The Brain (1962)
- Directed by
- Freddie Francis
- Genre
- horror film, science fiction film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 5.8 of 10 from 16 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 keeps the brain of a dead millionaire alive in a lab. The brain uses hypnotic powers to force the doctor to find its killer.
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What happens
The Brain, also known as Vengeance and Ein Toter sucht seinen Mörder, is a 1962 UK-West German co-production science fiction thriller film directed by Freddie Francis and starring Anne Heywood and Peter van Eyck. It was written by Robert Banks Stewart and Philip Mackie adapted from the 1942 Curt Siodmak novel Donovan's Brain. In this film, differing from earlier adaptations, the dead man Max Holt seeks his murderer through hypnotic contact with the doctor Peter Corrie keeping his brain alive. It was one in a series of films produced Raymond Stross starring his wife Heywood. Freddie Francis later called it "a film I should have left early on." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Mind Benders (1963)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.