The Brain That Wouldn't Die
Directed by Joseph Green
- Charles Ynfante21 februari 2026"The Brain That Wouldn't Die". 71 minutes. 1962. Black and white. . There is no tension or suspense. The horror of a decapitated nead is too watered down because there are too many characters who are given more screen time than the talking nead. . There would have been more interst, perhaps, if we saw scenes ftom the head's point of view, from her eyes. . The movie could have been made more unsettling than it is if the head had said what it felt like to be without a body, without a heart. We get no sense of the helpless horror she was in. . The head was was too clean. In my opinion, there should have been sweat and worry lines on the face. She was beheaded in an accident. Yet, there are no bruises or stitches. . The film could have done without the creature behind the locked door and the fast ending. At the end, the head should have screamed. . The weaknesses in the film did not come from the actors but from what the director and writer could have done but did not. . The soundtrack had atmospheric moments. Review by Charles Ynfante.
The Brain That Wouldn't Die Trivia
The Brain That Wouldn't Die was released on 10 augusti 1962.
The Brain That Wouldn't Die was directed by Joseph Green.
The Brain That Wouldn't Die has a runtime of 71m.
The Brain That Wouldn't Die was produced by Rex Carlton.
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.
The key characters in The Brain That Wouldn't Die are Dr. Bill Cortner (as Herb Evers) (Jason Evers), Jan Compton (Virginia Leith), Kurt (Leslie Daniels).
The Brain That Wouldn't Die is rated (Banned).
The Brain That Wouldn't Die is a Skräck, Science Fiction film.
The Brain That Wouldn't Die has an audience rating of 2.9 out of 10.
The Brain That Wouldn't Die had a budget of 62 000 US$.