The Brain That Wouldn't Die

The Brain That Wouldn't Die


Director: Joseph Graan
Studio: Digiview Productions
Product Type: DVD

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Product Description
When his beautiful fiance is decapitated in a car accident, Dr. Bill Cortner (Herb Evers), a brilliant surgeon, retrieves her head and brings it back to life in his lab. He then diabolically plots to find a beautiful body that he can attach to his fiance's severed head.
Mystery Science Theater 3000 - The Brain That Wouldn't Die
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Great show, good price
  • Not one of their best...
  • Welcome, Mike Nelson!
  • Mike replaces Joel on the SOL, and hilarity quickly ensues
  • Laugh every time!
Mystery Science Theater 3000 - The Brain That Wouldn't Die
Starring: Trace Beaulieu , Patrick Brantseg , Frank Conniff , Bill Corbett , and Joel Hodgson
Director: Trace Beaulieu , Joel Hodgson , Jim Mallon , Kevin Murphy (II) , and Vince Rodriguez
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ASIN: B00004RFIF
Release Date: 2000-04-25

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Mystery Science Theater 3000 experienced a changing of the guard with this fifth-season episode. Departed series creator and lead Joel Hodgson was replaced by head writer Mike Nelson, playing a hapless temp named... Mike Nelson, who was sent into space to cover for Hodgson's escape. The opening credit sequence and title theme (warbled by Nelson) were also new, but the show's basic premise--poking fun at atrocious B movies--remained the same.

Nelson's debut "experiment" is the delirious 1960 head-transplant horror The Brain That Wouldn't Die. And while Nelson is occasionally stiff, particularly during the invention exchange (a longtime Hodgson staple, and soon to be excised), he and robot pals Crow and Tom Servo rise to the occasion during the film, which is filled with memorable zingers (Crow: "He's keeping her alive with Grey Poupon!"). Rhino's DVD presents the uncut, slightly gory version of Brain with and without the MST3K treatment. --Paul Gaita

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Great show, good price.......2007-04-12

Any review of Mystery Science Theater 3000 written by me is boilerplate. MST3K was one of the funniest and most intelligent TV series ever to inhabit the ether. I am proud to possess a copy of every episode (except the missing K0-K3 titles, and you Misties know of what I speak).
The Brain That Wouldn't Die is one of my personal favorites.

3 out of 5 stars Not one of their best..........2006-06-10

First let me say I am a huge MST3K fan and I have been known to record over precious family moments if I had no clean tapes. (Not MY precious family moments but, well, you get the idea...)
My favorites include Catalina Caper, Manos: T.H.O.F., The Screaming Skull, Wild Rebels, any Bert I. Gordon, etc. The list is almost endless. (Notice I say 'almost')
This is Mikes' 'first' film and while he and the bots keep the quips comin' they just are'nt as rapid fire as usaul and it shows. It's like they didn't want to give up on using this cinematic dreck but didn't have enough time or energy to give it a good thrashing.
I really tried to love this one (really, truly I did) but out of all the dozens of episodes I've seen (and I have seen PLENTY), only one or two didn't make my Movies-I-Will-Memorize list. Sadly, this one is hovering right near The Mask of Fu Manchu on the loser list. If you've never seen the show you might like it but as a MST gourmet; I've laughed harder.

4 out of 5 stars Welcome, Mike Nelson!.......2006-06-01

The first of the "Mike" episodes; kind of sad for Joel fans, but Mike has a real zing to the commentary that makes up for his poor acting in the bridge segments. The movie itself - uck - a scientist's girlfriend's head kept alive with hydroponics or some such, really kind of a snoozer. But, if you like MST3K, especially the Mike episodes, you'll enjoy this one.

5 out of 5 stars Mike replaces Joel on the SOL, and hilarity quickly ensues.......2006-03-06

Much to my surprise, I just realized that I apparently haven't gotten around to reviewing this classic episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000. Not only is it an especially funny episode, it is of great historical importance as the first episode featuring Mike Nelson as the human subject for Dr. Forrester's experiments (Joel Hodgson having bowed out in mid-season #5), thus giving rise to the who's funnier controversy that all of us fans seem to enjoy arguing about so much. The whole show got a makeover of sorts, from the theme song to new theatre doors to a new look to Deep 13. Mike, of course, was no stranger to MSTies, having served as head writer for years and having popped up numerous times in skits. That, plus the fact that Mike is a comic genius totally at home in front of the camera, made a rather traumatic event (Joel was, after all, the heart and soul of the whole show) a celebration rather than a wake. It was the start of a phenomenal run, as some of the show's funniest episodes can be found in Mike's half of that fifth season.

