The Brain from Planet Arous (1957) on Netflix
A malevolent brain from planet Arous, Gor, takes over scientist Steve March and threatens to destroy any nation that defies him. Vol, another brain from Arous, arrives on Earth.
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Plot summary
Steve March, a young atomic scientist, becomes the host of Gor, a brain-shaped creature from the planet Arous who arrives on Earth and seizes him. Speaking through March, Gor demonstrates destructive powers and demands that the nations of the world submit to him, warning that the capital city of any country that refuses will be wiped out. Vol, a second brain from Arous, has been sent to capture Gor and bring him home. Vol takes over the body of the dog belonging to March's fiancee, Sally Fallon, and waits for a chance to move against Gor, who is a wanted criminal on Arous.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Brain from Planet Arous (1957)
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- Stephen King told Playboy in 1983 that his novel Carrie derived to a considerable extent from The Brain from Planet Arous, which he called a terrible grade-B movie.
- For the glowing eyes of John Agar's character Steve March, the film used contact lenses lined with metal foil; Gary Lockwood wore the same lenses a decade later in the Star Trek pilot "Where No Man Has Gone Before."
- Director Nathan Juran was so unhappy with the finished film that he replaced his screen credit with the pseudonym "Nathan Hertz."
- Gor's psychic destruction was demonstrated with stock footage of unoccupied houses being flash-incinerated in above-ground atomic bomb tests.
- Despite poor reviews on release, the film became a cult classic: Malcolm in the Middle used a segment in its opening credits, and a clip opened the comedy Ernest Scared Stupid.
- The electronic musician Deadmau5 sampled the film's voice line about Earth living out its miserable span of existence for his track "Moar Ghosts 'n' Stuff," from the album For Lack of a Better Name.
