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Il cervello che non voleva morire

Titolo originale: The Brain That Wouldn't Die
  • 1962
  • Approved
  • 1h 22min
VALUTAZIONE IMDb
4,6/10
7946
LA TUA VALUTAZIONE
Jason Evers and Virginia Leith in Il cervello che non voleva morire (1962)
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.
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Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaA 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.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.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.

  • Regia
    • Joseph Green
  • Sceneggiatura
    • Doris Brent
    • Joseph Green
    • Rex Carlton
  • Star
    • Jason Evers
    • Virginia Leith
    • Anthony La Penna
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  • VALUTAZIONE IMDb
    4,6/10
    7946
    LA TUA VALUTAZIONE
    • Regia
      • Joseph Green
    • Sceneggiatura
      • Doris Brent
      • Joseph Green
      • Rex Carlton
    • Star
      • Jason Evers
      • Virginia Leith
      • Anthony La Penna
    • 207Recensioni degli utenti
    • 75Recensioni della critica
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    The Brain That Wouldn't Die: I Can Make Her Complete Again
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    The Brain That Wouldn't Die: I Can Make Her Complete Again
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    The Brain That Wouldn't Die: I Can Make Her Complete Again

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    Interpreti principali16

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    Jason Evers
    Jason Evers
    • Dr. Bill Cortner
    • (as Herb Evers)
    Virginia Leith
    Virginia Leith
    • Jan Compton
    Anthony La Penna
    • Kurt
    • (as Leslie Daniel)
    Adele Lamont
    • Doris Powell
    Bonnie Sharie
    • Blonde Stripper
    Paula Morris
    • Brunet Stripper
    Marilyn Hanold
    Marilyn Hanold
    • Peggy Howard
    • (as Marlyn Hanold)
    Bruce Brighton
    • Dr. Cortner
    Arny Freeman
    Arny Freeman
    • Photographer
    Fred Martin
    • Medical Assistant
    Lola Mason
    • Donna Williams
    Doris Brent
    • Nurse
    Bruce Kerr
    Bruce Kerr
    • Beauty Contest M.C.
    Audrey Devereau
    • Jeannie Reynolds
    Eddie Carmel
    • Monster
    Sammy Petrillo
    Sammy Petrillo
    • Art
    • (non citato nei titoli originali)
    • Regia
      • Joseph Green
    • Sceneggiatura
      • Doris Brent
      • Joseph Green
      • Rex Carlton
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    Recensioni degli utenti207

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    6roger-212

    Works for sheer audacity, shameless conviction of its aims.

    For what this is (a rather over-heated horror sci-fi stew), it works for its sheer audacity and shameless full-bore conviction of its aims. Mad scientist movies end up resorting to long shots of people in white lab coats talking in sterile sets. But this one has a woman's head in the tray, fighting with the doctor, yelling at the monster in the closet, and engaging the assistant in metaphysical questions usually not heard in such low-budget potboilers.

    Nice dynamic that it's his fiancé that he wants to save...but she has become so bitter since becoming a disembodied head in a tray of water. I remember watching this for the first time on TV in the early 70s and being amazed they used to make movies like this.

    Better than average camera work, also, trying to get a sense of vertigo and movement throughout. This film with its hell-bent-for-leather pace is a fever-dream that works because it doesn't let go, or tip you to the fact that the makers thought it was ridiculous as it certainly is.

    Be sure to get the restored version with the monster in the closet finally grabbing the doctor's arm and making a bloody mess at the end. A great cathartic bloody end to this near Shakespearean morality play about how man should not meddle in god's business.
    fuv

    ...a guilty pleasure.

