Dynamixor The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

gavin6942 In 1661 Mexico, the Baron Vitelius of Astara is sentenced to be burned alive by the Holy Inquisition of Mexico for witchcraft, necromancy, and other crimes. As he dies, the Baron swears vengeance against the descendants of the Inquisitors.The film has developed a cult following since its release and is now considered a cult classic. I can see why. The Inquisition scenes are very well done, and the monster is quite interesting (even if cheesy by some standards).I am curious if different versions exist. I believe an English dubbed version is out there, but I watched it in Spanish with subtitles. Is there a difference? Is there a version with extra scenes? I hope so... this film deserves to be released in a collector's edition if it has not been already.

Darkling_Zeist Singular Mexican horror film that "expertly" blends the seemingly incongruous themes of Gothic melodrama and gonzoid sci-fi. A supposed heretic (Abel Salazar) is condemned to a fiery death by members of the be-hooded, bloodthirsty inquisition; and as 'El Baron' fails to perish in the flames he threatens to return in 300 years???? in order to eradicate the last family members of those that have deigned to put him to death. 'El Baron del Terror' is sheer, unadulterated, B-Movie madness, but oddly compelling at the same time; its complete lack of subtlety is compensated by a bravura eccentricity! Salazar certainly makes for a fabulous villain who transforms quite gloriously into a vile, monstrous, brain sucking demon. Wild, fabulous entertainment from the heady,iconoclastic realms of Mexican horror.

lastliberal Baron Vitelius Destera (Abel Salazar) is burned at the stake by The Inquisition, and vows to return 300 years later to exact revenge, just as Paul Naschy did in El espanto surge de la tumba.Riding in on a comet, the Baron returns to seek revenge.Do not expect a polished production; this 1962 after all! But, the brain-eating monster with the forked tongue is a sight to see! What a waste of a good long tongue. :-) He uses hypnotism to stun his victims before he sucks out their brains. Watching a father frozen immobile while his daughter is killed was precious.The Baron always has a dish of brains around for a snack in between murders.What an ending.

Witchfinder General 666 "El Barón del terror" aka. "The Brainiac" is a bizarre and moody and wonderfully cheesy Mexican Horror film that no true cult cinema lover should miss. While Chano Urueta's 1962 film is not en par with the true highlights of contemporary Mexican Horror, such as "Misterios De Ultratumba" ("The Black Pit of Dr M", 1959) or "La Maldición De La Llorona" ("The Curse of The Crying Woman", 1963), it is certainly a highly entertaining, and, at times, quite original little film that is unique in several aspects.In 1661, Baron Vitelius D'Estera (Abel Salazar) is condemned to burn at the stake for witchcraft, necromancy and other crimes. Before being burned, the baron, who was not intimidated by the Inquisition's instruments of torture, sees a comet passing, and vows to come back take revenge on the descendants of his judges. 300 years later, the same comet passes Earth again... Even though the film obviously took a lot of inspiration from one of the greatest Horror films ever made, Mario Bava's masterpiece "La Maschera Del Demonio" ("Black Sunday", 1960), it does deliver many genuinely unique moments. The 17th century opening scenes are very well-done in a great Gothic atmosphere. Afterwards, it gets a lot cheesier, but in a wonderful manner. The film's strongest point is its uniquely bizarre villain, who is definitely unlike any other horror creature, at least as far as looks go. As opposed to the common blood-sucking we're used to, the film also introduces an utterly new kind of 'vampirism'... I don't want to give away too much, but I really think that most of my fellow Horror/cult-cinema fans should like this. The film is sometimes plain hilarious, and will make the viewer laugh out loud at some points, and then again it also has a nice, uncanny atmosphere. "The Brainiac" is a bizarre piece of Gothic Horror with Mad Sci-Fi elements that greatly entertains and furthermore has one thing that is always appreciated - originality. Highly recommended to cult-cinema enthusiasts.