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The Brain That Wouldn't Die

1962

Action / Horror / Sci-Fi

The Brain That Wouldn't Die

1962

Action / Horror / Sci-Fi

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33% TOMATOMETER · 12 reviews

28% AUDIENCE · 2.5K ratings

4.6/10 · 8.3K

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Plot summary

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.

Director

Joseph Green

Top cast

Eddie Carmel as Monster

Arny Freeman as Photographer

Jason Evers as Dr. Bill Cortner

Virginia Leith as Jan Compton / Jan in the Pan

Tech specs

720p.BLU 1080p.BLU

582.98 MB

1204*720

English 2.0

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23.976 fps

1 hr 22 min

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1.23 GB

1792*1072

English 2.0

Approved

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23.976 fps

1 hr 22 min

Seeds 9

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Riech 1457 days ago

these B&W classic hor/sci/fi 1080pBLU are just too good... a real treat... thanx

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4 / 10

This is hilarious... there's no other word for

CinemaSerf

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…

4 / 10

This isn't a good movie, but "Keep your

BiankaMalburg

This isn't a good movie, but "Keep your G-String on" is the greatest line in Movie History.

7 / 10

**_Late 50's horror schlock that's actually effective (in

Wuchak

**_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…

**_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 face (Adele Lamont). Leslie Daniel plays the doctor's assistant while Eddie Carmel plays the mysterious thing dwelling in a locked room. This was shot in B&W in 1959, but not released until 1962 due to its lurid and lewd excesses. It's easy to sneer in bemused contempt at old low-budget horror movies like this after the advent of blockbusters in the late 70s (e.g. "Star Wars"), but – believe it or not – they were relevant at one time. If you can ignore obvious plot holes and the cheap production values there's quite a bit to enjoy, which isn't to say that this is a good movie, just that it's entertaining in many ways and even unexpectedly horrific. Yes, it's basically a Frankenstein rip-off, but the "Jan in the pan" element offers an intriguing angle with the idea of a head transplant. The first successful organ transplant was a kidney transplant in 1954 and the second was in 1962, so this was still a novel idea when the film was made in '59 and released in '62. Amazingly, head transplants were already being done with animals in the 50s and are only now surfacing as a legitimate possibility with humans (although I'm sure it's already been attempted by real-life Frankensteins). Surprisingly, the movie scores high marks on the female front with Adele Lamont standing out as a petite model. In the European version of the movie she appears topless in the photog sequence. In 2013 Timeless Media released the movie on DVD with a supplemental section that shows this scene, which is only like 80 seconds. Virginia Leith is effective as Jan in the pan who understandably goes more psycho as the story progresses. The idea that she develops telepathy and communicates with the being in the closet is an interesting addition. Lastly, there are a few surprisingly horrific or gory scenes that are still somewhat disturbing to this day. Jan's demonical laughing in the midst of fiery perdition is effective, plus the irony of who the real monster is and isn't. Unfortunately, the story lags at certain points and is overly-talky here and there. I suppose it should've been cut by at least ten minutes, but even these sequences have their charm. The uncut version, which I saw, runs 83 minutes. The film was shot in Tarrytown, New York, which is 30 miles north of Manhattan on the east side of the Hudson River. GRADE: B

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