The Brain That Wouldn't Die poster

The Brain That Wouldn't Die

1962 ·1h 22m · ★ 4.7 (136)

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.

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Horror DNA

Gore
Bloodless Splatterfest
43
Slow Burn
Shock-driven Slow burn
17
Psychological
Straightforward Mind-bending
43
Supernatural
Grounded Otherworldly
0
Creature
Human threats Monster-driven
18
Disturbing
Tame Deeply unsettling
50
Fun Factor
Deadly serious Blast to watch
50
Cerebral
Popcorn horror Thinking horror
0
Survival
No survival element Fight for your life
33
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Setting

Laboratory

Content Warnings

Taboo ContentBody HorrorDehumanizationMedical Gore
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TMDB Keywords

car accidentcar crashdecapitationdisembodied headexperimentfiancémad doctormutantsevered headstrip clubstrippersurgeonsurgerytransplanttransplantation

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