The Brain That Wouldn't Die
Alive... without a body... fed by an unspeakable horror from hell!
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.
- 4.7
- 1962
- Released
- 1h 22m
Jason Evers
Dr. Bill Cortner (as Herb Evers)
Virginia Leith
Jan Compton
Leslie Daniels
Kurt
Adele Lamont
Doris PowellBonnie Sharie
Blonde StripperDoris Brent
NursePaula Morris
Brunet Stripper
Marilyn Hanold
Peggy HowardBruce Brighton
Dr. Cortner
Arny Freeman
PhotographerFred Martin
Medical AssistantLola Mason
Donna WilliamsBruce Kerr
Beauty Contest M.C.Audrey Devereal
Jeannie ReynoldsEddie Carmel
Monster
Sammy Petrillo
Art
Released
en
$62,000.00
- #experiment
- #transplantation
- #mutant
- #fiancé
- #surgeon
- #stripper
- #car crash
- #strip club
- #decapitation
- #laboratory
- #disembodied head
- #mad doctor
- #severed head
- #car accident
- #transplant
- #surgery
Reviews
**_Late 50's horror schlock that's actually effective (in some ways)_** A modern-day American Dr. Frankenstein wannabe (Jason Evers) tries to find an attractive body for his fiancé (Virginia Leith) after she is decapitated in a car accident. While her head is on life-support the mad doctor searches the dives for the right body and ultimately focuses his attentions on a model with a disfigured f
This isn't a good movie, but "Keep your G-String on" is the greatest line in Movie History.
This is hilarious... there's no other word for it. Poor old "Jan" (Virginia Leith) is decapitated in a road accident - but, hey, don't fret pet - her doctor fianceé "Bill" has the solution and before long her head is alive and well and sitting in a basin of live giving fluid (might have been whiskey?). Determined to find her a body, our intrepid surgeon alights on Adele Lamont ("Doris") without re