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Bookmark this pageThe Thing with Two Heads (1972)
Director: Lee Frost
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From Time Out Film Guide
One of AIP's carefully cultivated jokes-in-bad-taste, in which the head of a terminally ill, racist brain surgeon (Milland) is grafted onto the body of a death row black (Grier) intent on clearing his name. This outrageous notion is milked for all it's worth as the two heads wisecrack away, tussle for control of 'the body', and charge around pursued by some inept cops. Special effects are in keeping with the general tone of the film (the difference between Milland's florid face in close-up and the ashen colour of the wax model used for long shot is hilariously obvious), and there are sufficient laughs along the way to sustain interest. Don't expect too much, though.Author: CPe
Cast & crew
Director: Lee Frost
Producer: Wes Bishop
Cast: Ray Milland, Roosevelt Grier, Don Marshall, Roger Perry, Chelsea Brown full cast
Genre(s): Horror
Duration: 93 mins
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