Fiend without a Face (1958)
Nomination Year: 1998
SYNOPSIS: There's a top-secret U.S. air force base in Canada (British Columbia -- where they grow the finest coffee in the world ... and boil it). A scientist is conducting experiments which spin out of control due to the nearby nuclear power plant (you want details? too bad). Mysterious disappearances are caused by what turn out to be brain-like creatures that move on stalks (suspiciously spinal-looking stalks). The creatures attack the airbase, attempting to take control of the nuclear reactor that (somehow) fuels them and powers their unnatural energies.
Kevin Hogan