Naturally, Best Brains wanted a slam-dunk movie for Mike's debut, and The Brain That Wouldn't Die (also known - in the movie's end credits, no less - as The Head That Wouldn't Die) was a can't-miss. Any show featuring a talking head in a pan of neck juice is rife for ribbing. You've also got a mutated monster so ugly that even Tor Johnson's mother couldn't love him, an arm-challenged mad scientist's assistant, a doctor whose idea of saving lives involves murder, a stripper catfight, and even a beauty contest. And let's not forget the talking decapitated head, even though said head proves so annoying that many would argue the good doctor should have left the head to burn and saved the body instead.

You think you really know the woman you love - until you take her decapitated head, put it in a pan, and keep it alive with your own special blend of neck juice. Dr. Bill Cortner (Jason Evers), a new-breed doctor who bravely goes where most doctors (at least, those not named Frankenstein) fear to tread, could have just let his fiance Jan (Virginia Leith) die after her head gets chopped off in an auto accident. Instead, he grabbed her head, hustled it up to his personal lab, set it up all nice and neat in his own special recipe of life-maintaining gravy, and went out in search of a new body for the woman he loved. But does Peggy appreciate everything Bill has done for her? Nooooo. Not one bit. All she does is turn into the mouth that wouldn't shut up and makes "you should have let me die" her new mantra. Apparently, all of her nice qualities were located in her torso because she turns into a vengeful little spitfire who proclaims herself the leader of the doctor's army of mutant creations (all one of them). In her defense, Dr. Cortner is one weird dude with a pretty disturbing hairstyle, but she knew that before she dropped 95% of her body mass. Maybe she's just mad that the selective doctor is seeking an upgrade model for her new body, but you can hardly blame the guy for that. Why settle for pancakes when you can have the whole hungry man's breakfast?

No self-respecting MSTie would dare be without this hilarious, historically important episode in his/her personal collection.

4 out of 5 stars Laugh every time!.......2006-02-20

Mystery Science Theater is the funniest dumb show ever created. And this is one of the worst movies they've done! I love it!!!! My 5 year old laughs hysterically and doesn't even get the jokes.
The Brain That Wouldn't Die
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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  • Still a classic at what it did -- Weird people out.
The Brain That Wouldn't Die
Starring: Jason Evers , Virginia Leith , Leslie Daniels , Adele Lamont , and Bonnie Sharie
Director: Joseph Green (II)
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A scientist is driving around with his gorgeous girlfriend and everything's hunky-dory until he wrecks the car and her head goes flying off. Not to be discouraged, he wraps the decapitated noggin in his jacket and scurries off to his lab, where he keeps the poor woman's head alive in a developing tray with some coils and tubes running in and out of it. With his girlfriend's still-conscious cabeza back at the lab, the good doctor drives around shopping for bodies, ogling women who might make likely candidates for reattaching the head. Finally he finds a model with a gorgeous bod (and leopard print bikini), but a scarred face. He convinces the young woman that he can fix her looks with plastic surgery and convinces her to go back to the lab. Meanwhile, his girlfriend-head (silenced by a strip of duct tape over her mouth) has developed telepathy and a nasty grudge. This movie used to regularly leave late-night TV audiences aghast and scare the bejabbers out of the young'uns. Decades later, it's an indispensable trash classic, complete with a catfight, a pinhead monster, a deformed assistant, and even a spatter of gore. Make no mistake; this incredible, sleazy gem is a must-see for any self-respecting fans of camp cinema. They just don't come any better, and they definitely don't make 'em like that anymore. --Jerry Renshaw

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Horror Classic.......2007-06-23

I saw this movie on late night TV when I was around eight years old. I loved it then and I love it now.



I don't know what kind of effects they used on the womans voice (post decapitation) but it still creeps me out when ever she speaks.



