Post by Zone Fighter on Oct 29, 2005 5:52:43 GMT -8
The Head (1959)
Horst Frank - Dr. Brandt, alias Dr. Ood
Karin Kernke - Irene Sanders
Helmut Schmid - Bert Jaeger
Paul Dahlke - Police Commissioner Sturm
Dieter Eppler - Paul Lerner
Kurt Müller-Graf - Dr. Walter Burke
Christiane Maybach - Stella, alias Lilly
Michel Simon - Professor Dr. Abel
Dr. Abel invents a serum that keeps tissue alive after the main body dies. When he suddenly dies of a heart attack, his mad assistant Dr. Odd cuts off his head and using the serum, keepts it alive. He forces Abel to aid him in giving Irene Sanders, a hunchbacked nurse, a new body.
Dr. Ood really is mad. Another scientist experimented on his brain. The experiments made him a scientific genius but they also destroyed his sanity. He's an actual lunatic, the full moon renders him completly irrational.
This German film (dubbed in English) isn't a bad B movie, though the ending could be better. Banned in Finland.
The Head is on a DVD titled Weird Science Theater, along with The Brain that Wouldn't Die (1962) and The Manster (1962, Japan).
