Monstrosity (1963)

Director
Joseph V. Mascelli

Main cast
Marjorie Eaton; Frank Gerstle; Frank Fowler; Erika Peters; Judy Bamber

Genres
Horror, Sci-Fi

Description
A rich but unscrupulous old woman plots with a scientist to have her brain implanted in the skull of a sexy young woman.


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