A doctor experimenting with transplant techniques keeps his girlfriends head alive when she is decapitated in a car crash, then goes hunting for a new body. These unique new type of films are all called michaelangelos and more can be found at. Resuscitated by elviras box of horror classics series and mystery science theater 3000, the brains noname cast and lowbudget schlock are not as corny as expected. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of the best movies ever made only at tcm. Its the everyday tale of a woman falling in love with a man and love blinding her to his obvious faults, like hes a sleazy arrogant psychotic scumbag. The brain is a 1962 science fiction thriller film directed by freddie francis, and starring anne heywood and peter van eyck.
Catfight and bathing suit interludes excepted, brain is told with fairly straightforward economy, and the drama is goosed by the creepy stock music and occasionally overemphatic horror cues. Its been a few years since i last saw this film, and i am astonished just how bad it seems to me now and how worthless. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Much like the wickedly twisted moral of the story, the 1962 scifi gem is a great example of beauty being only skin deep.
He saved her head with electrical means and goes on the hunt for a new body. The narrative is so patently unreal that the question of how a severed head can possibly talk becomes irrelevant. A ukwest german coproduction also released as ein toter sucht seinen morder. When the surgeons expose a human brain, theres no sign that the patient has a skull. Id like to give it at least 4 12 stars due to the excellent release. Cheesy b classic with poor virginia leith spending most of her time stuck on a tray. You have a doctor resurrecting dead bodies, experimenting with the brain and such. This account has reached the download cap, additional downloads subject to agreement. So said talking heads and its a shame that the mad doctor in this film didn t have the same sort of self awareness. The dvd is the uncensored edition of the film presented in a new digital wetgate transfer windowboxed and the extras include the original theatrical trailer, rare behindthe. Boring script, slow pacing, and actors that make tommy wiseau look good. The picture is excellent and definitely better than anything that has come before.
So said talking heads and its a shame that the mad doctor in this film didnt have the same sort of self awareness. Discovering a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the joseph greendirected movie. Excellent dont know why exactly but these type of films from late 40s the 50s and early 60s seem. When bills fiance jan compton is decapitated in an automobile accident, he manages to keep her brain alive. Now, the film is important to those that have loves. Keeping comptons head alive in his lab, cortner plans the.
Today it is difficult to imagine how anyone could have taken the thing seriously even in 1959. He finds a practical application for the breakthrough when his fiancee is decapitated in a car wreck. Resuscitated by elviras box of horror classics series and mystery science theater 3000, the brain s noname cast and lowbudget schlock are not as corny as expected. His focus then becomes finding an appropriate donor body to make his fiancee whole, while the current and failed experiments in his basement laboratory grow. When he crashes his car and his fiancee is decapitated, his research is put to the test. An all new noteseditor plus builtin pdf, video, and audio players, new modern icons and more. Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone. Bill cortner loses his sweetheart, jan, in a car accident, he refuses to give up hope for her life. Although splattered with goofy flaws and overthetop performances and producing plenty of chuckles, the film probes primitive fears that. Bill cortner jason evers and his fiancee, jan compton virginia leith, are driving to his lab when they get into a horrible car accident. A surgeon experimenting with transplant surgery keeps his girlfriend alive who was decapitated in a car crash. That gives you an idea of how much effort went into this 60s schlockfest. Bill cortner jason evers is going to kill a girl and put his fiancee jan compton virginia leith head on her body, but he is stopped by the monster eddie carmel, a sevenfoot giant with. But cortner is not fazed by this seemingly insurmountable hurdle.
He now needs to find a new body for his bridetobe and settles on doris powell, a glamor model with a facial disfigurement. Bill cortner has been performing experimental surgery on human guinea pigs without authorization and against the advice of his father, also a surgeon. Directed by 1 writing credits 3 cast 16 produced by 2 cinematography by 1 film editing by 1 art direction by 1 makeup department 1 production management 1 second unit director or assistant director 1. The film was completed in 1959 under the working title the black door but was not theatrically released until may 3, 1962, when it was released under its new title as a double feature. But that doesn t mean its not worth watching if youre in the right mood. Synapses uncut dvd may well be the best presentation of this public domain title, and the disc sports a worn but sharp print. Im giving the movie itself 3 stars and the release 5 stars for an average of 4 stars. Playboy surgeon becomes obsessed with finding a body to attach to his favourite head after a road accident. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Im calling this the extended version because whether its uncut or not is anybodys guess. This past week, a tenured professor at university of coloradoboulder, patti adler, was forced into early retirement after complaints about a teaching technique she has used for some 20 years in her popular sociology of deviance class. After kurt gets his arm torn off, its pretty obvious the actor is just hiding his arm with his lab coat. The hot dog vendor from the carol burnett show full sketch duration.