brain transplant theme
A procedure to transplant a brain from one person to another is featured in a science fictional context.
14 total · 1 choice · 6 major · 6 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: Man with the Screaming Brain (2005) | choice | William getting transplanted with a piece of his cab driver's brain and Jackie having her brain transplanted into a mannequin-like robot constitutes the film's primary novelty. |
| movie: Black Friday (1940) | major | Ernest Sovac implanted part of another man's brain into his friend George Kingsley after he is run down while crossing a street. |
| movie: Get Out (2017) | major | as a macabre twist, we learn that the black people behaving strangely have actually had rich white people's brains transplanted into them |
| movie: Man with the Transplanted Brain (1972) | major | A scientist, Professor Jean Marcilly, with a fatal heart condition has his brain transplanted into the body of a vegetative German man, Franz Eckerman. |
| movie: Monstrosity (1963) | major | A mad scientist transplanted the brain of a wealthy, elderly woman into the body of a beautiful, young woman. |
| movie: Tammy and the T Rex (1994) | major | The story is premised on the idea of Michael's brain being transplanted into the body of a robotic T Rex. |
| movie: The Colossus of New York (1958) | major | Following an accident, Jeremy Spensser's brain is transplanted by his scientist father into the huge body of an unattractive, frightening cyborg, in order to save his brilliant son's mind so that it can continue to serve mankind. |
| movie: Frankenstein 1970 (1958) | minor | Baron Victor von Frankenstein transplanted Schutter's brain into the monster's body. |
| movie: Frankensteins Daughter (1958) | minor | Oliver Frank transplanted Suzie Lawler's brain into his monster. |
| movie: Latitude Zero (1969) | minor | Dr. Malic planned to transplant Captain Kuroiga's brain into the body of a lion. He also grafted an eagle onto the lion. |