Great filming for its day. I liked how the music was only used in selective places to give the film more umph. The filming was surprisingly clear and well done for its time. The acting was great, it was fun to see Lew Ayres take on the role of his original character and Donovan's, he did a great job that made it seem very real and caused the viewer to dislike Donavan. The storyline was pretty good. It was an interesting idea to have a mad scientist bring a brain to life, but the after affects could have not been predicted. Most of the movie felt realistic in a way, that a simple experiment went wrong. I found the biggest downfall to the movie is that it dragged on too long. It made no sense why they didn't try to kill the brain earlier. And it would have been a better horror movie if Donavan would have been a convict to start with, someone who was a murderer and perhaps kept murdering. Instead he was just a selfish man who was way to greedy for his own good.
Review of Donovan's Brain
