Dr. Bill Cortner and his fiancée, Jan Compton, are driving to his lab when they get into a horrible car accident. Compton is decapitated. But Cortner is not fazed by this seemingly insurmountable hurdle. His expertise is in transplants, and he is excited to perform the first head transplant. Keeping Compton's head alive in his lab, Cortner plans the groundbreaking yet unorthodox surgery. First, however, he needs a body.

• DirectorJoseph Green
• Release25 February 1962
• Genre
  Horror / Science Fiction
• Duration1h 22m
• Budget$62,000
• Revenue?
• Rate
  

  4.689
  135 reviews
• Productions

  Rex Carlton Productions, American International Pictures