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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.

Why it matters

Horror DNA

Gore
43
Slow Burn
17
Psychological
43
Supernatural
0
Creature
18
Disturbing
50
Fun Factor
50
Cerebral
0
Survival
33

Setting

Laboratory

Content Warnings

Taboo ContentBody HorrorDehumanizationMedical Gore

Phobia triggers

TMDB Keywords

car accidentcar crashdecapitationdisembodied headexperimentfiancémad doctormutantsevered headstrip clubstrippersurgeonsurgerytransplanttransplantation

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