The Brain That Wouldn't Die
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.
Plot
Dr. Bill Cortner saves a patient who had been pronounced dead, but the senior surgeon, Bill's father, condemns his son's unorthodox methods and theories of transplanting.
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director | Joseph Green |
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editor | Leonard Anderson Marc Anderson |
events | mad scientist |
genre | horror science fiction |
keywords | burlesque car accident country house deform drive follow locked in old girlfriend organ transplantation plastic surgery scarred face severed head telepathically telepathy transplant |
musicBy | Abe Baker Tony Restaino |
productionCompany | Rex Carlton Productions |
publisher | American International Pictures |
theme | exploitation independent mad scientist monster movie science fiction horror |