The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962)

82 min · Horror, Sci-Fi, exploitation film, horror film, science fiction film

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Directors

Joseph Green

Cast

Jason Evers, Virginia Leith, Leslie Daniels, Adele Lamont, Bonnie Sharie, Paula Maurice, Bruce Brighton, Marilyn Hanold, Lola Mason, Audrey Devereal, Eddie Carmel

The story

thumb|thumbtime=16|left| Dr. Bill Cortner saves a patient who had been pronounced dead, but the senior surgeon, Bill's father, condemns his son's unorthodox methods and theories of transplanting. While driving to his family's country house, Bill and his beautiful fiancée Jan Compton become involved in a car accident that decapitates her.

Catalogue themes and tags

Car Crash, Ermordung, Fiancé, Fiancée, Head, Medic, Murderer, Red light district, Revitalization, Sterben, severed head, Science Fiction, Horror, Indie, Black-and-white, Cult, Comedy, B-movie, Horror Comedy

Genres

Horror, Sci-Fi, exploitation film, horror film, science fiction film

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