A beleaguered butler reluctantly presents horror films in a haunted mansion. A rogue scientist shows that a mind is a terrible thing to waste in "The Head" from 1959 with Michel Simon and Horst Frank.

Episode 34 Air Date: 07-04-2026

A brilliant scientist's controversial experiments blur the line between life and death in the 1959 horror film The Head. After his research survives him, an ambitious assistant pushes the work even further with a disturbing medical experiment involving a disfigured nurse and a glamorous dancer. As suspicion grows, investigators close in on the bizarre events surrounding the laboratory.

Cast:
Michel Simon as Professor Abel
Horst Frank as Dr. Ood
Paul Dahlke as the Detective
Karin Kernke as Sister Irene
Helmut Schmid as Laboratory Assistant Bert
Christiane Maybach as Dancer Lilly
Dieter Eppler as Sculptor Paul
Kurt Müller-Graf as Dr. Burke
Maria Stadler as Frau Schneider
Otto Storr as Bartender