Monstrosity (1963)

A rich but unscrupulous old woman plots with a scientist to have her brain implanted in the skull of a sexy young woman.

Director:

Joseph V. Mascelli

Writers:

Dean Dillman Jr., Sue Dwiggins,

Stars:

Marjorie Eaton, Frank Gerstle, Frank Fowler

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Marjorie Eaton	...	Hetty March
Frank Gerstle	...	Dr. Otto Frank
Frank Fowler	...	Victor
Erika Peters	...	Nina Rhodes
Judy Bamber	...	Beatrice 'Bea' Mullins
Lisa Lang	...	Anita Gonzalez
Xerxes	...	Himself - The Cat

Storyline

Somehow, atomic power is harnessed to transplant brains. An old woman uses this power to hire two sexy (and one homely) foreign housekeepers with the idea of transplanting her old brain into a sexy woman's.

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Plot Keywords:

brain | old woman | cat | eye | experiment | 

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Taglines:

WANTED: Youth and Beauty. Will Pay Millions. Only Beautiful and Shapely Girls Need Apply. No References Required. Appointments After Dark Only.

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Genres:

Horror | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

September 1963 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Atomic Brain

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$40,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cinema Venture

Technical Specs

Runtime:

64 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Shot in 1958, not released until 1964.

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Quotes

Narrator: Three new bodies. Fresh, live, young bodies. No families or friends within thousands of miles, no one to ask embarrassing questions when they disappear. Victor wondered which one Mrs. March would pick. The little Mexican, the girl from Vienna, or the buxom blonde? Victor knew his pick, but he still felt uneasy, making love to an 80 year old woman in the body of a 20 year old girl; it's insanity!

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Connections

Featured in Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Atomic Brain (1993)

User Reviews

Who thinks these things up?!?

Really strange and very bad movie. The tip off is that any horror movie than needs a narrator throughout is always bad - no exception here. Another early tip off on this movie is when "Dr Frank" (can't they be more original?) is grave robbing, his assistant kills a watchman. Rather than using the fresh corpse, Dr Franks goes after the entombed body of the young woman. The only good performance was by the black cat. The only reason I gave this flick a 2 rating rather than a 1 is because of its surreal quality at times.