The Brain That Wouldn't Die
Alive... without a body... fed by an unspeakable horror from hell!
Directed by Joseph Green
Produced by Rex Carlton Productions, American International Pictures
A lurid 1960s exploitation horror film that treats decapitation and mad-scientist transplantation as transgressive spectacle, mixing body-horror premise with pulp sensationalism.
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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