Donovan's Brain (1953)
- Directed by
- Felix E. Feist
- Genre
- horror film, science fiction film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Rating
- 6.2 of 10 from 41 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A doctor secretly keeps a millionaire's brain alive after a crash. The brain begins to take control of the people around it.
suspensefuleerieslow-burncerebralunsettlingclaustrophobicdatedpsychological
What happens
Donovan's Brain is an independently made 1953 American black-and-white science fiction horror film, produced by Tom Gries for Allan Dowling Productions, directed by Felix Feist, that stars Lew Ayres, Gene Evans, Nancy Davis and Steve Brodie. The film was distributed by United Artists and is based on the 1942 horror novel Donovan's Brain by Curt Siodmak. The story involves an attempt to keep alive the brain of millionaire megalomaniac W.H. Donovan after an otherwise fatal plane crash. The brain develops strange powers and begins to possess people. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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