He rushes her head to his laboratory, where he revives it and manages to keep it alive in a liquidfilled tray. Im calling this the extended version because whether its uncut or not is anybodys guess. Keeping comptons head alive in his lab, cortner plans the groundbreaking yet unorthodox surgery. Donovans brain is an independently made 1953 blackandwhite science fiction horror film, produced by allan dowling and tom gries, directed by felix e. Leith starred in a few films, with her most productive period coming in the 1950s. 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. But cortner is not fazed by this seemingly insurmountable hurdle. Se7en 1995 giving a lecture at boston university in november 2010, renowned title credit designer kyle cooper said that this film was one of the inspirations for his opening credits sequence for se7en aka seven. Essentially its a fairly baroque adventure and i do mean fairly baroque about a scientist who looses his fiancees body literally and then, for the socalled benefit of medical science, tries to make her whole again in a very voyeuristic fashion. His expertise is in transplants, and he is excited to perform the first head transplant. He finds a practical application for the breakthrough when his fiancee is decapitated in a car wreck. When the surgeons expose a human brain, theres no sign that the patient has a skull. Cooper told director david fincher that he had watched brain as a young boy and had waited and waited and waited and waited for the monster to appear. The brain differs from earlier film versions of the curt siodmak novel donovans brain.
Jones there are actually some cool ideas and some ways the philosophy could have been extrapolated on in the scenes between the head and the assistant dude if this movie was not just so fucking boring. With robert ball, frank ray perilli, gloria victor, dolores reed. The brain is a 1962 science fiction thriller film directed by freddie francis, and starring anne heywood and peter van eyck. 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. Excellent dont know why exactly but these type of films from late 40s the 50s and early 60s seem more scary than the modern gorefests, probably thet are more psychological and your own imagination fills in the blanks.
A doctor experimenting with transplant techniques keeps his. Brain pretty much ended the career of costar leith, however, and the actress made a handful of tv appearances before retiring in 1980, after the disaster miniseries condominium. Information from its description page there is shown below. Her debut was also the first film directed by stanley kubrick, a selffinanced art house film, fear and desire 1953. Made in 1959 and released in 1962 by american international pictures on a double bill alongside invasion of the star creatures, it tells the story of a mad scientist whose grotesque experiments on human body parts reaches its zenith when, after a fatal car. The film was distributed by united artists and is based on the 1942 horror novel donovans brain by curt siodmak the story involves an attempt to keep alive the brain of millionaire megalomaniac w. Bill cortner is developing a technique of transplantation of organs and members using a serum against rejection. Mobile homes official trailer 2018 imogen poots, drama movie hd film trailer zone. Following the kubrick film, leith signed a contract with 20th centuryfox and had leading roles in violent saturday 1955, on the threshold of space 1956, toward the unknown 1956 and a kiss before dying 1956. A pair of comical soldiers robert ball and frankie ray investigate a mysterious crater in an atomic detonation area and discover several beautiful alien vixens dolores reed and gloria victor who plan to conquer the world using an army of vegetable monsters. 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.
Id like to give it at least 4 12 stars due to the excellent release. Mystery science theater 3000 25th april 2000 dvd 97 mins 1. 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. The cat girl 1957 the colossus of new york 1958 the cosmic man 1959 the cosmic monsters aka the strange world of planet x 1957 the crawling eye 1958. When he has a car accident with his girlfriend, he saves her head only, and tries to find a woman with a beautiful body to transplant her head against her will.
The narrative is so patently unreal that the question of how a severed head can possibly talk becomes irrelevant. Bill cortner and his fiancee, jan compton, are driving to his lab when they get into a horrible car accident. A scientists girlfriend is decapitated in a car crash. The difference is the brain exists as its own character. Ogg multiplexed audiovideo file, theoravorbis, length 1 h 21 min 57 s, 400. Bill cortner and his fiancee, jan compton, are driving t. The creature walks among us 1956 the cyclops 1957 the day the earth stood still 1951. His rare leaps into theatrical film include pretty boy floyd 1960, house of women 1962, p.
Bill cortner jason evers and his fiancee, jan compton virginia leith, are driving to his lab when they get into a horrible car accident. He is obsessed with performing surgical transplants and continues to experiment with amputated limbs he steals from the local hospital. Virginia leith october 15, 1925 november 4, 2019 was an american film and television actress. Click here to download or listen to the latest episode of shhh as an mp3. When the blonde stripper slaps the brunette slapper, for calling her leftovers, in the closeup of the brunette being slapped, the hand is that of a male. A doctor experimenting with transplant techniques keeps his girlfriends head alive when she is decapitated in a car crash, then goes hunting for a new body. 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. A ukwest german coproduction also released as ein toter sucht seinen morder. Find the monthly tcm movie schedule and programming guide and learn what classic. Brain pretty much ended the career of costar leith, however, and the actress made a handful of tv appearances before retiring in. You have a doctor resurrecting dead bodies, experimenting with the brain and such. The picture is excellent and definitely better than anything that has come before.
Much like the wickedly twisted moral of the story, the 1962 scifi gem is a great example of beauty being only skin deep. Im giving the movie itself 3 stars and the release 5 stars for an average of 4 stars. Deutsch emilian e rumagnol espanol italiano nederlands polski portugues romana. A doctor searches for a body to which he can attach his fiancees decapitated.
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