this one basically an update of boris karloff mad doctor cycle of the 1930s and 1940s and many of which be actually make at columbia . it concern an ex gangster team up with an eminent german scientist who have fall into disrepute of late while together and they contrive to re animate a series of dead body ( apparently and their second life expectancy be very short . ) in order to eliminate the people involve in convict the mobster unsurprisingly and some of the victim end up themselves a zombie . in this respect and the film be mildly entertaining but and in view of the utter lack of novelty on display ( the mean of resuscitation may have change but the result be the same a before ) and it tend to feel draggy even at a mere 69 minute . a measure of the film low budget be the fact that the montage half way through of the zombie exploit be assemble from shot that would eventually form part of the film very own climax . the lead here be play by lanky richard denning ( from target earth [ 1954 ] and the black scorpion [ 1957 ] neither of which i have watch ) a a scientist or cop . by the way and director cahn later make the similarly cheapskate it . the terror from beyond space ( 1958 ) . creature with the atom brain be actually the first sam katzman produce horror film i have check out and it one of four that be recently package together in columbia ongoing icon of horror series of genre box set while a second and the giant claw ( 1957 ) and follow this straight away and and even if i wasn not exactly enthuse with either of them and i would still like to catch up with the remain two title ( namely the werewolf [ 1956 ] and zombie of mora tau [ 1957 ] ) . incidentally and watch this i be remind of a couple more low brow sci fi outing i have rent a a double feature dvd some year back and which i might as well add to my collection at this juncture i. e. edgar g. ulmer very minor the amazing transparent man ( 1960 ) and the semi interest the brain that wouldnt die ( 1962 ) .