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The Head

1959·Science Fiction·1h 31m
7.1
A scientist invents a serum that keeps a dog's head alive after its body dies. When the scientist dies of a heart attack, his crazed assistant cuts off his head and, using the serum, keeps the doctor's head alive and forces it to help him on an experiment to give his hunchbacked nurse assistant a new body.
Directed by Victor Trivas
suicide
stripper
mad scientist
decapitation
mad doctor
severed head
scientist
hunchback
disfigurement
multiple murder
decapitated head

Cast

Horst Frank
Horst Frank
Dr. Brandt
Karin Kernke
Karin Kernke
Irene Sander
Michel Simon
Michel Simon
Prof. Dr. Abel
Helmut Schmid
Helmut Schmid
Bert Jaeger
Paul Dahlke
Paul Dahlke
Inspector Sturm
Dieter Eppler
Dieter Eppler
Paul Lerner
Kurt Müller-Graf
Kurt Müller-Graf
Walter Burke
Christiane Maybach
Christiane Maybach
Stella
Barbara Valentin
Barbara Valentin
Dancer
Johannes Buzalski
Johannes Buzalski
Beggar

Crew

Willy Mattes
Willy Mattes
Original Music Composer

Popular Reviews

2 reviews
Bearman08
The Head
Big Reanimater vibes from this. Some real gruesome stuff with the disembodied head just wanting nothing more than to die. Fun all around mad scientist flick.
Big Reanimater vibes from this. Some real gruesome stuff with the disembodied head just wanting nothing more than to die. Fun all around mad scientist flick.
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Mykola Wash
Mykola Wash
The Head
i really just want to know how that damn head was talking so much without a pair of lungs???

anyways, this movie was alright. I liked the artistic approach to the film, the use of shadows is very well-done and I appreciated its added suspense and 'spookiness'. I enjoyed the overall plot, at times the plot got dysfunctional due to several things happening throughout the film, but it wasn't bad.

the special effects aren't good, but they serve their purpose. to an extent, they work and make sense in the films perspective. some decent horror - which is mainly conducted by the 'mad scientist' and little by the actual head, which is disappointing.

checked and this is basically the original 'severed head' film, so it is original and special in that aspect!! respect the creativity.

SPOOKTOBER '24: Film #35

The Head: 2.5/5
i really just want to know how that damn head was talking so much without a pair of lungs???

anyways, this movie was alright. I liked the artistic approach to the film, the use of shadows is very well-done and I appreciated its added suspense and 'spookiness'. I enjoyed the overall plot, at times the plot got dysfunctional due to several things happening throughout the film, but it wasn't bad.

the special effects aren't good, but they serve their purpose. to an extent, they work and make sense in the films perspective. some decent horror - which is mainly conducted by the 'mad scientist' and little by the actual head, which is disappointing.

checked and this is basically the original 'severed head' film, so it is original and special in that aspect!! respect the creativity.

SPOOKTOBER '24: Film #35

The Head: 2.5/5
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