The Brain That Wouldn't Die

"*The Surgeon General has determined that tonight's feature, presented in Blood-O-Vision, may be hazardous to your mental health. A registered nurse will be in attendance for the duration of tonight's program.*"
—Mr. Lobo

## The Brain That Wouldn't Die

### Wraps

**Wrap 1**

Mr. Lobo instructs viewers on the proper use of Blood-O-Vision glasses. (He's not sure how they work.) He then proudly introduces *Donovan's Brain (1953)*, which he clarifies isn't the movie they're showing. Instead we'll be watching "the least expensive, and most exploitive pretender to the cranium genre," *The Brain That Wouldn't Die*.

**Wrap 2**

Mr. Lobo, blinded by his Blood-O-Vision glasses, accidentally knocks Miss Mittens to the floor, shattering her pot. He then wraps her head(?) in his suit jacket and throws to commercial...

**Wrap 3**

While a nurse attends to Miss Mittens, Mr. Lobo desperately searches the yellow pages for a tree surgeon. The one he finds, Doctor Greene, transplant specialist, immediately suspects an inappropriate relationship between Mr. Lobo and his houseplant. (I do, too.) Doctor Greene suggests that he can bring Mr. Lobo and Miss Mittens closer together than any man and plant have ever dreamed, and Mr. Lobo is into IT.

**Wrap 4**

Mr. Lobo is weighing his options. Transplant Miss Mittens into another clay pot, or is there another way? (Doctor Greene says "there are ways." Or maybe "there ARE ways." Could have been "there are WAYS.")

**Wrap 5**

Mr. Lobo seems to have settled on transplanting Miss Mittens onto the body of a woman. Hey, like in the movie! Then he conducts the Insomniacs Oath.

**Wrap 6**

Mr. Lobo pitches the Cat Lover's credit card to "frustrated women [children] with the consumer tastes of a 12 year-old girl." And for the men ("men"), Star Trek cards!

**Wrap 7**

Mr. Lobo consults John Stanley's Creature Features Movie Guide about tonight's film and finds that its fans are "weirdos."

**Wrap 8**

Mr. Lobo now has the Science Fiction Encyclopedia as well as the Creature Features Movie Guide, which he has discovered conflict with Leonard Maltin's movie guide, as well as Video Hound's Golden Movie Retriever about the date of *The Brain That Wouldn't Die*'s release. Bombshell!

**Wrap 9**

Mr. Lobo shows off some really cool drive-in theater equipment. How did he get it? No one knows.citation needed

**Wrap 10**

Mr. Lobo instructs viewers on how to send mail to him. He's moved since then.

**Wrap 11**

Mr. Lobo directs us back to "head cheese in movie form," *The Brain That Wouldn't Die*.

**Wrap 12**

Mr. Lobo is enjoying a can of chocolate syrup.

**Wrap 13**

Insomniac Mail Sac!

**Wrap 14**

Doctor Greene is ready to perform the operation, but Mr. Lobo still hasn't quite caught on to the Doctor's sinister plan. And then he does. And then he appears to prepare to saw a nurse with a *saw!* A BIG saw!

**Wrap 15**

PLOT TWIST! You'll have to watch it yourself to see how it ends.

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### Trailers

* ***Black Belt Jones*** (1974)
* ***Braindead*** (1992)
* ***The Man With Two Brains*** (1983)
* ***Creature With the Atom Brain*** (1955)
* ***Man With the Screaming Brain*** (2005)
* ***Fiend Without a Face*** (1958)
* ***Brain Donors*** (1992)
* ***Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Shop of Horrors*** (uh, not real)
* ***Brain Smasher...A Love Story*** (1993)
* ***Demon with the Atomic Brain*** (2017)

### Shorts

* Footage of Bruce Campbell at a showing of *Man With the Screaming Brain* at the Crest Theater, followed by Mr. Lobo's interview

### Cast

* Mister Lobo...As Himself
* Doctore Greene...Phil Peirson
* Nurse...Amber Kloss
* Kid...Jake Corbin

### Quotes

"*Nothing but the best for our weirdos...viewers.*"
—Mr. Lobo
"*You know, a lot of people are that violent films make children jaded, desensitized, but I think this next letter disproves this. This is from Liam Felcher of Nevada City, it says, 'Dear Mr. Lobo, I was up all night Saturday because I was sick, your movie was too scary, now when I close my eyes, all I see is blood. Your pal, Liam.' Nevada City? I didn't know you could pick us up all the way out there.*"
—Mr. Lobo

### Trivia

* Streamed during a watch party on Facebook in a double feature with *The Atomic Brain*, titled *Cinema Insomnia's Brain Drain Double Feature*

## *The Brain That Wouldn't Die*

### Produced by

Rex Carlton
Mort Landberg

### Written by

Rex Calrton
Joseph Green

### Music by

Abe Baker
Tony Restaino

### Quotes

"*When you two are married it won't be fun to watch anymore!*"
—Dr. Cortner
"*Well I can promise you one thing: your grandchildren won't be 'test tube babies.'*"
—Jan Compton