Movie

The Head

1959 · 91 min

A lurid, slow-burning gothic shocker with mad-science dread and a macabre, talky atmosphere.

Tagline: The Body is Gone... But The Head Lives On!
Overview: 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.
How it feels: Eerie, dark, melancholic and absurd. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Obsession, madness, identity, death
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: obsession
madness
identity
death
betrayal
Places: home
hospital
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild