Ever wonder what would happen if the living dead invaded a 1970s blaxploitation film? That thought never crossed my mind, and unfortunately now I know.

Insane in the Brain starts with several zombies rising from graves. One of them stumbles into a brothel and engages a lady of the night, killing her in the act (sadly this is not the only movie I’ve seen featuring a zombie fellatio.) Several other prostitutes are found dead in mysterious ways, and two jive-talking cops are called in to solve the murders. They deduce that sex acts somehow must be attracting the zombies, and come up with a plan to cover bullets with condoms in order to take them down. Yes, it’s as dumb as it sounds. A posse is formed with a few cops and some prostitutes, and the group patrols the cemetery in search of zombies. They find some, shoot them, end of movie.

Gah, where to even begin with this waste of time? I should mention this was intended as more of comedy than a horror film, so I won’t knock it down for not being scary. But it’s not very funny either. One or two exchanges between the cops were kinda funny, but outside of that it was mind-numbingly dull. All the shots were far too long and the action was so interesting I wanted to shut it off.

Everything else aside, Insane in the Brain explored new lows in FX makeup. The zombies were literally made of leftover halloween masks and afro wigs and they they constantly groaned, “Brains… more brains!” despite not a single zombie in the film actually eating a brain. I really don’t want to even think about this film any longer so I’m gonna end this review here. Just don’t waste your time or money on it.

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