Movies ★ 6.2

Donovan's Brain (1953)

1953 · Felix E. Feist · 83 min · United States of America · Edited by 1

Sign in to save your activity Sign in

Watched: 0
Watchlist: 0
Ratings: 0
Average rating: —
Favorites: 0

A scientist takes the brain of dead man and revives it via electrodes as it lays suspended in a tank of liquid. Soon, the brain grows to possess enormous psychic powers and inflicts its personality upon the doctor who saved it, creating a "Jekyll and Hyde" paradigm.

A 1953 title built around Hospital, Sci-fi and Suspense. Directed by Felix E. Feist.

You’ll like it if you enjoy

Not ideal if you are looking for

Paranormal
Body horror
Witchcraft
Bestiary

Spanish: El cerebro de Donovan
German: Donovans Hirn
Italian: Il cervello di Donovan
Portuguese: O Cérebro Maligno
Chinese: 多诺万的脑袋

Halloween III: Season of the Witch

Halloween III: Season of the WitchAfter a terrified toy salesman is mysteriously attacked and brought to the hospital, clutching the year's most popular Halloween mask, Dr. Daniel Challis sets out to investigate the strange events and finds himself thrust into a nightmarish conspiracy.

Oxygen

OxygenA woman wakes in a cryogenic chamber with no recollection of how she got there, and must find a way out before running out of air.

The Blob

The BlobIn Arborville, California, three high school students try to protect their hometown from a gelatinous alien life form that engulfs everything it touches.

Kaw

KawOn the last working day of Sheriff Wayne, his small town is attacked by blood thirsty ravens that eat human flesh. Meanwhile his wife Cynthia visits a farm where a Mennonite family lives to say farewell to her friend Gretchen and discloses a dark secret about the origin of the fierce ravens.

The Dead Zone

The Dead ZoneJohnny Smith is a schoolteacher with his whole life ahead of him but, after leaving his fiancee's home one night, is involved in a car crash which leaves him in a coma for 5 years. When he wakes, he discovers he has an ability to see into the past, present and future life of anyone with whom he comes into physical contact.

Godsend

GodsendA couple agree to have their deceased son cloned under the supervision of an enigmatic doctor, but bizarre things start to happen years after his rebirth.

Patrick

PatrickPatrick lays comatose in a small private hospital, his only action being his involuntary spitting. When a pretty young nurse, just separated from her husband, begins work at the hospital, she senses that Patrick is communicating with her, and he seems to be using his psychic powers to manipulate events in her life.

X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes

X: The Man with the X-Ray EyesA doctor uses special eye drops to give himself x-ray vision, but the new power has disastrous consequences.

Crawlers

CrawlersWashington, D.C. psychologist Carol Bennell and her colleague Dr. Ben Driscoll are the only two people on Earth who are aware of an epidemic running rampant through the city. They discover an alien virus aboard a crashed space shuttle that transforms anyone who comes into contact with it into unfeeling drones while they sleep. Carol realizes her son holds the key to stopping the spread of the plague and she races to find him before it is too late.

Breeders

BreedersAn otherwordly perpetrator has been attacking female virgins in Manhattan. As Dr. Pace and Detective Andriotti work together to identify the strange organic materials found on the women, the victims begin arising in a trance and leaving the hospital.