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The Atomic Brain
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The Atomic Brain (originally released as Monstrosity) is a low-budget 1963 Sci-Fi Horror film directed by Joseph V. Mascelli.Hetty March (Marjorie Eaton) is a rich old lady with plenty of money. With the help of Dr. Otto Frank (Frank Gerstle), a rogue scientist kept on retainer, she intends to have her brain (through the miracle of modern 1963 atomics) transferred into a young body. The body is to be selected from three candidates. Which one will it be? Anita from Mexico, Nina from Austria, or Bea from England? What does her aged companion think of this? Will the scientist be able to gain something from this? And do the three donors suspect what awaits them?The film was nearly lost following its debut, before being introduced to a whole new generation thanks to Mystery Science Theater 3000. In 2015, a Kickstarter campaign was launched to remaster the film in 4K resolution and clean up the film artifacts and scratching. The crowdfunding project was successful.For the Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode see here. | |
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Diabolus ex Machina | |
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Diabolus ex Machina: When Bea (inexplicably) goes back to grab something (presumably her scratched-out eye), a power surge from the atomic chamber fries her. | |
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Mad Scientist | |
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Mad Scientist: Dr. Frank, who rationalizes his experiments as being ultimately for the benefit of mankind. | |
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Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping | |
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Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping: Bea's accent is inconsistent. | |
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Cats Are Mean | |
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Cats Are Mean: When Mrs. March's brain is put in the body of Xerxes the Cat. The cat's own personality wasn't much nicer, if "Anita"'s behavior is anything to go by. | |
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Spanner in the Works | |
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Spanner in the Works: Many things happen to ruin Mrs. March's plan—her original choice, Bea, has her eye gouged out. Mrs. March's companion falls for Nina and plots to murder March so she could take the money (he fails), then Dr. Frank traps March in the cat's body and plans to use her money through Nina (he also fails). | |
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Sequel Hook | |
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Sequel Hook: The narration exposits that the cat with the mind of Mrs. March will pursue Nina to get revenge. | |
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Lemony Narrator | |
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Lemony Narrator: There's a voice-over narrator explaining the action, but he occasionally gets distracted ogling the girls. | |
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Covers Always Lie | |
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Covers Always Lie: Girls in chains and skimpy, tattered dresses? Doesn't happen. Wanted Youth and beauty, we'll pay millions. Only beautiful and shapely girls need apply. No references required. Appointments after dark only. Also no, the girls were hired as maids, paperwork is involved because all three are immigrants, and their interviews take place during the day. | |
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Villain Protagonist | |
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Villain Protagonist: The movie is told from the perspective of the villains, with their entire Evil Plan laid out in great detail long before we meet the three victims. | |
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Laser-Guided Karma | |
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Laser-Guided Karma: After he double-crosses Mrs. March and is busy gloating about how he's going to control her fortune through Nina, March (in the cat's body) locks Dr. Frank in the atomic chamber and cranks the power, frying him. | |
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Brain Transplant | |
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Brain Transplant: Mrs. March's ultimate goal. | |
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Death by Disfigurement | |
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Death by Disfigurement: Bea loses an eye midway through the movie. She's pointlessly killed off at the absolute last second before the end. | |
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Working for a Body Upgrade | |
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Working for a Body Upgrade: Inverted; the body-upgrading Mad Scientist is working for Mrs. March. | |
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Black Dude Dies First | |
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Black Dude Dies First: The first of the three girls to die is Anita from Mexico—the only non-European, non-American character. | |
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Leitmotif | |
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Leitmotif: A back-and-forth shift in music as Bea and Nina attempt to flee with Mrs. March in pursuit. Happens again when Nina hunts down the cat-brained Anita. | |
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Eye Scream | |
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Eye Scream: Anita, her brain replaced by a cat, gouges out Bea's eye. | |
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As Himself | |
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As Himself: Xerxes the Cat. | |
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Grand Theft Me | |
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Grand Theft Me: Mrs. March's ultimate goal is to transplant her brain into a young woman's body. | |
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Evil Old Folks | |
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Evil Old Folks: Hetty March is an evil crone paying a Mad Scientist to rob graves and perform immoral and illegal research on helpless young women so she can steal a youthful body for herself. | |
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Instant Death Stab | |
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Instant Death Stab: Mrs. March stabs Victor in the back when she realizes he was going to betray her. He just grimaces and instantly falls dead without uttering a sound. | |
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Evil Plan | |
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Evil Plan: Mrs. March's big plan—kidnap the prettiest girl who'd answer an ad, transfer her brain to the girl's body, then fake her own death and reappear as a long-lost relative to collect her fortune. | |
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Brain Transplant / int_ecc8cc54 | |
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Death by Disfigurement / int_ecc8cc54 | |
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