Flyerplesys Perfectly adorable

Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.

Lollivan It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Stephanie There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

bnwfilmbuff This is "The Brain That Wouldn't Die" meets "House of Frankenstein". Mad doctor Frank seeks out sane doctor Simon, who has discovered a serum that keeps disembodied organs alive. Sane doctor Simon has a bad ticker that is ready to go, an attractive but crippled nurse Kernke, and we all know where this is going. Frank has no apparent motivation for his behavior other than he can do head transplants or keep disembodied heads alive and he's crazy. Desperate attempts were made to give this flick some atmosphere like eerie music and misty night shots but nothing works. Frank is good as the mad doctor and Kernke is attractive but the story is a bore. This was challenging to stay awake through the entire movie.

drystyx One can easily tell the plot from the title. A head living without a body, or on another body.In this movie, it is both.This is a "mad scientist" film.The reason this works is because science fiction is "science fiction", so we don't worry about the "unrealistic" premise of a head being attached to a different person's body.That's because it is just "one premise." Only one item to suspend belief over.And good science fiction, in fact, any good Fiction, is "credible characters in incredible circumstances".Here, the "circumstance" is really the one "mad scientist". The "head" is just a "symptom" of the "disease".The difference between the "poor" and "superior" mad scientist movies is the other characters. The poor movie will have the mad scientist simply being a god that no one but a hero and heroine can stand up to.This film is a "superior" mad scientist film, because there are many characters who react to the lunatic in their own way. The film is a great blend of the suspense and horror along with the characters who eventually come to realize the man with them is insane.

Scarecrow-88 Eerie little thriller regarding the deranged antics of a mad scientist who keeps a renowned professor's brain alive even after having to decapitate his head once the weak heart stopped beating. His plans include removing the head of a hunchbacked woman(..a crippled spine, but beautiful face), reapplying it to the luscious body of a stripper. Horst Frank is the cold-blooded scientist, Dr. Ood, who perfects the serum of Professor Abel(Michel Simon)and uses it to keep his head alive while disposing of colleague Dr. Burke(Kurt Müller-Graf)who threatened to stop him. Ood's a brilliant plastic surgeon having performed on the face of Lily(Christiane Maybach)who poisoned her husband and needed an escape. Lily's sexy figure is perfect for a crippled patient, Irene(Karin Kernke), who has been waiting for delicate surgery on her spine for some time, and Ood is only happy to oblige. Ood was once a guinea pig himself, his brain experimented on, his intelligence increased along with an accompanied madness that is starting to cause him to become more dangerous to anyone that threatens his happiness with Irene. Meanwhile, a paralyzed and mortified(..and tired)Professor Abel attempts to talk some sense into Ood, discovering that he's beyond reason. Dieter Eppler is a sculptor, Paul Lerner, who becomes involved with Irene as she attempts to leave Ood(..Lily was a model for Paul and a birthmark exposes Ood's crime to Irene's dismay). Helmut Schmid, as Bert, is a loyal assistant to Abel(..and eventually, albeit reluctantly, with Ood)who becomes an adversary of Ood's when he uncovers his secrets involving the professor's unfortunate situation.As other user comments have elaborated, and rightfully so, it's hard not to think of THE BRAIN THAT WOULDN'T DIE when watching THE HEAD because both films deal with a victim's severed head left alive, their demands for death gone unanswered as the ones responsible have other disturbing plans in store...and both share the link of an attractive model being chosen to as a host body for the titular head. What separates the films is mood and tone. Director(..and writer)Victor Trivas is able to create an unsettling atmosphere that is ever present and Frank's reserved approach(..until the end where Ood is finally overwhelmed by his insanity) to his obviously cuckoo scientist add a quality woefully missing in THE BRAIN THAT WOULDN'T DIE. Plus, THE HEAD is more focused and far less corny, clearly exploring implications from a series of devious, coordinated procedures by Ood whose sole purpose, it seems, is benefiting his own twisted agenda, obtaining the prize that is Irene, his creation. Kernke, once operated on, has quite an alluring sex appeal(..her figure finally revealed after wearing a robe covering her body, bent and hunched as she walked) which calls to our attention just why Ood desires her to the point of violent obsession. The visual effect of Abel's head, absent a body, is impressive considering when the film was made..I mean, you have an idea of how it was pulled off, but still, I've seen far worse effects in the past(..even regarding the use of CGI). Effective score also adds much to the macabre behavior of the film's protagonist. A bonafide sleeper I think is worth a look.

wes-connors "In this macabre tale of science gone wrong, a scientist is successful in creating a serum capable of keeping a dog's head alive after the body dies. Before the scientist can take advantage of his new discovery, he suffers a fatal heart attack. His assistant uses the formula to keep the scientist's severed head alive in an attempt to transplant the head of (a) beautiful, but hunch-backed, nurse to the body of an exotic dancer," according to the DVD sleeve's synopsis. Victor Trivas' "The Head" is a lurid decapitation import. The dog operation is referred to, but not shown. The film is better done, but not as much fun as "The Brain That Wouldn't Die".*** Die nackte und der Satan (1959) Victor Trivas ~ Horst Frank, Karin Kernke, Michel Simon