Attach the head of a deranged psycho-killer to the body of a hulking man-child - what could go wrong? Well, in the case of The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant, the answer is just about everything.
Before I sat down with The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant last night, if you had asked me, I would have sworn I’d seen it before. Easy mistake as I’ve watched the movie The Thing with Two Heads a couple of times and the similarities are numerous. Both feature a similar ridiculous plot device, bad “special” effects, AIP, generally poor acting, and a name actor or two slumming it. I think my confusion is understandable. And while neither is very good, I remember enjoying The Thing with Two Heads much more than The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant. I remember having a certain amount of fun with the former, while the latter is a joyless, mean-spirited exercise in filmmaking. Take the treatment of Pat Priest’s character. She spends most of the film drugged, gagged, and locked in a cage. NIce, huh? What could and should have been a cheesy good time never so much as brought a smile to my face. Overall, it’s a wretched experience.
The lone bright spot is Bruce Dern. Despite the dreck around him, he’s pretty good. Admittedly, there a times where his professionalism is misplaced, but you can see the quality. Take the scene where Dern is internally debating the ethics of the surgery he’s about to perform. The consternation he’s experiencing comes through on-screen. Like I said, it’s misplaced, but it’s there.
2/10
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