The Brain That Wouldn't Die

HorrorScience Fiction

4.691/10

82 min

Release Date: 1962-02-25

Overview - 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.

Production Companies

Rex Carlton ProductionsAmerican International Pictures

User Reviews

CinemaSerf

4/10

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...

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BiankaMalburg

4/10

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

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