The Brain from Planet Arous is a 1957 independently made American black-and-white science fiction film, produced by Jacques R. Marquette, directed by Nathan H. Juran, that stars John Agar, Joyce Meadows, and Robert Fuller.

Gor proceeds to use his vast, destructive powers to bend the world to his will, threatening to wipe out the capital city of any nation that dares to defy him.

His only physical weakness is the human body's fissure of Rolando, and Gor is only vulnerable during the brief period when he needs to exit his host to absorb oxygen.

[6] The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A far-fetched science fiction thriller in the low budget class, well paced and energetic but disappointingly conventional in format.

"[7] Variety wrote: "This modest-budgeter stacks up as a better-than-average entry in the seemingly endless scientific fiction cycle, certain to attract teenage attention. ...

"[9] Writing in Entertainment Weekly, critic Steve Simels described the movie as "fairly standard power-mad-alien-wants-to-have-sex-with-earth-women nonsense," but that the film was "redeemed by a few loony plot twists [and] nice tongue-in-cheek performances.

It has been parodied on American television: The comedy series Malcolm in the Middle uses a segment of The Brain from Planet Arous as part of its opening credits.

[11] In 1983, Stephen King told Playboy magazine that his novel "Carrie, for example, derived to a considerable extent from a terrible grade-B movie called The Brain from Planet Arous.

"[12] The voice clip "Your feeling of helplessness is your best friend, savage" from the film was used in the 1997 Jay Weinland track "Sound Stage Strut" as part of the Need for Speed II soundtrack.

The electronic musician Deadmau5 used the voice sample "After I'm gone, your Earth will be free to live out its miserable span of existence, as one of my satellites, and that's how it's going to be..." from the film in his track "Moar Ghosts 'n' Stuff" from the album For Lack of a Better Name.