12 WTF Horror Films You Need To See Before You Die

In its original version, Madmen Of Mandoras is a riot, a silly-but-fun B-grade thriller that doesn’t deserve the critical enmity it has inspired over the years. That didn't stop enterprising producers from cashing in, however.

Unavailable for years, it was sold to television in 1968 as They Saved Hitler’s Brain (still bearing a 1963 copyright) and expanded to a Network TV-friendly 91 minutes with the inclusion of snooze-inducing new footage. Clumsily integrated into the narrative, the new scenes bring the movie to a grinding halt and serve only to jumble up the storyline.

On the fictitious Caribbean island of Mandoras, a “leading scientist” is being held captive by Nazis interested in his antidote for G-gas, a lethal nerve agent they intend to release across the globe. This diabolical master plan could only have been thought up by the still-living head of Adolf Hitler, which resides in a bulletproof jar and occasionally transforms into an unconvincing prop.