example, he wonders 'what the top [Nazi] brass thought they could achieve with 1,500 storm troopers in the days of nuclear proliferation?' He is, however, complimentary about Kathleen Breck, writing that 'Despite the obvious limitations of playing a head in a box, Breck manages to bring a great deal of sympathy to the role, simply by using her eyes and facial expressions - while [director of photography Willis] Boulton defuses the inherent foolishness of the concept by bathing the scene in an eerie blue glow. The closing moments with Elsa's frantic pleading - "Bury me, bury me" - over and over again are genuinely haunting'. Bryan Senn, an American film critic, also ponders Elsa's head. 'Exactly what [Dr. Norberg] thinks this has to do with defrosting his Stormtrooper-sicles remains rather vague, except that he wants a "living brain" to study'. Senn finds 'this odd British-American co-production' largely uninteresting, writing: 'While a wall covered with arms, a freezer full of Nazis and a head on a table (with ghastly blue makeup and a plastic dome for a skull to expose the grey matter) keeps this film firmly entrenched in the bizarre, endless (and pointless) scenes of talk, talk, talk sink it in a quagmire of apathy'. But British critic Phil Hardy's brief review is even more damning. He calls the film 'an outlandish offering', although 'far superior to It!, and says, 'Leder's pedestrian direction cannot remove the delirium of images such as the rack of arms ready for use and Breck's soulful boxed-in head'. References External links 1967 films 1967 horror films 1960s science fiction horror films British science fiction horror films British zombie films Films directed by Herbert J. Leder Mad scientist films Nazi zombie films Warner Bros. films 1960s English-language films 1960s British films