''Brain of Blood'' (also known as ''The Creature's Revenge'', ''The Oozing Skull'', and ''The Undying Brain'') is a 1971 American horror film directed by

Al Adamson Albert Victor Adamson Jr. (July 25, 1929 – June 21, 1995) was an American filmmaker and actor known as a prolific director of B-grade horror and exploitation films throughout the 1960s and 1970s. The son of silent film stars Victor Adamson a ...

and starring Grant Williams,

Kent Taylor Kent Taylor (born Louis William Weiss; May 11, 1907 – April 11, 1987) was an American actor of film and television. Taylor appeared in more than 110 films, the bulk of them B-movies in the 1930s and 1940s, although he also had roles in more pr ...

and

Reed Hadley Reed Hadley (born Reed Herring, June 25, 1911 – December 11, 1974) was an American film, television and radio actor. Early life Hadley was born in Petrolia, Texas, to Bert Herring, an oil well driller, and his wife Minnie. Hadley had one ...

. Angelo Rossitto and John Bloom also appeared in it. It was also Hadley's last film appearance before his death in 1974.

Plot

Amir, the benevolent ruler of Kalid, is dying, but there is the hope of transplanting his brain into another body. Freshly deceased, he is flown to the United States where Dr. Trenton, having unwisely put off acquiring another body until the last minute, transplants Amir's brain into the body of the disfigured simpleton assistant who failed in said chore. Dr. Trenton has a few nefarious plot twists of his own in mind, and then there's the thing with the dwarf and the woman chained in the basement.

Cast

* Grant Williams as Bob Negserian *

as Dr. Lloyd Trenton * John Bloom as Gor * Regina Carrol as Tracey Wilson *Vicki Volante as Katherine *

Angelo Rossitto Angelo Salvatore Rossitto (February 18, 1908 – September 21, 1991) was an American actor and voice artist. He had dwarfism and was 2'11" (89 cm) tall, and was often billed as Little Angie or Moe. Angelo first appeared in silent films opp ...

as Dorro *

as Amir *Zandor Vorkov as Mohammed *Richard Smedley as Angel *Gus Peters as Charlie *Margo Hope as Pale Girl *Bruce Kimball as Jim *Irv Saunders (billed as Ervin Saunders) as Victim

Production

''Brain of Blood'' was produced by Samuel M. Sherman, Al Adamson and Kane W. Lynn. It was written by Joe Van Rodgers (screenplay)Ray, Fred Olen (1991). "The New Poverty Row". McFarland and Co. Inc. . Page 84 along with Lynn and Sherman. It was filmed by cinematographer Louis Horvath and edited by J.P. Spohn.

Cinematic Titanic

In 2007,

Joel Hodgson Joel Hodgson (born February 20, 1960) is an American writer, comedian and television actor. He is best known for creating ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'' (''MST3K'') and starring in it as the character Joel Robinson. In 2007, ''MST3K'' was liste ...

created a new comedy riffing project called ''

Cinematic Titanic Cinematic Titanic was a project by ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'' (''MST3K'') creator and original host, Joel Hodgson. The project involved "riffing" B-movies, in a manner similar to that of ''MST3K''. Joining Hodgson were some of the original '' ...

''. Along with other former cast members of Hodgson's former series ''

Mystery Science Theater 3000 ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'' (abbreviated as ''MST3K'') is an American science fiction comedy film review television series created by Joel Hodgson. The show premiered on KTMA-TV (now WUCW) in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on November 24, 1988. ...

'', Hodgson riffed ''Brain of Blood'' (under the later DVD title ''The Oozing Skull'') as their first film for the new project.

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