{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"THE HEAD (1959, DIE NAKTE UND DER SATAN) \u2013 Episode 164 \u2013 Decades Of Horror: The Classic Era","description":"\u201cThe professor is a genius and it\u2019s a pleasure to work with him. But he\u2019s now beginning some experiments that, in my opinion, \u2026 exceed certain ethical limits.\u201d Ethics are such a bother, don\u2019t you agree? Join this episode\u2019s Grue-Crew \u2013 Chad Hunt, Daphne Monary-Ernsdorff, Doc Rotten, and Jeff Mohr \u2013 as they take in Die Nackte und der Satan (1959), also known as The Head, a German film neck-deep in head transplants. Decades of Horror: The Classic Era Episode 164 \u2013 The Head (1959) Join the Crew on the Gruesome Magazine YouTube channel! Subscribe today! And click the alert to get notified of new content! https:\/\/youtube.com\/gruesomemagazine ANNOUNCEMENT Decades of Horror The Classic Era is partnering with THE CLASSIC SCI-FI MOVIE CHANNEL, THE CLASSIC HORROR MOVIE CHANNEL, and WICKED HORROR TV CHANNEL Which all now include video episodes of The Classic Era! Available on Roku, AppleTV, Amazon FireTV, AndroidTV, Online Website. Across All OTT platforms, as well as mobile, tablet, and desktop. https:\/\/classicscifichannel.com\/; https:\/\/classichorrorchannel.com\/; https:\/\/wickedhorrortv.com\/ A scientist invents a serum that keeps a dog\u2019s head alive after its body dies. When the scientist dies of a heart attack, his crazed assistant cuts off his head and, using the serum, keeps the doctor\u2019s head alive and forces it to help him on an experiment to give a hunchbacked nun a new body.   Writer\/Director: Victor Trivas  Music: Willy Mattes (composer); Erwin Lehn (arranger\/conductor) Weird Lab Music: Lasry-Baschet (Baschet Brothers, Yvonne and Jacques Lasry) Cinematographer: Georg Krause Art Director: Hermann Warm  Makeup Department: Karl Hanoszek, Susi Krause (as Susanne Krause) Selected Cast: Horst Frank as Dr. Brandt \u2013 alias Dr. Ood Karin Kernke as Schwester Irene Sander Helmut Schmid as Bert Jaeger Paul Dahlke as Police Commissioner Sturm Dieter Eppler as Paul Lerner Kurt M\u00fcller-Graf as Dr. Walter Burke Christiane Maybach as Stella \u2013 alias Lilly Michel Simon as Prof. Dr. Abel Osman Ragheb as Franz \u2013 the Bartender (uncredited) Maria Stadler as Mrs. Schneider (uncredited) Barbara Valentin as Animierdame und T\u00e4nzerin in der \u2018Tam Tam\u2019 Bar (uncredited) This little German sci-fi horror B-movie may have slipped past many a monster kid\u2019s radar. In the film, one crazed scientist gets one-upped by an evil scientist who takes not only the first scientist\u2019s life \u2013 reducing his life to a head on a plate \u2013 but also uses his discoveries to perform some head-swapping shenanigans. This film is strange, bizarre, weird, silly\u2026 yet, oddly entertaining. The Grue-Crew has so many thoughts to share regarding The Head (1959). At the time of this writing, The Head can be found streaming from the Classic Sci-Fi Movie Channel, the Classic Horror Movie Channel, Tubi, and Dark Matter TV. The film is currently available on disc as The Head (1959) (Die Nackte und der Satan) [Blu-Ray, Reg.A\/B\/C Import \u2013 Germany] from Anolis.  (NOTE: Currently, all of the streaming options are the American version with roughly five minutes cut from the runtime, music substitutions, and English dubbing as the only language option. The Blu-ray has German and English language and subtitle options, the original music, and a commentary by Tim Lucas. The German language version delivers far more emotional impact to the viewer while the English dubbing comes off as a bit flat with awkward and simplified phrasing. And since the music is one of the attractions for me, the Blu-ray is a far better experience, although a bit pricey. \u2013 JLM) Gruesome Magazine\u2019s Decades of Horror: The Classic Era records a new episode every two weeks. Up next in their very flexible schedule, as chosen by Doc, is The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958), Peter Cushing as the Baron in a Hammer FIlm? And of course, Michael Ripper? Yay! Please let them know how they\u2019re doing! They want to hear from you \u2013 the coolest, grooviest fans: leave them a message or leave a comment on the Gruesome Magazine YouTube channel, the site, or email the Decades of Horror: The Classic Era podcast hosts at feedback@gruesomemagazine.com To each of you from each of them, \u201cThank you so much for watching and listening!\u201d ","author_name":"Decades of Horror | Horror News Radio","author_url":"http:\/\/docrotten.libsyn.com","html":"