Donovan's Brain
Release date: 1953-09-30
Votes: 37
Genres: Science Fiction, Horror, Thriller
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.
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