Brain of Blood

Brain of Blood (also known as The Creature's Revenge, The Oozing Skull, and The Undying Brain) is a 1971 American horror film directed by Al Adamson and starring Grant Williams, Kent Taylor and Reed Hadley. The film was shot in one take, and is the only one of Kane W. Lynn's Hemisphere Productions films to be shot in the United States instead of the Philippines. It was also Hadley's last film appearance before his death in 1972.

Brain of Blood
Publicity poster for Brain of Blood
Directed byAl Adamson
Produced bySamuel M. Sherman
Al Adamson
Kane W. Lynn
Written byJoe Van Rodgers (screenplay)
Kane W. Lynn
Samuel M. Sherman
StarringGrant Williams
Kent Taylor
John Bloom
Regina Carrol
Vicki Volante
Angelo Rossitto
Reed Hadley
CinematographyLouis Horvath
Edited byJ.P. Spohn
Production
company
Independent International Pictures
Phil-Am Enterprises Ltd.
Distributed byHemisphere Pictures
Release date
  • 1971 (1971)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

Amir, the benevolent ruler of Kalid, is dying, but there is the hope of transplanting his brain into another body. Freshly deceased, he is flown to the United States where Dr. Trenton, having unwisely put off acquiring another body until the last minute, transplants Amir's brain into the body of the disfigured simpleton assistant who failed in said chore. Dr. Trenton has a few nefarious plot twists of his own in mind, and then there's the thing with the dwarf and the woman chained in the basement.

Cast
  • Grant Williams as Bob Negserian
  • Kent Taylor as Dr. Lloyd Trenton
  • John Bloom as Gor
  • Regina Carrol as Tracey Wilson
  • Vicki Volante as Katherine
  • Angelo Rossitto as Dorro
  • Reed Hadley as Amir
  • Zandor Vorkov as Mohammed
  • Richard Smedley as Angel
  • Gus Peters as Charlie
  • Margo Hope as Pale Girl
  • Bruce Kimball as Jim
  • Irv Saunders (billed as Ervin Saunders) as Victim
  • Alex Elliot (uncredited) as Burglar
  • Sean Graver (uncredited) as Young Boy

Production

Brain of Blood was produced by Samuel M. Sherman, Al Adamson and Kane W. Lynn.[1] It was written by Joe Van Rodgers (screenplay)[2] along with Lynn and Sherman. It was filmed by cinematographer Louis Horvath and edited by J.P. Spohn.

Cinematic Titanic

In 2007, Joel Hodgson created a new comedy riffing project called Cinematic Titanic. Along with other former cast members of Hodgson's former series, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Hodgson riffed Brain of Blood (under the later DVD title The Oozing Skull) as their first film for the new project.[3]

See also

References
  1. Ray, Fred Olen (1991). "The New Poverty Row". McFarland and Co. Inc. ISBN 0-89950-628-3. Page 84
  2. Ray, Fred Olen (1991). "The New Poverty Row". McFarland and Co. Inc. ISBN 0-89950-628-3. Page 84
  3. "Cinematic Titanic Show Roster: The Oozing Skull". Archived from the original on 2010-10-26. Retrieved 2010-07-01.


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