Review of The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962) by John M — 04 Dec 2007

This movie stands out in the realm of 'bad sci-fi' because conceptually, it's pretty damn twisted. It takes the notion of the legendary Frankenstein type and places him squarely in a modern context, fitted out with his own secret lab in the basement, a disfigured assistant, even a monster locked in the closet.

And he's a practicing surgeon by day! That in itself frames the weirdness. Then there's the fetishy moments in the middle when he goes hunting for a new body for his girlfriend's severed head.

Nice! It's bad, but low-budget enough to get you thinking about 'what if this were real?' just tips it off the scale of normal. A classic of the 'mad scientist' genre, my favorite kind.