    Come on you guys. Lighten up. This film doesn't belong on the Bottom 100 List. Where's your sense of humor? Try to experience it in the spirit in which it was made. Take it with a grain of salt. It's a very funny movie. Unintentionally maybe, but still pretty hilarious. I run it sometimes when I need a really good laugh.
    horrorfilmx

    Seriously twisted

    This movie reminds of of an old black and white horror comic --- not the good ones, like TALES FROM THE CRYPT or CREEPY, but their sleazier offshoots like NIGHTMARE. And while the film is pretty bad by normal standards, it ranks high on the whacked-out-imagination meter, and maybe even higher on the anything-to-creep-you-out chart. I mean, anyone can make a movie where a guy's arm is torn off but it takes a special brand of sicko to make him a cripple with only one good arm and then tear THAT ONE off --- AND have him stagger around the room smearing the walls with blood from his stump. Ouch. The disembodied head is also pretty creepy when you actually think about it, thanks in large part to a quite good performance by Virginia Leith. And that mutant in the closet is a seriously ugly dude.

    Oh, and one other thing: Meow.
    6lee_eisenberg

    Was the monster that guy in the Diane Arbus photo?

    We might call "The Brain That Wouldn't Die" a B-movie, but it actually wasn't too bad. Granted, the concept was pretty outlandish, but the movie is worth seeing (if only for sci-fi fetishists). The plot of course has Dr. Bill Cortner (Herb Evers) keeping lover Jan Compton's (Virginia Leith) decapitated head alive. The head befriends a monster (Eddie Carmel) in the closet.

    Sound far-fetched? It is, but the movie's pretty cool. And I remember that Diane Arbus titled one of her photos "Jewish Giant Visiting His Parents in Brooklyn", and I think that it was Eddie Carmel in that photo. The things that we see in life...
    6claudio_carvalho

    Underrated

    The unethical surgeon Dr. Bill Cortner (Herb Evers) is developing a technique of transplantation of organs and members using a serum against rejection. When he has a car accident with his girlfriend Jan Compton (Virginia Leith), he saves her head only, and tries to find a woman with a beautiful body to transplant Jan's head against her will.

    I found the low budget movie "The Brain That Wouldn't Die" very underrated in IMDb. The story is not so bad, and certainly inspired "Frankenhooker" and "The Man with Two Brains". The acting and the direction are very reasonable, and there are some mistakes of edition (for example, when Dr. Bill Cortner is having a conversation in the car with his friend on the sidewalk), but these errors just contribute to make the movie funnier. The make-up of the creature is great. My vote is six.

    Title (Brazil): "O Cérebro Que Não Queria Morrer" ("The Brain That Did not Want to Die")

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    • Quiz
      Reportedly, Virginia Leith hated the film so much she refused to return for post-production. At least a few of her lines were dubbed by Doris Brent, who played a nurse.
    • Blooper
      Even were it possible to keep a severed head alive by ensuring enough oxygenated blood is circulated through the brain (as it appears to be, here), it would still be impossible for Jan to speak without lungs or vocal cords.
    • Citazioni

      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!

      Brunet Stripper: I'll mash you on the butt!

      Blonde Stripper: Try!

      Brunet Stripper: Oh, I'll try!

      [camera cuts to shot of a tapestry with cats on it and a voice says "Meow!"]

    • Curiosità sui crediti
      At the beginning, the title is given as "The Brain That Wouldn't Die." The end title card lists the title as "The Head That Wouldn't Die."
    • Versioni alternative
      Also released in shorter version that removes most of the violent footage.
    • Connessioni
      Edited into Elvira's Horror Classics (2004)
    • Colonne sonore
      The Web
      Composed by Tony Restaino

      Performed by Abe Baker

      By Permission of Laurel Records

      [Theme Music]

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    Dettagli

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    • Data di uscita
      • 10 agosto 1962 (Stati Uniti)
    • Paese di origine
      • Stati Uniti
    • Sito ufficiale
      • Watch on Pave TV
    • Lingua
      • Inglese
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      • The Brain That Wouldn't Die
    • Luoghi delle riprese
      • Tarrytown, New York, Stati Uniti(Lyndhurst Mansion)
    • Azienda produttrice
      • Rex Carlton Productions
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    • Budget
      • 62.000 USD (previsto)
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    Specifiche tecniche

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    • Tempo di esecuzione
      • 1h 22min(82 min)
    • Colore
      • Black and White
    • Mix di suoni
      • Mono
    • Proporzioni
      • 1.66 : 1

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