''Brain Blockers'' is a 2007
horror film
Horror is a film genre that seeks to elicit physical or psychological fear in its viewers. Horror films often explore dark subject matter and may deal with Transgressive art, transgressive topics or themes. Broad elements of the genre include Mo ...
directed by Lincoln Kupchak.
Edwin Craig plays a professor who experiments on his college students and turns them into zombies.
Plot
A college professor, Dr. Douglas Newton, develops an experimental drug named Tryptophan (not to be confused with real
Tryptophan
Tryptophan (symbol Trp or W)
is an α-amino acid that is used in the biosynthesis of proteins. Tryptophan contains an α-amino group, an α-carboxylic acid group, and a side chain indole, making it a polar molecule with a non-polar aromat ...
) that has the side effect of turning his students into bloodthirsty zombie-like creatures, leading them to eventually explode. It is up to a couple of grad students, Jenny Wayne and Joe Larsen, along with the local newspaper reporter Ray Elsworth, to uncover Dr. Newton's dark secret and thwart his plans before time runs out.
Cast
* Timmi Cragg as Jenny Wayne
* Matt Shevin as Joe Larsen
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Edwin Craig as Dr. Douglas Newton
* Ned Liebl as Ray Elseworth
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Crystal Day as Becky
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as Suzi Klein
* Timothy L. Arnold as Tommy Martin
* Allison Evans as Emma Greenberg
* John W. Allen as John Cotton
* Jana Thompson as Shannon Braithwaite
* Jon Brooks as Billy Hobson
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Molly Hawkey as Lacey Wilcox
* Stacy Lynn Gabel as Rachel
* Kaley Dobson as Tammy
* John Klemantaski as Dr. Daniel Fannen
* Dillon Frehener as James Fannen
Release
''Brain Blockers'' was released on DVD on March 15, 2007. The DVD version contains deleted scenes, a still gallery and the "Brain Blockers" music video by the band Le Mans.
Reception
Kryten Syxx of
Dread Central
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rated the film 1/5 stars and called it one of the worst zombie
Z movie
Zmovies (or grade-Zmovies) are low-budget films with production qualities lower than Bmovies.
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s that site had reviewed. Steve Anderson of
Film Threat
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rated the film 1/5 stars and stated that the film fails at both horror and comedy. Academic
Peter Dendle
Peter Dendle is a professor of English at Penn State Mont Alto, teaching classes on folklore, 20th and 21st century representations of the Middle Ages, Old and Middle English (language and literature), and the monstrous (in film, folklore, and ...
wrote that it is "a mind-numbing indie effort" with "inconsistent mutant creatures and awful special effects." A more positive review by Gavin Schmitt of Killer Reviews gave the film 3.5/5 stars and said "the overall story is really good" and singled out "the film`s seemingly endless supply of gorgeous women".
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2007 films
American comedy horror films
American independent films
American mad scientist films
American zombie comedy films
2007 comedy horror films
Parodies of horror
2000s English-language films
2000s American films
English-language comedy horror films
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