I would have given it three stars for the battling voluptuous strippers scene alone. But all in all it's a great low budjet horror film. I still find the talking head to be quite profound in her enlightened view of the world (once again, post decapitation).

4 out of 5 stars "I THINK I'M GOING OUT OF MY HEAD".....OVER YOU!.......2007-05-03

"A cheesy classic, ***BEWARE*** There are some prints that are not complete and are missing a pretty cool gross out part of this film! I'm not sure about the DVD I took the picture from for this list? A one of a kind cheapy that will crack you up!"

1 out of 5 stars The Brain Thant Wouldn't Die.......2007-02-15

The movie is bad it is second only to Howard the Duck. It was so bad that I could not sit through all of it. Don't bother with this one.

5 out of 5 stars ALPHA DVD VERSION.......2006-11-28

THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE GENRE FILMS ALONG WITH KILLER SHREWS, GIANT GILA MONSTER, BEGINNING OF THE END, BRAIN FROM PLANET AROUS, & KILLERS FROM OUTER SPACE...MAD SURGEON KEEPS GIRLFRIEND'S HEAD ALIVE UNTIL HE CAN SCOUT OUT THE STRIP JOINTS FOR A REPLACEMENT BODY. SLEAZY CAMP AT IT'S FINEST!!! GREAT LINES, COMICAL SITUATIONS, TURGID DRAMA...A MUST DOUBLE-BILL WITH THE EURO-CRAPPER "THE HEAD" FOR THE ULTIMATE DECAPITATED SLEAZE FEST (OR FESTER...).
THE ALPHA DVD IS GREAT!!!!!!! ONE OF THIER BEST TO DATE, CLEAR & COMPLETE, A VERY GOOD SOURCE TRANSFER!!! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED ON ALL COUNTS.

4 out of 5 stars Still a classic at what it did -- Weird people out........2006-08-31

Get the Alpha Video DVD. It has the best sound and print. It isn't missing any scenes. It also has audio at the beginning that none of the other BTWD DVD's have (really creepy to hear when starting the movie). I still give the movie four stars instead of five though because of the talking instead of acting.
Brain That Wouldnt Die/Wasp Woman
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    Brain That Wouldnt Die/Wasp Woman
    Starring: Brain That Wouldnt Die , and Wasp Woman
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    ASIN: B000EMUZ72
    Release Date: 2006-04-04

    Product Description

    The Brain That Wouldn't Die A boorish doctor who has devised a way to bring the dead back to life gets into a car accident and kills his beautiful fiancee; he takes her severed head back to the lab with him and keeps it alive in a tray of serum. She is unhappy with the situation and begs him to let her die, but he embarks upon a search for the perfect body for his amour, visiting strip clubs and streetwalkers and scouring the city. Meanwhile, the fiancee discovers that a side effect of her current status is telepathy, and she begins to communicate with the doctor's "mistake," which is held captive in a locked room off the lab. With the monster's help, the bodyless woman manages to save the life of the doctor's chosen victim and burn the lab down in the process. Includes A Rocketeers Cartoon The Wasp Woman This fun, intelligent cheapie from King of the B's Roger Corman ranks as the first feminist horror film. Susan Cabot stars as aging cosmetics mogul Janice Starlin, who injects herself with an experimental wasp enzyme in order to restore her fading youth and save her company from going broke. Eccentric scientist Dr. Zinthrop first tries the serum on cats, but when they later sprout wings and stingers, he realizes the formula might not be market ready. Unfortunately, he winds up in a coma before hes able to warn Starlin of the ghastly side effects, and before long she's buzzing around the building at night, attacking and devouring her enemies. What's admirably feminist about the film is how Starlin is portrayed as intelligent, powerful, and sympathetic while her male underlings are condescending buffoons who first dismiss her serum as mere wishful vanity and later find themselves smitten by her newly restored beauty (and later bitten by her wasp alter ego). Barboura Morris plays Starlin's worried secretary, and Bruno Ve Sota is an unlucky night watchman. Cabot is splendid in the title role, reverse-aging beautifully. Includes A Casper Cartoon
    Brain That Wouldn't Die (B&W)
    Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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    Brain That Wouldn't Die (B&W)
    Starring: Jason Evers , Virginia Leith , Leslie Daniels , Adele Lamont , and Bonnie Sharie
    Director: Joseph Green (II)
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    A scientist is driving around with his gorgeous girlfriend and everything's hunky-dory until he wrecks the car and her head goes flying off. Not to be discouraged, he wraps the decapitated noggin in his jacket and scurries off to his lab, where he keeps the poor woman's head alive in a developing tray with some coils and tubes running in and out of it. With his girlfriend's still-conscious cabeza back at the lab, the good doctor drives around shopping for bodies, ogling women who might make likely candidates for reattaching the head. Finally he finds a model with a gorgeous bod (and leopard print bikini), but a scarred face. He convinces the young woman that he can fix her looks with plastic surgery and convinces her to go back to the lab. Meanwhile, his girlfriend-head (silenced by a strip of duct tape over her mouth) has developed telepathy and a nasty grudge. This movie used to regularly leave late-night TV audiences aghast and scare the bejabbers out of the young'uns. Decades later, it's an indispensable trash classic, complete with a catfight, a pinhead monster, a deformed assistant, and even a spatter of gore. Make no mistake; this incredible, sleazy gem is a must-see for any self-respecting fans of camp cinema. They just don't come any better, and they definitely don't make 'em like that anymore. --Jerry Renshaw

