in the small american town of meadowvale dr. anthony blake ( david gale and the imdb listing for this character be wrong it definitely dr. blake not dr. blakely ) be the director and founder of the famed psychological research institute and also host a local t. v. programme call independent thinker . he use this t. v. show to hypnotise the viewer and make them commit act of violence . dr. blake have the help of a large brain with an evil face that use it spinal cord a a tail thingy . usually the brain be just sit in a tank and eats mouse and the odd bad actor and each time it eat someone it get much big . meanwhile at the local high school gift but troublesome teenager jim majelewski ( tom bresnahan ) have be catch put sodium down the toilet . jim be send to dr. blake at the pri for help with his attitude and behavioural problem . while there dr. blake hook jim up to and well something i be not actually sure what . this whatever it be and be attach to the brain . at first jim be able to resist the brain mind control . the brain feel that jim be a threat to itself and it plan . once out of the pri jim start have bizarre hallucination and crash his car . jim make it to his waitress girlfriend janet ( cynthia preston a cyndy preston ) but be hand back to dr. blake assistant verna ( george buza ) soon after by officer mark ( harry booker ) . the brain want to kill jim because he be the only one capable of withstand it mind control technique and and with independent thinker go national the brain doesn not want anything or anyone to stop it evil plan for world domination . jim quickly realise that the brain be control the entire town and he alone must stop the brain and before it take over the world . direct by ed hunt who call himself edward hunt here and the brain wasn not as bad a i think it be go to be . don not get me wrong a it certainly isn not great either . the script by barry pearson try a stab at satire with the brain washing and mind control by t. v. storyline . it move along at a fair pace and isn not too boring . no explanation be give for the existence of the brain at all and it just there and that it we have to accept it . the story be a little choppy and never fully explore one single element and there the t. v. mind control and the brain itself and jim be hunt by the police and his misbehaviour and various other little bit and piece here and there include a bizarre revelation regard dr. blake that isn not explain at all . production wise this film look cheap and and probably be cheap . the act isn not great but i have see bad and and what be david gale do in this . in fact this role be similar to gale role in re animator ( 1985 ) even down to his character death in both film . the brain itself at first sits in a tank and start to grow whenever it eat someone and by the end it be pretty big . each stage be just make of rubber . it doesn not look particularly good and isn not scary or creepy and just cheap . there no blood or gore in it apart from a blink and you will miss it decapitation . the nudity be provide by dr. blake assistant vivian ( christine kossak a christine kossack ) before she get eaten . the brain have a certain entertainment value for me but i would think most people would dislike it . maybe worth a watch if you can see it on t. v. for free .