The Brain (1996)
Die Stackpools sind Amerikas furchterregendste Familie. Unter Führung von Familienoberhaupt Myron, einem grauenhaft entstellten Riesenkopf in einem Rollstuhl, gehen die drei Stackpool-Geschwister ihrem blutigen Tagwerk nach. Im Keller ihres Hauses berauschen sich Muskelmann Otis, Sexbombe Ernestina und Wheeler, ein Freak mit mysteriösen Superkräften, an abartigen Menschen-Experimenten. In die traute Idylle platzt Lance. Er will die unheimlichen Vorgänge ans Tageslicht bringen, wenn ihm die Familie nicht hilft, den Biker-Ehemann seiner Geliebten Loretta um die Ecke zu bringen. Doch wer den Stackpools droht, der kann schnell den Kopf verlieren! Und damit beginnen Lances Kopfschmerzen erst so richtig...
Der Regisseur:
Charles Band
Der Autor:
Neal Marshall Stevens
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Blake Adams as Lance |
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Jacqueline Lovell as Lorretta |
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Alexandra Quinn as Ernestina |
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Gordon Jennison Noice as Howard |
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J.W. Perra as Myron |
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Vicki Skinner as Susie |
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Robert J. Ferrelli as Weasel |
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Bruce Adel as Ticket Agent |
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Gary Anello as Arthur Raskow |
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Bob Schott as Otis |
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James Jones as Wheeler |
| Directing | Charles Band | Director |
| Writing | Charles Band | Story |
| Writing | Neal Marshall Stevens | Screenplay |
| Production | Charles Band | Producer |
| Sound | Richard Band | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Adolfo Bartoli | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Poppy Das | Editor |
| Editing | Lazar Djokic | Editor |
| Editing | Steven Nielson | Editor |
| Art | Annmarie Roberts | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Heather Priest | Costume Design |
| Art | Melissa Blanchard | Set Decoration |
| Camera | Tom Vollick | Still Photographer |
| Production | Kirk Edward Hansen | Co-Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Palah Sandling | Key Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Lisa Hannan | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Wayne Scott Joness | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Paul N.J. Ottosson | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Patrick M. Griffith | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Mark Allen | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Cynthia Merrill | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Michael Jonascu | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | John Kohlbrenner | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Debby VanPoucke | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Eric Jaffe | Sound Effects Editor |
| Crew | Kim Robert Koscki | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Marisol Romero | Stunt Double |
| Production | Robert MacDonald | Casting |
| Production | Perry Bullington | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tom Irvin | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Christopher Bergschneider | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Franklin A. Vallette | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Michelle LeDoux | Second Assistant Director |
| Visual Effects | Michael F. Hoover | VFX Artist |
| Lighting | Alan M. Rowe | Gaffer |
| Lighting | Jeff Gatesman | Gaffer |