There is something so magical about trashy, B-movie horrors from the era of drive-in theaters.
While Dr. Cortner is fine, Jan is decapitated.
Isaac stars alongside Jacob Elordi in the Guillermo del Toro-helmed sci-fi horror adaptation.
Dark science fiction, broadly speaking, comes in two flavors.
The first is the serious, philosophical dramas that pay homage to titans ofthe genre, likeFrankenstein.
The second is pulled straight from the pages of old pulp novels likeBryan ForbesThe Stepford WivesorBarbarella.
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The vibe for these hunting sequences is sleazy and lurid.
And yet, there is grounded horror that keeps the film eerie even 60 years later.
Cortner is not the hero of this film.
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That’s because there is no hero inThe Brain That Wouldn’t Die.
I could argue that there aren’t any likable characters in the film at all.
Even with all these wannabe villains, Dr. Cortner still takes the cake for the creepiest.
Off the bat,Dr.
Cortners experimentsare deemed morally corrupt by other characters.
Her suffering feels visceral and immediate, making her descent into madness more than a little understandable.
It’s time to start showing more love to B-movie horrors.
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