Tuesday, November 7, 2017

The Head

Actors: Horst Frank, Karin Kernke, Helmut Schmid, Dieter Eppler, Kurt Müller-Graf, Christiane Maybach 
Rating: 2 out of 10, The latest in my journey through 100 bad sci fi films is a late 1950s German horror movie shot in black and white, film noir style. A really creepy doctor, Dr Ood (I’m serious), joins a research crew and in short order severs the lead scientist’s head which he then resurrects on a table to provide needed technical advice. After burying another doctor he decides a local dancer’s body would look better adorned with the head of his hunchbacked nurse. The expected adjustment period follows as events cascade towards a weird, and very German, finale.

MVP: Christiane Maybach as the torso donating Stella  

No comments:

Post a Comment