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The Brain That Wouldn't Die

Alive... without a body... fed by an unspeakable horror from hell!

4.7(146)19621h 22m3

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.

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Status
Released
Budget
$62K
Box office
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Language
English
  • experiment
  • transplantation
  • mutant
  • fiancé
  • surgeon
  • stripper
  • car crash
  • strip club
  • decapitation
  • laboratory
  • disembodied head
  • mad doctor

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Behind the camera

Director

Joseph Green

Produced in

United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNR10 Aug 1962
    • PhysicalAcme Video #R3-3977 [𝐕𝐇𝐒📼] 𝟴𝟳± mínutєѕ1 Jan 1995
  • United KingdomGB

    • PhysicalPGDVD15 Aug 2010
  • CanadaCA

    • Theatrical18A25 Feb 1962
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical25 Feb 1962
    • Physical1617 Jul 2020

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The Brain That Wouldn't Die was released on 25 February 1962.

Audience reviews

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    CinemaSerf

    11/19/2024

    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 realising that his par…

  • B

    BiankaMalburg

    12/30/2024

    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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    Wuchak

    1/23/2025

    7/10

    **_Late 50's horror schlock that's actually effective (in some ways)_** A modern-day American Dr. Frankenstein wannabe (Jason Evers) tries to find an attractive body for his fiancé (Virginia Leith) after she is decapitated in a car accident. While her head is on life-support the mad doctor searches the dives for the right body and ultimately focuses his attentions on a model with a disfigured face (Adele Lamont). …

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