The Brain That Wouldn't Die
“Alive... without a body... fed by an unspeakable horror from hell!”
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A surgeon keeps his fiancée's severed head alive while looking for a replacement body, treating consent as a minor administrative obstacle. The solemn laboratory melodrama and outraged talking head make this an astonishingly direct argument against dating a workaholic scientist.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
- Acting
- 8/10
- Plot
- 9/10
- Effects
- 5/10
- Dialogue
- 8/10
- Rewatchability
- 7/10
“He has some alarming ideas about keeping the relationship alive.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 74
Synopsis and movie facts
Dr. Bill Cortner and his fiancée, Jan Compton, are driving to his lab when they get into a horrible car accident. Compton is decapitated. But Cortner is not fazed by this seemingly insurmountable hurdle. His expertise is in transplants, and he is excited to perform the first head transplant. Keeping Compton's head alive in his lab, Cortner plans the groundbreaking yet unorthodox surgery. First, however, he needs a body.
- Released
- 1962
- Directed by
- Joseph Green
- Running time
- 82 min
Starring
- Jason Evers as Dr. Bill Cortner (as Herb Evers)
- Virginia Leith as Jan Compton
- Leslie Daniels as Kurt
- Adele Lamont as Doris Powell
- Bonnie Sharie as Blonde Stripper
- Doris Brent as Nurse
- Paula Morris as Brunet Stripper
- Marilyn Hanold as Peggy Howard
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