The Brain That Wouldn't Die

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Summary: "...horror has its ultimate..."
Review: This legendary turkey rivals the worst of the worst. Regardless, fans of schlock cinema can rejoice and enjoy its lowbrow aura. The girlfriend of Dr. Bill Cortner, a radical experimental surgeon, suffers decapitation in an auto accident. Using his dark science, Dr. Bill keeps her head alive, propped up in a pan and connected to tubes and IVs. The raspy-voiced Head laments its fate with the bleat, "Let me die!" Dr. Bill eventually covers the yakking mouth with surgical tape to silence the whining, a great moment in our little story. Across the room, the monstrous product of a previous failed experiment pounds on the heavy door of its cell, and plots revenge with The Head. They both want, er, a piece of Dr. Bill. Dr. Bill goes out looking for a perfect female body, upon which to implant The Head. This is an excuse for leering scenes of strippers, poverty-row beauty contestants, and a briefly clad model posing for photographers. '50s soft-core titillation. (Note: the flick is variously dated as 1959, 1960, and 1962. Who knows?). The mood music is a sleazy jazz piece with an edge called "The Web" that helps the viewer endure the skid row sideshow. Various edited versions of the film exist, but the one with the wrestling middle-aged hookers, fighting for Dr. Bill's attention, is the funniest. If the women only knew what he really wanted! The Head cogently summarizes the entire flick by pontificating, "Like all quantities, horror has its ultimate, and I am that!" We couldn't agree more. There is a risk of overusing the phrase, "so bad, it's good." At times, it can't be helped. Good party tape. ;-)

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Summary: So bad, it's good!
Review: This was a GREAT "B" movie! Not only does it contain some cheesy special effects, bad acting, and a script that is just laughable, it's one of the WORST movies I've ever seen! Low-budget has never been this bad! I LOVE IT!!! Herb Evers plays the role of mad doctor Cortner who is illegally experimenting with transplant surgery. But when his girlfriend (Virginia Leith) is killed in a gruesome car accident, Cortner takes her disembodied head and keeps it alive with a special serum which he made himself. Unfortunately, the head takes a mind of it's own and forms a special bond with a hideous monster, another failed experiment of the doctor, while he's out searching for a new body for her. Plenty of shocking blood and gore which was edited out of the television version, this 1962 B&W horror flick is good for it's time and gore buffs of today will still not be disapointed. If you're looking for an award-winner though, this is NOT the movie for you! This turkey will probably only please the average "B" movie buff. IT'S SO BAD, IT'S ACTUALLY GOOD!

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Summary: So bad, it's good!
Review: This was a GREAT "B" movie! Not only does it contain some cheesy special effects, bad acting, and a script that is just laughable, it's one of the WORST movies I've ever seen! Low-budget has never been this bad! I LOVE IT!!! Herb Evers plays the role of mad doctor Cortner who is illegally experimenting with transplant surgery. But when his girlfriend (Virginia Leith) is killed in a gruesome car accident, Cortner takes her disembodied head and keeps it alive with a special serum which he made himself. Unfortunately, the head takes a mind of it's own and forms a special bond with a hideous monster, another failed experiment of the doctor, while he's out searching for a new body for her. Plenty of shocking blood and gore which was edited out of the television version, this 1962 B&W horror flick is good for it's time and gore buffs of today will still not be disapointed. If you're looking for an award-winner though, this is NOT the movie for you! This turkey will probably only please the average "B" movie buff. IT'S SO BAD, IT'S ACTUALLY GOOD!

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Summary: A Perfect Storm Of Schlock!
Review: To me, THE BRAIN THAT WOULDN'T DIE is the perfect horror movie. It has my three favorite elements: Mad scientists, experiments / organ transplants gone wrong, and zombies. In this case, the mad doctor and his wife get in a car crash, severing her head from her shoulders. The doctor rushes her dome to his lab, where he keeps it alive in a tub of chemicals. He then attempts to locate and kill a beautiful stripper to provide a body for his spouse. Meanwhile, Mrs. mad scientist's head has decided that her husband is crazy and needs a lesson in "head-side" manner. She befriends a strange zombie / monster in a closet made of her hubby's other botched experiments. She's the brains and it's the brawn, so to speak. Together, they take care of the mad doctor and his lab. A classic schlock-o-rama! Highly-Highly recommended...