John Landis on THE BRAIN THAT WOULDN'T DIE

Filmmaker John Landis examines THE BRAIN THAT WOULDN'T DIE

Shot near Tarrytown, New York as "The Head That Wouldn't Die", this sleazy little gem sat unreleased for two years until AIP picked it up in 1962. Their numerous censor cuts for reasons of "good taste" (as if!) have been since restored and the whole sordid farrago is now available pretty much everywhere in its full, fuzzy public domain gory, er, glory.

Find out more about THE BRAIN THAT WOULDN'T DIE at the IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052646/

And, as always, more invincible parts of the human body can be found at http://trailersfromhell.com/

ABOUT JOHN LANDIS:

JOHN LANDIS was the director of Animal House, The Blues Brothers, An American Werewolf In London, Trading Places, Coming To America, Kentucky Fried Movie, Spies Like Us, _Three Amigos!, Into The Night and Michael Jackson's Thriller among many other films and television shows.

His documentary Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project premiered on HBO and won an Emmy for Best Music, Comedy or Variety Special and he's slated to direct Burke and Hare for Ealing Studios this spring in Edinburgh and London. He is also the subject of noted film critic Giulia D'Agnolo Vallan's latest book "John Landis".

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[only257]

fun movie i have this on dvd

[thetan63]

"I'm not Mick Garris and this is Trailers from Hell... This was produced by a guy with the wonderful name of Rex Carlton, who mostly did porno..."

LMAO Shut up, Landis.

[TheAltair4]

@Johnlindsey289 Yeah, i saw the MST3K version and thought it was hilarious. This may have been an influence on Re-Animator. It has the same type of tongue in cheek quality to it.

[Johnlindsey289]

@TheAltair4

Have you seen it on MST3K? i did when i was 12 and taped it. Do you think this movie was an influence on Re-Animator?

[TheAltair4]

A fun, campy little horror flick. My father showed me this when i was 7 years old and i've loved it ever since.

[mrpig408]

A little creepy to hear John Landis making jokes about someone getting their head cut off since he was charged with the death of Vic Morrow who was decapitated by a helicopter blade in the section of Twilight Zone-The Movie that was directed by Landis. Still gotta love The Brain That Wouldn't Die tho.

[scotpens]

What John Landis didn't mention is that the guy who gets his arm torn off already had one useless, crippled arm -- and the monster ripped off his GOOD arm!

Steve Martin parodied the scenes of the doctor cruising strippers and hookers for a perfect female body in "The Man With Two Brains."