it's also winningly loopy, with bizarre incidental ideas and performance riffing making for a series of parts that almost make up for the faults of the whole.
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Felix Vasquez Jr., Cinema Crazed
Doesn't suffer because it's mostly a bad film, it suffers because it's a bad film without direction or a point...
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Cast
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Bruce Campbell
as William Cole
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Stacy Keach
as Dr. Ivan Ivanoff
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Antoinette Byron
as Jackie Cole
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Vladimir Kolev
as Yegor
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Ted Raimi
as Pavel
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Tamara Gorski
as Tatoya
- Raicho Vasilev
- Remington Franklin
- Velizar Binev
- Todor Nikolov
- Jonas Talkington
- Antionette Byron
- Valentin Giasbeily
