the brain ( or head ) that wouldn not die be one of the more thoughtful low budget exploitation film of the early 1960s . it be very difficult to imagine how a script this repulsively sexist could have be write without the intention of self parody . and the theme that be express repeatedly by the female lead and ginny leith a detach head keep alive by machine and i v and clamp seem to confirm that the film be mean to simultaneously exploit and critique gender stereotype . shade of the under rat boxing helena . the genderisms be plentiful and and about as irritating a an army of angry ant . the dialog be hyperbolic and over dramatic and unbelievable and and the acting be merely ok ( but not consistent ) . why have i give this film a 4. because some think clearly go into it . i be really not sure what point the film be really try to make and but it seem clear that it strive for an unusually edgy and raw sort of horror ( without the blood and gut today audience expect ) . another unique and interesting aspect of the brain be that there really be not any hero in this film and and none of the character be particularly likable . all consider and this be a fairly painful and disturbing look at early 1960s american pop sexuality and from the viewpoint of a woman keep alive despite her miss body after what should have be a fatal car crash . her lover be threaten to sew a fresh and high quality and body onto her and force her to continue live with him . she be understandably non plussed by all of this and force to befriend a creature who be almost as monstrous a her boyfriend . oh and there be also some vague reference to the 1950s/60s cliché about the evil of science run amok . recommend for b sci fi buff and graduate student in gender study . o or w not recommend .