Evil Brain from Outer Space

I both discuss this and bring up a film I reviewed earlier this year:

Because sometimes you gotta watch a 60's movie stitched together from random Japanese serials about a sentient brain from outer space.

To copy and paste sections of what I wrote in my review for Attack from Space: " I don't even want to mention how long I've had this movie in a box set from Something Weird Video and I never saw any of the movies from any of the discs until last night. This is a mid-60's English dub, one of four films that Walter Manley Enterprises put together; Americans were science fiction crazy so all sorts of foreign movies were dubbed and edited together to try and satiate the public's hunger for the genre.

In this case it was a late 50's serial from an offshoot of Toho in Japan; the hero was known there as Super Giant but in English he was Starman... no, Jeff Bridges nor Karen Allen were around. That serial is not to be confused with the Japanese TV show that was turned into two movies that were then combined into one to become the MST3K favorite Prince of Space. Anyhow, Starman was a human-looking creation sent by the wacky denizens of the “Emerald Planet” to stop various threats to Earth.

These productions must have been incredibly cheap; you can see the wires and the effects of the padded codpiece-sporting Starman (yes it's a true story, the codpiece was padded for what I'll call “masculinity reasons” flying are obvious. Yet that's part of the charm, how logic about space and other things are thrown out the window as there is plenty of silliness instead. Kitschy charm went a long way for me. Starman beats up the bad guys in a combination karate/ballet kind of way and at times it seemed interminable yet the hero not only uses guns when he can, he has a trademark laugh and cackles as the heels are unable to stop him." Also, they are stitched together from 40 minute long serials.

Now that this is cleared up, yes this is one of those movies pieced together from three different serials and I am not sure if any of them related aside from having “Sumarian” aliens as the villains. There are plenty of characters present in only 78 minutes and they typically vanish for long stretches (or disappear altogether) so I'll try to explain this daffy plot the best I can: the titular evil brain from outer space-Balazar-is usually stored in a suitcase and he wishes to lead the Sumarians in conquering Earth. They usually appear as humans but sometimes appear as reptilian humanoids... cue the paranoid conspiracy nuts.

Anyhow, this film has such things as:

* A “private hospital” that is actually headquarters for the bad guys.

* A boy who is dubbed to sometimes sound like Mickey Mouse... oh, and he pretty much cosplays as Sherlock Holmes. There is some goofy dubbing in this, and the the film I saw the night before (Contraband) had a supporting character who sounded just like a bad impression of John Wayne.

* A witchy woman who doesn't have the moon in her eyes but she does have long claws that she can shoot fire out of.

* “Nuclear weapons” is the threat, then it's “germ warfare.” Yes, I blame that on the multiple plots being smooshed together.

The resultant plot I can't say is impossible to follow... it is just disjointed as hell. Still, there is plenty of camp value and while at times it became brain-numbing, I was never bored.