    Customer Reviews:

    4 out of 5 stars Horror Classic.......2007-06-23

    I saw this movie on late night TV when I was around eight years old. I loved it then and I love it now.



    I don't know what kind of effects they used on the womans voice (post decapitation) but it still creeps me out when ever she speaks.



    I would have given it three stars for the battling voluptuous strippers scene alone. But all in all it's a great low budjet horror film. I still find the talking head to be quite profound in her enlightened view of the world (once again, post decapitation).

    4 out of 5 stars "I THINK I'M GOING OUT OF MY HEAD".....OVER YOU!.......2007-05-03

    "A cheesy classic, ***BEWARE*** There are some prints that are not complete and are missing a pretty cool gross out part of this film! I'm not sure about the DVD I took the picture from for this list? A one of a kind cheapy that will crack you up!"

    1 out of 5 stars The Brain Thant Wouldn't Die.......2007-02-15

    The movie is bad it is second only to Howard the Duck. It was so bad that I could not sit through all of it. Don't bother with this one.

    5 out of 5 stars ALPHA DVD VERSION.......2006-11-28

    THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE GENRE FILMS ALONG WITH KILLER SHREWS, GIANT GILA MONSTER, BEGINNING OF THE END, BRAIN FROM PLANET AROUS, & KILLERS FROM OUTER SPACE...MAD SURGEON KEEPS GIRLFRIEND'S HEAD ALIVE UNTIL HE CAN SCOUT OUT THE STRIP JOINTS FOR A REPLACEMENT BODY. SLEAZY CAMP AT IT'S FINEST!!! GREAT LINES, COMICAL SITUATIONS, TURGID DRAMA...A MUST DOUBLE-BILL WITH THE EURO-CRAPPER "THE HEAD" FOR THE ULTIMATE DECAPITATED SLEAZE FEST (OR FESTER...).
    THE ALPHA DVD IS GREAT!!!!!!! ONE OF THIER BEST TO DATE, CLEAR & COMPLETE, A VERY GOOD SOURCE TRANSFER!!! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED ON ALL COUNTS.

    4 out of 5 stars Still a classic at what it did -- Weird people out........2006-08-31

    Get the Alpha Video DVD. It has the best sound and print. It isn't missing any scenes. It also has audio at the beginning that none of the other BTWD DVD's have (really creepy to hear when starting the movie). I still give the movie four stars instead of five though because of the talking instead of acting.
    The Brain That Wouldn't Die
    Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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    The Brain That Wouldn't Die
    Starring: Jason Evers , Virginia Leith , Leslie Daniels , Adele Lamont , and Bonnie Sharie
    Director: Joseph Green (II)
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    ASIN: 6305750246
    Release Date: 2000-09-26

