Review of The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962) by Michael H — 23 Oct 2015

The acting by the cast of mostly television bit players was atrocious, the directing is awkward, the dialogue is the pits and that scene of the car wreck might be the worst shot car accident ever. But it's probably entertaining for those who get their jollies from bad films that relish in gore and sleaze. Though others might find it risible and in bad taste, it's hard to completely dislike a film that is so perversely entertaining and has no redeeming social values but is funny in all the wrong ways.

This film never comes close to the king of the arty gore films: Georges Franjuâ??s 1959 Eyes without a Face, but it compares favorably with same-themed exploitation flicks like They Saved Hitler's Brain (1964). The film has become a source of parody on television's Mystery Science Theater 3000 (it ran from 1988 to 1999).