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The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962) -- A scientist's girlfriend is killed in a car crash. She is decapitated and he keeps her head alive while he hunts for a new body.
The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962) -- A doctor experimenting with transplant techniques keeps his girlfriend's head alive when she is decapitated in a car crash, then goes hunting for a new body.

Overview

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Director:
Joseph Green
Writers:
Rex Carlton (story)
Joseph Green (screenplay)
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Release Date:
10 August 1962 (USA) more
Genre:
Horror | Sci-Fi more
Tagline:
Alive... without a body... fed by an unspeakable horror from hell! more
Plot:
A doctor experimenting with transplant techniques keeps his girlfriend's head alive when she is decapitated in a car crash, then goes hunting for a new body. full summary | full synopsis
User Comments:
Experiment...Experiment...Experiment more

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
Jason Evers ... Dr. Bill Cortner (as Herb Evers)
Virginia Leith ... Jan Compton / Jan in the Pan
Leslie Daniels ... Kurt
Adele Lamont ... Doris Powell
Bonnie Sharie ... Blonde Stripper
Paula Maurice ... Brunet Stripper
Marilyn Hanold ... Peggy Howard (as Marlyn Hanold)
Bruce Brighton ... Dr. Cortner
Arny Freeman ... Photographer
Fred Martin ... Medical Assistant
Lola Mason ... Donna Williams
Doris Brent ... Nurse
Bruce Kerr ... Beauty Contest M.C.
Audrey Devereal ... Jeannie Reynolds
Eddie Carmel ... Monster
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Head That Wouldn't Die
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Runtime:
82 min (uncut version) | USA:70 min (TCM print)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Canada:PG (Ontario) | Australia:R | UK:R | USA:Unrated | Canada:G (Quebec)
Filming Locations:
Tarrytown, New York, USA

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
One of the men snapping photos of Doris in her studio is Jerry Lewis imitator Sammy Petrillo, who co-starred in Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla (1952). more
Goofs:
Continuity: In the close-up of Kurt holding his withered hand close to his body, the cuffs on his lab coat are the type that have buttons, and both cuffs are unbuttoned. However, in the next wide-angle shot, the cuffs on his lab coat are the type without buttons. more
Quotes:
Kurt: You're nothing but a freak of life! And, a freak of death! more

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10 out of 16 people found the following comment useful:-
Experiment...Experiment...Experiment, 12 May 2004
3/10

I would have enjoyed this movie slightly more had not been for Jason (Herb) Evers constant harping on experiment. Many early reviewers of The Seven Samurai accused Toshiro Mifune of overacting. Yet, as more and more critics viewed that film they saw it as being purposefully done. Jason Evers is obviously not Toshiro Mifune, and his overacting is exactly that.

Most of the actors in this B classic were rather good actors, minus Evers and the showgirls. If you watch this movie, you would have noticed Evers shouting almost every line, that is until he is smoking and blowing the smoke coolly out his nose.

The special effects were par for the course in a B movie such as this one. In hindsight, there isn't much that stands out in my mind as fantastically good or bad for this movie.

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