He keeps her head alive while he searches for a body in time for their wedding. Keeping comptons head alive in his lab, cortner plans the groundbreaking yet unorthodox surgery. Leith also was a contract player at 20th century fox. Playboy surgeon becomes obsessed with finding a body to attach to his favourite head after a road accident. It surpasses all yardsticks of measurement such as taste or talent, and instead floats to the surface on sheer strangeness and a stringent commitment.
A doctor experimenting with transplant techniques keeps. His expertise is in transplants, and he is excited to perform the first head transplant. A scientists girlfriend is decapitated in a car crash. Icfammpodcast movies season 2 a list of 49 titles created 3 months ago filmes b a list of 34 titles created 25 oct 2018 horror watchlist a list of 40 titles. 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. Im giving the movie itself 3 stars and the release 5 stars for an average of 4 stars. A doctor experimenting with transplant techniques keeps his. Bill cortner jason evers is a 40yearold bachelor medic who plays by his own rules. The brain differs from earlier film versions of the curt siodmak novel donovans brain. While driving to his secret mountain laboratory to tend to an emergency, cortners reckless driving causes an accident and his car careens off the road, killing his fiancie. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of the best movies ever made only at tcm. And one of the contestants in the 2nd episode is none other than lola mason, who plays the blonde donna whatever you prescribe, ill take. 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. A mad scientist revives the head of his decapitated fiancee in this satirical remake of.
The brain is a 1962 science fiction thriller film directed by freddie francis, and starring anne heywood and peter van eyck. Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. Doris payne adele lamont the injured lover that meets up with the evil doctor who wants to injure doris even further by cutting off her headto use her. 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. Im calling this the extended version because whether its uncut or not is. Melton had appeared in lost continent, and would appear later in the season in. So said talking heads and its a shame that the mad doctor in this film didn t have the same sort of self awareness. A ukwest german coproduction also released as ein toter sucht seinen morder. Hes on the way to his country home one day when he ends up in a horrible car crash that decapitates his fiance jan. And while youre at it,try to find the most beautiful body you can. Bill cortner, who after a horrendous car wreck, manages to save the severed head of his. Cheesy b classic with poor virginia leith spending most of her time stuck on a tray. Although splattered with goofy flaws and overthetop performances and producing plenty of chuckles, the film probes primitive fears that. Despite the laughs, it does have staying power and is a part of popular culture.
The movie is in public domain and readily available for those wanting to seek it out. Boring script, slow pacing, and actors that make tommy wiseau look good. After his fiancee in killed a car accident, a gifted surgeon revives her severed head in hopes of finding her a new body. Bill cortner and his fiancee, jan compton, are driving to his lab when they get into a horrible car accident. On disc 2 it contains two episodes of who do you trust. It surpasses all yardsticks of measurement such as taste or talent, and instead floats to the surface on sheer strangeness and. He is obsessed with performing surgical transplants and continues to experiment with amputated limbs he steals from the local hospital.
Adapted from the 1962 bmovie classic world premiere october 7, 2016 footlight players theatre 20 queen street, charleston, sc. He now needs to find a new body for his bridetobe and settles on doris powell, a glamor model with a facial disfigurement. The fiancee of a brilliant surgeon is decapitated in a car accident. But cortner is not fazed by this seemingly insurmountable hurdle. He rushes her head to his laboratory, where he revives it and manages to keep it alive in a liquidfilled tray. Id like to give it at least 4 12 stars due to the excellent release. People who play with fire must expect to get burnt.
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