El Baron del Terror (The Brainiac) - Film Screening

About El Baron del Terror (The Brainiac) - Film Screening

Condemned by the Inquisition. Resurrected by a comet. Hungry… for brains.

Leith Kino summons you to The Brainiac (El Barón del Terror, 1962), one of the wildest cult horrors ever to emerge from Mexico’s golden age of genre cinema. Burned at the stake in 1661, Baron Vitelius swore vengeance on the descendants of his inquisitors. Three hundred years later, he returns in monstrous form, complete with crab-like claws and a forked tongue, to hypnotise, seduce, and feast on the brains of his victims.

This is Mexican horror at its most gloriously absurd, featuring a delirious blend of gothic melodrama, absurd creature design, questionable science and low-budget ingenuity. Terrifying, hilarious, and with one of the strangest monsters ever committed to screen, it has rightfully earned its status as a beloved midnight movie. Face the Brainiac with us! 

“The most bizarre horror movie. Ever.”

Tickets cost £5 and we have allocated handful of free tickets for those not in a position to pay (available here). Please support your local Leith Kino!

Leith Kino!

A new, weekly community cinema night based at Leith Depot.

Join us for weekly screenings, celebrating films that are international, experimental, arthouse, trash, cult, a little bit strange, and maybe otherwise hard to see on the big screen.

Each screening will be introduced by a member of the Leith Kino collective and, importantly, there will be free (vegan) popcorn.

Drinks and refreshments are available to purchase at the Depot bar, alongside our monthly posters, each designed by a different Leith-based artist.

Leith Kino Access Information

• English subtitles will be onscreen for every screening, including descriptive captions where possible.
• The screening room is on ground level and is wheelchair accessible from the Leith Depot bar with flexible seating to accomodate specific requirements.
• There are accessible toilets in both the screening room and the bar.
• Leith Depot is well-served by public transport. It's a short walk from the Foot of the Walk tram stop and there is a bus stop outside the venue for services: 7, 14, 16, 25, and 49 

Leith Kino is kindly supported by Film Hub Scotland, part of the BFI’s Film Audience Network, awarding funding on behalf of Screen Scotland and the BFI National Lottery