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Release Date:
10 August 1962 (USA) moreTagline:
Alive... without a body... fed by an unspeakable horror from hell! morePlot:
A doctor experimenting with transplant techniques keeps his girlfriend's head alive when she is decapitated in a car crash, then goes hunting for a new body. full summary | full synopsisUser Comments:
A 1950s Mens Magazine version of a movie moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| Jason Evers | ... | Dr. Bill Cortner (as Herb Evers) | |
| Virginia Leith | ... | Jan Compton / Jan in the Pan | |
| Leslie Daniels | ... | Kurt | |
| Adele Lamont | ... | Doris Powell | |
| Bonnie Sharie | ... | Blonde Stripper | |
| Paula Maurice | ... | Brunet Stripper | |
| Marilyn Hanold | ... | Peggy Howard (as Marlyn Hanold) | |
| Bruce Brighton | ... | Dr. Cortner | |
| Arny Freeman | ... | Photographer | |
| Fred Martin | ... | Medical Assistant | |
| Lola Mason | ... | Donna Williams | |
| Doris Brent | ... | Nurse | |
| Bruce Kerr | ... | Beauty Contest M.C. | |
| Audrey Devereal | ... | Jeannie Reynolds | |
| Eddie Carmel | ... | Monster |
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
82 min (uncut version) | USA:70 min (TCM print)Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishColor:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 moreSound Mix:
MonoFilming Locations:
Tarrytown, New York, USAFun Stuff
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The last title shot reads "The Head That Wouldn't Die". moreGoofs:
Factual errors: When they are operating in the first scene it is really obvious they not really cutting anything. moreQuotes:
Blonde Stripper: [hands on hips] You lousy tramp! Once in a blue moon I liken to a guy with class and *you* mess it up!Brunet Stripper: Eh! What makes you think you had him? He wouldn't have you on a bet!
Blonde Stripper: [hands still on hips] Says who?
Brunet Stripper: Says me! What's a guy like that want with *leftovers* for?
Blonde Stripper: *Leftovers*?
[blonde stripper goes to slap the brunette stripper and a man's hand appears on screen slapping the brunette stripper]
Brunet Stripper: [puts hand to face in shock] Why you cheap third grade stripper!
[catfight ensues between the two strippers]
Brunet Stripper: Ow! Let go!
Blonde Stripper: Don't you ever call me that again! Oooh!
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Featured in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Brain That Wouldn't Die (#6.13)" (1993) moreFAQ
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With all the "teasecake" in Brain (shot in 1959 but released in 1963), the locations (a loner wandering through strip clubs, swimsuit contests, a model's studio, in a convertible following and picking up women on the street) and the wolfish emphasis on full-length shots of near-naked stacked women, the movie has the sensibility and style of the men's magazines of that time (with symbolic titles like Rogue, Knave, Dude, Bachelor, Caper, etc.). It's surprising that it hasn't been remade and updated, even if only for the cable or home video market, like Not of This Earth, Little Shop of Horrors, How To Make A Monster and other B programmers. Sure it's a cheap little film but that's the fun of it.