Monday, July 9, 2007

The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962)


This was actually filmed in 1960 under the title The Head That Wouldn't Die, but it was so bad it was locked away for a few years. It's the story of an irresponsible (but gifted) young heart surgeon who accidentally kills his fiancee in a car crash. He takes the severed head and puts it into a shallow baking pan, hooks some wires to her head, and she starts talking. He feels bad about killing her, so he decides to go find the perfect body for her. Of course, this means that he'll have to kill somebody else, but he at least gets points for effort. He interviews some stripper babes and a photographer's model who hates men. Mostly he just drives around a lot, though. Meanwhile, the severed head chick has developed a friendship with the doc's other experiment, a hideous mutant that is locked in the closet. The creature eventually escapes and exacts a terrible vengeance on everyone involved. This usually pops up on "Worst Movie Of All Time" lists, and with good reason. The guy who played the young doctor was so ashamed of this film that he changed his name. Horrendously bad, and therefore enormously entertaining. You must see this movie.

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