# 'The Brainiac'

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**Created:** [November 6, 2000, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-brainiac/39955 "2000-11-06T16:38:50Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-brainiac/39955/1 "2000-11-06T16:38:50Z")

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I recently saw the classic Mexican horror movie “The Brainiac” and noticed that the Brainiac bore an interesting resemblance to Max Schreck’s Count Orlock from FW Murnau’s classic “Nosferatu.” One of the scenes, in fact, is almost a direct copy. Anyone else ever notice the similarities between these two?

> **[The Brainiac (1962) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054668/)**
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> The Brainiac: Directed by Chano Urueta. With Abel Salazar, Ariadne Welter, David Silva, Germán Robles. In 1661 Mexico, the Baron Vitelius of Astara is sentenced to be burned alive by the Holy Inquisition of Mexico for witchcraft, necromancy, and...