The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant (1971)

User Rating:

2.4/10   

Director:

Anthony M. Lanza

Writers:

John Lawrence (writer)
James Gordon White (writer)

Genre:

Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Two heads crafted on the body of a giant... The most fearsome living force ever created by man.

Plot:

Dr. Roger Girard is a rich scientist conducting experiments on head transplantation. His caretaker has a son...

Plot Keywords:

Caretaker | Gagged And Bound | Chase | Head Transplant | Murder

Cast

Bruce Dern	...	Roger
Pat Priest	...	Linda
Casey Kasem	...	Ken
Albert Cole	...	Cass
John Bloom	...	Danny
Berry Kroeger	...	Max
Larry Vincent	...	Andrew
Jack Lester	...	Sheriff
Jerry Patterson	...	Deputy
Darlene Duralia	...	Miss Pierce
Raymond Thorne	...	Motorcyclist (as Ray Thorn)
Gary Kent	...	Motorcyclist (as Donald Brody)
Mary Ellen Clawsen	...	Motorcyclist
Janice P. Gelman	...	Teenager
Mike Espe	...	Teenager

Also Known As:

The Incredible Transplant

MPAA:

Rated R for some violence. (2003 re-rating; rated GP in 1971)

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:GP (original rating) | USA:R (2003 re-rating)

Company:

Mutual General Corp.

Trivia:

In 1971, American International Pictures theatrically distributed this film on a double bill with Scream and Scream Again (1970) starring Vincent Price and Christopher Lee.

Soundtrack:

Incredible

"Dr. Gerard Must Have Been Brewing That Jekyl/Hyde Joy Juice"

A maniacal killer's head is fused to the lumbering, gargantuan body of a man with the mind of a small child by a scientist who just happens to specialize in fusing two-headed creatures in his spare time. Why? He says to show everyone what a genius he is. Why on Earth would anyone want to create a monster with two heads - neither containing the brain of anything remotely resembling worthiness? Such is the premise in this bizarre, fascinating, and God awful film made in 1971. Bruce Dern plays the "mad" scientist with decided disinterest. Can you blame him? He strolls around with drink in hand and never shows any real depth of character. By the film's end, his performance just caves in. The two-headed monstrosity, which battles bikers on bikes wielding chains and has a cumulative IQ of 60, is a true sight of ineptitude to behold. John Bloom, who would later get an even worse role as Frankenstein's Monster in Al Adamson's horrendous opus Dracula Vs. Frankenstein, plays Danny - a hulking man that lost his mind when he was left for dead in a mine shaft years ago. Now an adult, Danny is dutiful to his father, is treated like a mental defective by all concerned, and sweats a lot. The head of Albert Cole, a man who we see leering or laughing with crazy glee, is attached when Cole tries to rape Dern's wife(more on her in a minute) and kills Danny's father. Dern and his limp-wristed former surgeon assistant(Barry Kroeger) feel the time is right to make a two-headed freak with the body of Cole at their disposal and the mentally deficient Danny just there. This movie is a real hoot to sit through as every minute in bad - bad but fun. The story stinks. Director Anthony Lanza has little savvy. The production values virtually non-existent(although the head thing looks better here then some of the other two--headed monsters of the same era). Acting? What acting? C'mon - Casey Kasem as a doctor/hero? Dern looks like he lost a bet and had to be in the picture. Cole is annoyingly disgusting and ridiculous. Bloom is okay at best. But I really liked Pat Priest as Dern's wife. She sure didn't give a great performance, but she made a believer out of me as she fainted(several times), ran from crazy Cole, lounged in a chair by the pool, laid in bed either of her own accord or bound and gagged, and finally was tied and put in a cage in the lab - all in either a bikini, a small nightie, or some other light attire that showcased her attributes, the brightest things about this dreadful dreck. This movie is very, very bad, and I must confess I loved every minute of it. I laughed and laughed and laughed. Just hearing that soundtrack where every beat foreshadows something suspenseful will happen and rarely does. Or how about the dialog used in the picture? Whew! This is one of the all-time great of le bad cinema.