The Brain that Wouldn’t Die is a cult classic sci-fi horror film. Few films are revered for their hilarious exploitation and cheap effects, but The Brain that Wouldn’t Die is well worth it. A mad scientist’s wife is decapitated in a car wreck, but he decides he can’t live without her and keeps her head alive in his lab. He proceeds on a search of seedy locales for a suitable body replacement, and this fills the film with the desired scantily clad sexy ladies. Between the titillation and amazingly campy effects, Virginia Leith steals the show with a performance that features her almost exclusively from the neck up, just a head on a tray. The ludicrous fun continues as she develops psychic powers, and plots with a hideous creature in the lab to get revenge on the evil scientist. Never pausing for a moment to let up on the absurd hilarity, The Brain that Wouldn’t Die was a staple of sixties matinee viewing. Today, its entertainment value has only increased with age.
