The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962)
The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962)
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Cast & Crew.
Jason Evers
Dr. Bill Cortner
Virginia Leith
Jan Compton
Leslie Daniels
Kurt
Adele Lamont
Doris Powell
Bonnie Sharie
Blonde Stripper
Paula Morris
Brunet Stripper
Marilyn Hanold
Peggy Howard
Bruce Brighton
Dr. Cortner
Arny Freeman
Photographer
Fred Martin
Medical Assistant
Lola Mason
Donna Williams
Joseph Green
Director
Bruce Kerr
Beauty Contest M.C.
Doris Brent
Writer
Audrey Devereal
Jeannie Reynolds
Eddie Carmel
Monster
Sammy Petrillo
Art
Rex Carlton
Writer
George Fiala
Makeup Artist
Stephen Hajnal
Cinematographer
Marc Anderson
Editor
Jack Priestley
Camera Operator
Paul Fanning
Art Direction
Jim Geallis
Producer's Assistant
Mort Landberg
Associate Producer
Byron Baer
Special Effects
Eva Blair
Script Supervisor
Leonard Anderson
Supervising Editor
Tony LaMarca
Assistant Director
Emil Kolisch
Sound
Alfred H. Lessner
Production Manager
Walter Pluff Jr.
Property Master
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Details.
Release DateFebruary 25, 1962
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 22m
Content RatingNR
Budget$62,000
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Wiki.
The Brain That Wouldn't Die (also known as The Head That Wouldn't Die or The Brain That Couldn't Die) is a 1962 American science fiction horror film directed by Joseph Green and written by Green and Rex Carlton. The film was completed in 1959 under the working title The Black Door but was not theatrically released until May 3, 1962, under its new title as a double feature with Invasion of the Star Creatures.The film focuses upon a mad doctor who develops a means of keeping human body parts alive. He keeps his fiancée's severed head alive for days, along with a lumbering, malformed brute (one of his earlier failed experiments) imprisoned in a closet.
The specific plot device of a mad doctor who discovers a way to keep a human head alive had been used in fiction earlier (such as Professor Dowell's Head from 1925), as well as other variants on this theme. It shares several key plot devices with the West German horror film The Head (1959).
The film was in the public domain in the United States from the day of its release due to a flawed copyright notice.