TMDb Rating
5.0/10
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The Head (1959)
Science FictionHorror
91 min
"The Body is Gone... But The Head Lives On!"
Plot Summary
A scientist invents a serum that keeps a dog's head alive after its body dies. When the scientist dies of a heart attack, his crazed assistant cuts off his head and, using the serum, keeps the doctor's head alive and forces it to help him on an experiment to give his hunchbacked nurse assistant a new body.
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Science FictionHorrorVictor TrivasHorst FrankKarin Kernke1959
Director
Victor Trivas
Top Cast
Horst FrankKarin KernkeMichel SimonHelmut SchmidPaul Dahlke
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