I saw this film at a screening last night in Portland.

In general, I would only recommend this film to people who are hardcore Bruce fans. It contains some humorous moments, and the final scene in which Bruce is cradling his dying robot wife almost makes up for the more boring stretches in the film.

Considering that the film was made on such a low budget, I think that they did a relatively good job, but it just isn't a very proficient film in terms of the craft that went into it - but again, this is basically a consequence of working off an extremely small budget.

The most interesting part of the screening was Bruce's opening Q&A with the audience, in which he revealed a future project of his. Apparently, he will be making a film in conjunction with Dark Horse comics in which he plays himself. The premise is that there is a town that is being terrorized by some monster and somebody suggests that they bring in "the Evil Dead guy" to help out. But since Bruce Campbell the actor doesn't really have any monster fighting abilities, his arrival only results in more people dying as a result, and things just end up getting much, much worse. I think the idea is brilliant and it will be interesting to see how it is executed.

But getting back to The Man With The Screaming Brain, my suggestion is to not go in with your expectations too high. It's a disposable made-for-TV movie that has a few good Bruce Campbell moments. It isn't going to convert anybody over to Bruce, but if you're already converted, then it's worth a watch.

Granted, there wasn't actually a screaming brain.

We (myself, the wife, a good friend, and my sister in law) just saw this in a local showing in conjunction with a book signing of his new book, "Make Love The Bruce Campbell Way." And, keeping in mind I'm rather a big fan of the esteemed Mr. Campbell, and have been for years, I must, unfortunately, only give it a 6 of 10 score. And that partially due to Mr. Campbell's apologies in advance.

The movie was a happy melange of slapstick and ideas happily lifted from a variety of other old horror films. Given that I was tipped by the title that this wouldn't probably be on this year's Oscar list, I didn't go in expecting too much.

I was right. What I saw was an amusing little film (and I did find many of the jokes funny, by the way) which was a pleasant way to waste a couple of hours, along with a confirmation of long held ideas about Bulgarian motor sports which have plagued me for years. In addition, it does give an interesting view of Mr. Campbell's own world view.

Don't walk into the movie expecting much and you won't be disappointed. Expect a masterpiece and you will be.

(Now to avenge myself on Mr. Campbell for introducing my wife to an excitingly ethnic and film geek approved way to criticize my driving.)