The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant

1971 "Two heads crafted on the body of a giant... The most fearsome living force ever created by man."
3.5| 1h27m| R| en| More Info
Released: 28 April 1971 Released
Producted By: American International Pictures
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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Dr. Roger Girard is a rich scientist conducting experiments on head transplantation. His caretaker has a son, Danny, who, although fully grown, has the mind of child. One day an escaped psycho-killer invades Girard's home, killing Danny's father before being gunned down himself. With the maniac dying and Danny deeply unsettled by his father's death, Dr. Girard decides to take the final step and transplant the killer's head onto Danny's body.

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Greenes Please don't spend money on this.
PodBill Just what I expected
Pacionsbo Absolutely Fantastic
Robert Joyner The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one
meddlecore This is the film that would go on to inspire Trey Parker & Matt Stone's Mad Scientist character on South Park! He is clearly based on Bruce Dern's assistant Max (played by Berry Kroeger), in this film.Basically, Roger (Dern) and Max, are working together on a project that seeks to transplant a second head onto the body of one person. They've been practising with animals, with rather successful results.Then, an oppourtunity presents itself when a local murderer escapes from the insane asylum and attacks Roger's wife Linda (Pat Priest)- only to be subdued and killed by Max and Roger.They cover up the crime, and plan to use the dead convict's head for their next experiment.Their plan is to graft it onto the body of their caretaker's mentally disabled, gentle giant, son- Danny (played by John Bloom)(the caretaker having been murdered by the man, during his attack).Now, the head of the murderer is trying to manipulate Danny into committing criminal acts.They start by heading to lover's lane, where they kill some of the local teenagers, despite Danny's pleas to stop. Then they attack and kill a gang of bikers, they find camping on the beach.Roger forcibly confines his wife so that she can't go to the police- while he and Max go out and hunt for the two-headed monstrosity.They need to find (and kill) him before the police do- and figure out what they have been up to.For a low-budget film, this is pretty well made. The quality of the transfer is poor- and the acting is pretty mediocre- but it's pretty entertaining, in a weird sort of way.John Bloom does an excellent job as Danny. The two-headed monster is really quite intimidating- if only because Bloom's large frame makes everyone else look like an ant1 And you've got to give him props, considering many of the scenes were shot with Albert Cole wrapped around his back.This isn't a masterpiece of cinema or anything, but it's a midnight movie classic that is worth checking out. 5 out of 10.
Cristi_Ciopron THE INCREDIBLE 2—HEADED TRANSPLANT, a derisory shocker, an example of crude sensationalism, with something of the shameless enthusiasm the '70s hacks had for various forms of exploitation, awfully played, the tale of a crazy scientist and his experiments in avant-guard experimental surgery, takes the form of a shameless slapdash and be one as dumb as he will, it's a bit overstretched to pretend that successful experiments in transplants took place in a risible lab.There's a glimpse of a beautiful bath scene and of a blonde dressed in foam.Knowledgeable buffs will identify Mrs. Patricia Ann Priest—the acclaimed TV actress, or at least Dern; casting Dern as a scientist was a bit of a blunder though, the man looks as if he can barely write his name.
MartianOctocretr5 Casey Kasem, Marilyn Munster, Bruce Dern, and Seymour in a campy horror cheapsterpiece that is good for some laughs.Bruce Dern is a mad doctor/scientist, and of course, nobody has ever seen a mad scientist in a movie before. He concocts a plan to take a dead head off one guy, and surgically attach it to another guy. Neither he nor you will ever know why he wants to do this, but it provides the backbone for this juicy camp novelty, that looks to have been made on a budget of about ten bucks, and two S&H green stamps. Casey Kasem was not doing a top 40 show or Scooby Doo cartoon that week, so he drops by. He's a colleague of Dern, but not nuts like Dr. Dern is. I love the scenes where our hero, Dr. Kasem, turns on the radio, to listen to his own voice doing the radio news announcer. Pat (Marilyn Munster) Priest is the blonde bombshell romantic interest (of more than one character, if you catch my drift). And of course, the two-headed transplant: both actors combine to actually give this awkward looking beast some real emotion. They're all good, in a campy way, but a special treat this movie had was a popular local late night horror host seen here in L.A. in those days, named Larry "Seymour, the Master of the Macabre" Vincent. He used to offer up golden turkey monster flicks, in order to poke fun at their awfulness, MST3K style. He roasted himself for doing "Transplant," although his all-to-brief screen before making a routine horror film exit, was actually pretty good acting. Sadly, Seymour died fairly young, leaving this as one of his few film appearances.The idea is goofy, but the script has enough going on that the actors can work with it. They all seem to have had fun making the flick, too. Considering the z-budget, it's not bad at all. This can actually be entertaining if you go in expecting dumb but amusing camp.
tavm I must reveal the last line of this pretty bad movie: "Too much imagination can destroy a man, deputy." So says Casey Kasem-yes, the recently retired "King of the Countdowns" himself. Not enough, apparently, made this picture not too exciting. I mean, all the fights between the two-headed retarded man-boy/not-so-deceased rapist are clumsily staged especially between that motorcycle gang that didn't seem so tough, now did they? And what is Bruce Dern, who was just getting associated with Jack Nicholson and would eventually make movies with Alfred Hitchcock and Jane Fonda, doing here still working for AIP? At least Pat "Marilyn Munster" Priest is good for some eye candy and damsel-in-distress excitement! Oh, and besides playing a doctor, Kasem also is on the car radio reading the news. Personally, I think I would have preferred to hear him doing his recently-started "American Top 40" show here as a plug, maybe with that show's first No. 1: Three Dog Night's "Mama Told Me Not to Come"! And that diabetes-inducing theme song at the beginning and end just calls for an "MST3K" Joel/Mike and the bots riffing treatment! I've said enough so on that note, The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant should provide enough cheezy fun for anyone in the mood for these late night drive-in fodder.