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    A scientist is driving around with his gorgeous girlfriend and everything's hunky-dory until he wrecks the car and her head goes flying off. Not to be discouraged, he wraps the decapitated noggin in his jacket and scurries off to his lab, where he keeps the poor woman's head alive in a developing tray with some coils and tubes running in and out of it. With his girlfriend's still-conscious cabeza back at the lab, the good doctor drives around shopping for bodies, ogling women who might make likely candidates for reattaching the head. Finally he finds a model with a gorgeous bod (and leopard print bikini), but a scarred face. He convinces the young woman that he can fix her looks with plastic surgery and convinces her to go back to the lab. Meanwhile, his girlfriend-head (silenced by a strip of duct tape over her mouth) has developed telepathy and a nasty grudge. This movie used to regularly leave late-night TV audiences aghast and scare the bejabbers out of the young'uns. Decades later, it's an indispensable trash classic, complete with a catfight, a pinhead monster, a deformed assistant, and even a spatter of gore. Make no mistake; this incredible, sleazy gem is a must-see for any self-respecting fans of camp cinema. They just don't come any better, and they definitely don't make 'em like that anymore. --Jerry Renshaw

    Description

    Dr. Bill Cortner is a surgeon like his father. He is obsessed with performing surgical transplants and continues to experiment with amputated limbs he steals from the local hospital. While driving to his secret mountain laboratory to tend to an emergency, Cortner^Rs reckless driving causes an accident and his car careens off the road, killing his fiancie. Not one to pass up the opportunity, Cortner steals her decapitated head from the burning wreckage and tries to keep it alive long enough to find a suitable body to re-attach it to. As the doctor stalks women and searches for a new body, Jan^Rs decapitated head stays alive in a tray^Etelepathically communicating with something locked away in the laboratory closet^Eplotting her revenge on the doctor for not letting her die in peace.

    Customer Reviews:

    4 out of 5 stars Horror Classic.......2007-06-23

    I saw this movie on late night TV when I was around eight years old. I loved it then and I love it now.



    I don't know what kind of effects they used on the womans voice (post decapitation) but it still creeps me out when ever she speaks.



    I would have given it three stars for the battling voluptuous strippers scene alone. But all in all it's a great low budjet horror film. I still find the talking head to be quite profound in her enlightened view of the world (once again, post decapitation).

    4 out of 5 stars "I THINK I'M GOING OUT OF MY HEAD".....OVER YOU!.......2007-05-03

    "A cheesy classic, ***BEWARE*** There are some prints that are not complete and are missing a pretty cool gross out part of this film! I'm not sure about the DVD I took the picture from for this list? A one of a kind cheapy that will crack you up!"

    1 out of 5 stars The Brain Thant Wouldn't Die.......2007-02-15

    The movie is bad it is second only to Howard the Duck. It was so bad that I could not sit through all of it. Don't bother with this one.

    5 out of 5 stars ALPHA DVD VERSION.......2006-11-28

    THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE GENRE FILMS ALONG WITH KILLER SHREWS, GIANT GILA MONSTER, BEGINNING OF THE END, BRAIN FROM PLANET AROUS, & KILLERS FROM OUTER SPACE...MAD SURGEON KEEPS GIRLFRIEND'S HEAD ALIVE UNTIL HE CAN SCOUT OUT THE STRIP JOINTS FOR A REPLACEMENT BODY. SLEAZY CAMP AT IT'S FINEST!!! GREAT LINES, COMICAL SITUATIONS, TURGID DRAMA...A MUST DOUBLE-BILL WITH THE EURO-CRAPPER "THE HEAD" FOR THE ULTIMATE DECAPITATED SLEAZE FEST (OR FESTER...).
    THE ALPHA DVD IS GREAT!!!!!!! ONE OF THIER BEST TO DATE, CLEAR & COMPLETE, A VERY GOOD SOURCE TRANSFER!!! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED ON ALL COUNTS.

    4 out of 5 stars Still a classic at what it did -- Weird people out........2006-08-31

    Get the Alpha Video DVD. It has the best sound and print. It isn't missing any scenes. It also has audio at the beginning that none of the other BTWD DVD's have (really creepy to hear when starting the movie). I still give the movie four stars instead of five though because of the talking instead of acting.
    The Brain That Wouldn't Die
    Average customer rating: 1 out of 5 stars
    • The Brain That Wouldn't Die
    The Brain That Wouldn't Die

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    When his beautiful fiance is decapitated in a car accident, Dr. Bill Cortner (Herb Evers), a brilliant surgeon, retrieves her head and brings it back to life in his lab. He then diabolically plots to find a beautiful body that he can attach to his fiance's severed head.

