What is the duration of Monstrosity?

The duration of Monstrosity is 65 mins.

What is the original language of Monstrosity?

The original language of Monstrosity is English.

Who directed Monstrosity?

Monstrosity was directed by Joseph V. Mascelli.

Which studio made Monstrosity?

Monstrosity was produced by Cinema Ventures Inc..

Why is Anita Gonzalez eliminated from the donor pool?

She falls to her death after a rooftop struggle

She is ruled out because of a birthmark

She refuses to undergo the procedure

What unusual ability does Anita exhibit after receiving the cat’s brain?

She begins purring and hissing like a cat

She speaks in multiple languages

Monstrosity 1963

Q: Does Monstrosity have end credit scenes?

Monstrosity does not have end credit scenes.

Horror

Rank

#10,138

Runtime

65 mins

Language

English

An ad promises millions for youth and beauty, seeking only attractive women for discreet night appointments. A wealthy, morally corrupt older woman teams up with a scientist to surgically transplant her brain into the body of a beautiful young woman, hoping to achieve eternal allure.

Cinema Ventures Inc.

Studio

Joseph V. Mascelli

Director

Does Monstrosity have end credit scenes?

No!

Monstrosity does not have end credit scenes. You can leave when the credits roll.

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Bradford Dillman

Narrator (voice; uncredited)

Marjorie Eaton

Hetty March

Frank Gerstle

Dr. Otto Frank

Judy Bamber

Beatrice "Bea" Mullins

Erika Peters

Nina Rhodes

Frank Fowler

Victor

Lisa Lang

Anita Gonzalez

Margie Fisco

The Walking Corpse (uncredited)

Kemp Niver

Hans (uncredited)

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In a secluded, high-tech laboratory buried beneath the mansion of the elderly, formidable heiress Hetty March, Dr. Otto Frank conducts brain transplantation experiments with dangerous ambition. His work has produced troubling results: a snarling man-beast named Hans, with a dog’s brain, and the Walking Corpse—a pretty young woman who drifts through the lab with a glassy, vacant stare.

Mrs. March hopes to transplant her brain into a younger, more beautiful body, thereby becoming one of the wealthiest and most striking women in the world. To that end, she advertises for domestic help and hires Nina Rhodes from Austria, Bea Mullins from England, and Anita Gonzalez from Mexico. Anita Gonzalez is ruled out because of a birthmark on her back, and Bea Mullins is chosen as the preferred donor.

Anita is turned over to Dr. Frank for experiments, and he transplants Xerxes the cat’s brain into her head. Anita immediately takes on cat-like tendencies—purring, hissing, and nibbling at mice. Nina and Bea are unaware of Anita’s fate, and when Bea encounters her, Anita scratches out one of Bea’s eyes. On the mansion roof, Nina tries to bring Anita down, but Anita loses her footing and falls to her death.

With Anita out of the running, Nina becomes the default choice for Mrs. March’s new body. Yet Dr. Frank, wanting to control the work completely, instead transplants Mrs. March’s brain into Xerxes. Xerxes/Mrs. March then activates the atomic-powered chamber, reducing Dr. Frank to a skeleton and triggering a chain reaction that destroys the lab and burns the mansion to the ground.

A half-blind Bea staggers into the wreckage to rescue Nina, but a heavy piece of machinery falls and kills her. Nina escapes into the night, unaware that Xerxes/Mrs. March follows silently behind, waiting for a chance to someday claim Nina’s body.

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D-Series

Edsel

1958

Pacer

Ford

1957

Fairlane 500

Ford

1959

Fairlane 500 Galaxie

Ford

1958

Fairlane 500 Sunliner

Ford

1960

Galaxie Starliner

GMC

'Old Look'

International

1959

Harvester B-Series

Plymouth

1956

Sport Suburban

Plymouth

1960

Sport Suburban

Monstrosity Themes and Keywords

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