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.
Title | The Brain That Wouldn't Die |
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Year | 1962 |
Genre | Horror, Science Fiction |
Country | United States of America |
Studio | Rex Carlton Productions, American International Pictures |
Cast | Jason Evers, Virginia Leith, Leslie Daniels, Adele Lamont, Bonnie Sharie, Doris Brent |
Crew | Joseph Green (Screenplay), George Fiala (Makeup Artist), Stephen Hajnal (Director of Photography), Joseph Green (Story), Joseph Green (Director), Marc Anderson (Editor) |
Keyword | experiment, transplantation, mutant, fiancé, surgeon, stripper, car crash, strip club, decapitation, laboratory, disembodied head, mad doctor, severed head, car accident, transplant, surgery |
Release | Feb 25, 1962 |
Runtime | 82 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 4.60 / 10 by 119 users |
Popularity | 8 |
Budget | 62,000 |
Revenue | 0 |
Language | English |