GamerTab That was an excellent one.

Crwthod A lot more amusing than I thought it would be.

Maidexpl Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

Gutsycurene Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

sol- Less straightforward than one might expect for a tale about a racist surgeon whose head is transplanted onto an African American man's body, the vast majority of 'The Thing With Two Heads' is actually played straight (not as a comedy), nor does the surgeon gradually overcome his prejudices as one might expect. The difficulty of pinpointing what exactly the filmmakers were going for here has lead to the film acquiring a mixed reputation, but it is a decidedly different sci-fi tale at least. As mentioned, the comedy angle does not take off until rather late in the piece (around halfway in) and it is furthermore a good thirty minutes before the transplant takes place with the film going into glorious detail regarding its head grafting pseudoscience and how host bodies need to learn to accept newly transplanted heads before the original heads can be removed and so on. This early part of the film also features a two-headed gorilla, wonderfully crafted by Rick Baker. It is really only as the comedy angle starts to warm up that the film loses its way with prolonged racing and chase scenes when the better moments are the ones in which the Thing interacts with others, including the African American's girlfriend, curious if he has two of anything else (!). If not a film that be unreservedly recommended, the movie's strangeness alone might make it worth a look for some.

oscar-35 *Spoiler/plot- The Thing with Two heads, 1972. A rich millionaire but racist man is dying. He hatches an elaborate scheme for transplanting his head onto another man's body to stay alive. The millionaire's health deteriorates rapidly, and doctors are forced to transplant his head onto the only available candidate; a large black man from the local prison's death row. The drama starts there.*Special Stars- Rosie Greer, Ray Milland, Chelsea Brown, Dick Whittington.*Theme- Black and white can live together.*Trivia/location/goofs- Location: Paramount Ranch. File footage alert- The make of the police car changes during the car/motorcycle chase. When it's hit from behind and the trunk won't close, it's a Ford. Later, the same car is a Dodge with its trunk open. Soon after, it turns back into a Ford. During the big police-car/motorcycle chase, in a POV shot from the motorcycle, the stunt driver (who looks nothing like any of the characters on the bike) is on the right side of the screen, with the camera shooting over his left shoulder.*Emotion- An unintentional comedic look at prejudice and racism in the decade of the 70's. This film is enjoyably fun to see these two men delivery some of the best sarcastic dialog in the context of the film's ridiculous plot. Great fun for people who know the historic context of the decade in the US.*Based on- Mary Shelley's novel. A mild satiric political statement film about racism of the 70's.

FlashCallahan A rich but racist man is dying and hatches an elaborate scheme for transplanting his head onto another man's body.His health deteriorates rapidly, and doctors are forced to transplant his head onto the only available candidate: a black man from death row....Total garbage from beginning to end, but one cannot help but love a good car crash movie. Especially when it features two actors who are out of their comfort zone for more or less the whole duration of the movie.This is blaxploitation/Grindhouse at it's finest, and to top the whole thing off, we get the most hilarious police chase ever seen, a man riding a scrambler with a plastic head on his shoulders, a joy to behold.It's a wonder that any of these actors managed to keep a straight face when making this. Pure trash, but ever so endearing.

squeezebox THE THING WITH TWO HEADS, first of all, is a comedy. It's is obvious that everyone involved in the making of the movie was well aware of what they were creating. This isn't an earnest cautionary tale like THE MANSTER nor a sensationalistic exploitation sleazefest like THE INCREDIBLE TWO HEADED TRANSPLANT. It is a movie that was created, most likely, when some filmmaker friends got drunk one night and started throwing the most absurd ideas they could conjure out on the table.To many, seeing a Hollywood legend (and legitimately great actor) like Ray Milland "reduced" to starring in schlock like this, X-THE MAN WITH X-RAY EYES and FROGS in his later years must be sad, but I don't agree. Milland chews the scenery with such relish, I can't help but think that he had a ball making these movies. I can picture him sitting with his agent and saying, "Hey, I won my Oscar, I'm getting older, I might as well have some fun." While Milland and "Rosey" Grier are far from Abbott & Costello or even Martin & Lewis, the two have a certain odd chemistry that works well, especially since their characters are supposed to be from completely different backgrounds. Milland is a rich, loud-mouthed, bigoted surgeon, Grier is a poor, soft-spoken ex-con. Grier is no actor, but that actually works in Milland's favor as virtually his entire performance is from the neck up.The movie does work as a bizarre allegory for racial relations but mostly it works as a goof. It barrels along at a break-neck pace with subplots involving everything from a two-headed gorilla escaping and going on a rampage to or our hero(s) infiltrating a BMX bike race while being chased by what appears to be the entire LA police department.If you're looking for logic or intelligence keep looking. If you're looking for a silly good time, THE THING WITH TWO HEADS will do the trick admirably!