The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962)

After his fiancee (Virginia Leith, Kubrick's FEAR AND DESIRE) is decapitated in an auto accident due to his reckless driving, a research surgeon (Jason Evers) keeps her head alive and has 72 hours to find a new body to attach to her head. Every bit as silly as it sounds. This distasteful and sordid sci-fi/horror flick is so ludicrous that one can't take offense at its bad taste. Made in 1959 but not released until three years later, the film has a cult following among the bad movie/camp crowd but I just found it dumb. What's really sad is seeing the lovely Virginia Leith, who had leading roles in some good films like VIOLENT SATURDAY and A KISS BEFORE DYING reduced to playing a talking decapitated head! To her credit, she manages to give a semblance of a performance unlike the other actors. Directed by Joseph Green. It's screaming to be remade as a comedy but I suppose the Steve Martin comedy THE MAN WITH TWO BRAINS is about as close to a comedy "remake" that's likely.