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    1 out of 5 stars The Brain That Wouldn't Die.......2005-08-21

    This movie is in the top 20 of worst movies ever made. It's so bad that free isn't a good enough price for this movie. Minus one star. Your time would better spent sleeping. Count Wolfenstein
    [DVD] The Brain That Wouldn't Die from Cult Classics
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • "What's done is done, and what I've done is right..."
    [DVD] The Brain That Wouldn't Die from Cult Classics

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    Brilliant but borderline psychotic surgeon does secretive, experimental work with limb transplants and tissue rejection drugs, much to the chagrin of his surgeon-father. When he crashes his car and his fiancee is decapitated, his research - far from complete - is put to the test. 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 restless. (Summary found on IMDb, written by Alan Brewster.)

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    5 out of 5 stars "What's done is done, and what I've done is right...".......2005-05-02

    There are some movies that are gloriously bad and "The Brain That Wouldn't Die" (a.k.a. "The Head That Wouldn't Die", which is the better title because, after all, we are talking an entire head not just a brain) is one of the classics in that particular category. You can get a hold of this film hosted by Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, or skewered by the "Mystery Science Theater 3000" crew, but you will have no problem appreciating this example of bad science fiction cinema. This is a movie that should be on every fan's list of the 10 Worst Science Fiction Movies Ever Made.

    Dr. Bill Cortner (Jason call me Herb Evers) is unhappy with the outdated surgery practice by his father, Dr. Cortner (Bruce Brighton), who warns him about higher laws and other nonsense. Bill has a fiancé, Jan Compton (Virginia Leith), who keeps talking about how she cannot wait for them to get married. So when they are in a car accident he rescues Jan's head and takes it back to his private laboratory. There his assistant, Kurt (Leslie Daniels), who has a transplanted arm that has not exactly taken from one of Bill's earlier experiments and who also rails against the doctor's plan to find his fiancé (now the infamous "Jan in a Pan") the perfect body. Bill only has 48-50 hours (you have to love the specificity) to come up with a new body and heads for the nearest strip club. When that does not pan out (hehehehe) he starts stalking women on the street and finds his way to a Beautiful Body contest. But Bill will accept nothing less than the best for Jan and that ends up being Playboy Playmate of the Month for June 1959, Marilyn Hanold.

    Meanwhile, Jan would rather be dead than be a detached head; besides, she has some questions about the soundness of the whole procedure, which she discusses with Kurt. The rest of the time she carries on a one sided conversation with whatever is on the other side of the bolted door in the basement (Kurt will not let the cat out of the bag, but we know it is pretty bad and that it is another result of Bill's insane desire to play god). In the bloody climax of this film, the situation comes to a head...

    Oh, you just cannot have too much fun at the expense of this film. Director Joseph Green and producer Rex Carlton came up with the story, and you have to admit that any movie that combines a talking disembodied head, a monster behind a locked door, and exotic dancers is a movie that is going to be made. Green even gets a bit creative with the camera in the car accident sequence. However, the dialogue and the strong sexual subtext are what really stand out for me in this film. It is amazing that the actors could say some of these lines with straight faces, but it is rather surprising that the sexuality of the film could be so overt. It is very easy to read this film being all about lust: Jan is ready to make Bill very happy and when he is left with just her head he insists on getting what is clearly an even better body so that they can consummate their destiny.

    I will go out on a limb...and say that "The Head That Wouldn't Die" is one of the two worst Science Fiction movies that you have to see, along with "Plan 9 From Outer Space." Certainly they are the only 5 star ratings I have ever given to "bad" films because the enjoyment level so completely transcends the inherent value of the film.
    Indestructible Man/The Brain That Wouldn't Die
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      Indestructible Man/The Brain That Wouldn't Die
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      ASIN: B0002Q9VB6
      Release Date: 2004-07-27
      The Brain That Wouldn't Die/Amazing Transparent Man
      Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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      The Brain That Wouldn't Die/Amazing Transparent Man
      Starring: Jason Evers , Virginia Leith , Leslie Daniels , Adele Lamont , and Bonnie Sharie
      Director: Joseph Green (II) , and Edgar G. Ulmer
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      ASIN: B00004ZEQZ
      Release Date: 2003-01-01

