The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962)
"Alive... without a body... fed by an unspeakable horror from hell!"
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👍 66%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
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Cast
Jason Evers as Dr. Bill Cortner (as Herb Evers)
Virginia Leith as Jan Compton
Leslie Daniels as Kurt
Adele Lamont as Doris Powell
Bonnie Sharie as Blonde Stripper
Doris Brent as Nurse
Paula Morris as Brunet Stripper
Marilyn Hanold as Peggy Howard
Is The Brain That Wouldn't Die good?
It's divisive. 66% audience score, estimated from 145 TMDB ratings.
Overview
Dr. Bill Cortner and his fiancée, Jan Compton, are driving to his lab when they get into a horrible car accident. Compton is decapitated. But Cortner is not fazed by this seemingly insurmountable hurdle. His expertise is in transplants, and he is excited to perform the first head transplant. Keeping Compton's head alive in his lab, Cortner plans the groundbreaking yet unorthodox surgery. First, however, he needs a body. Wikipedia ↗