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      A scientist is driving around with his gorgeous girlfriend and everything's hunky-dory until he wrecks the car and her head goes flying off. Not to be discouraged, he wraps the decapitated noggin in his jacket and scurries off to his lab, where he keeps the poor woman's head alive in a developing tray with some coils and tubes running in and out of it. With his girlfriend's still-conscious cabeza back at the lab, the good doctor drives around shopping for bodies, ogling women who might make likely candidates for reattaching the head. Finally he finds a model with a gorgeous bod (and leopard print bikini), but a scarred face. He convinces the young woman that he can fix her looks with plastic surgery and convinces her to go back to the lab. Meanwhile, his girlfriend-head (silenced by a strip of duct tape over her mouth) has developed telepathy and a nasty grudge. This movie used to regularly leave late-night TV audiences aghast and scare the bejabbers out of the young'uns. Decades later, it's an indispensable trash classic, complete with a catfight, a pinhead monster, a deformed assistant, and even a spatter of gore. Make no mistake; this incredible, sleazy gem is a must-see for any self-respecting fans of camp cinema. They just don't come any better, and they definitely don't make 'em like that anymore. --Jerry Renshaw

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      4 out of 5 stars Horror Classic.......2007-06-23

      I saw this movie on late night TV when I was around eight years old. I loved it then and I love it now.



      I don't know what kind of effects they used on the womans voice (post decapitation) but it still creeps me out when ever she speaks.



      I would have given it three stars for the battling voluptuous strippers scene alone. But all in all it's a great low budjet horror film. I still find the talking head to be quite profound in her enlightened view of the world (once again, post decapitation).

      4 out of 5 stars "I THINK I'M GOING OUT OF MY HEAD".....OVER YOU!.......2007-05-03

      "A cheesy classic, ***BEWARE*** There are some prints that are not complete and are missing a pretty cool gross out part of this film! I'm not sure about the DVD I took the picture from for this list? A one of a kind cheapy that will crack you up!"

      1 out of 5 stars The Brain Thant Wouldn't Die.......2007-02-15

      The movie is bad it is second only to Howard the Duck. It was so bad that I could not sit through all of it. Don't bother with this one.

      5 out of 5 stars ALPHA DVD VERSION.......2006-11-28

      THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE GENRE FILMS ALONG WITH KILLER SHREWS, GIANT GILA MONSTER, BEGINNING OF THE END, BRAIN FROM PLANET AROUS, & KILLERS FROM OUTER SPACE...MAD SURGEON KEEPS GIRLFRIEND'S HEAD ALIVE UNTIL HE CAN SCOUT OUT THE STRIP JOINTS FOR A REPLACEMENT BODY. SLEAZY CAMP AT IT'S FINEST!!! GREAT LINES, COMICAL SITUATIONS, TURGID DRAMA...A MUST DOUBLE-BILL WITH THE EURO-CRAPPER "THE HEAD" FOR THE ULTIMATE DECAPITATED SLEAZE FEST (OR FESTER...).
      THE ALPHA DVD IS GREAT!!!!!!! ONE OF THIER BEST TO DATE, CLEAR & COMPLETE, A VERY GOOD SOURCE TRANSFER!!! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED ON ALL COUNTS.

      4 out of 5 stars Still a classic at what it did -- Weird people out........2006-08-31

      Get the Alpha Video DVD. It has the best sound and print. It isn't missing any scenes. It also has audio at the beginning that none of the other BTWD DVD's have (really creepy to hear when starting the movie). I still give the movie four stars instead of five though because of the talking instead of acting.
      The Brain That Wouldn't Die / Horror Hotel (Double Feature) (Digitally Remastered)
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        The Brain That Wouldn't Die / Horror Hotel (Double Feature) (Digitally Remastered)

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        THE BRAIN THAT WOULDN'T DIE: A scientist keeps alive the decapitated head of his fiancee....HORROR HOTEL: Atmospheric and genuinely scary, Horror Hotel not only stars the inimitable Christopher Lee, but boasts the direction of John Llewellyn Moxley, who later directed episodes of classic TV shows: The Avengers, Hawaii Five-O, Charlie's Angels, Magnum P.I., and Miami Vice. Plot: Nan finds that the hotel boarders are witches and that she is about to become their annual Candalmas Eve sacrifice!

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