FREAK FILMS: THE THING WITH TWO HEADS

If you look at the original poster for this movie, the very first thing you read is "They transplanted a WHITE BIGOT'S HEAD onto a BROTHER'S BODY!" This is really all there is to this movie, too. Picture this: it's 1972, equal rights is in its infancy, and a couple of hip, stoned crackers say to each other, "Let's do our part to promote racial equality by doing a movie where this racist doctor, Max Kirshner (Ray Milland), wants to live forever by having his head transplanted onto a donor body, removing the donor's head once his head has taken over. He's about to die and the only donor they can find is - hee hee hee! - a brother in jail for a crime he didn’t commit! Not that this wasn't Rosey Grier's finest portrayal of a brother, but this movie has more loose ends than a Hottest Ass contest in Fort Lauderdale. What is the crime Jack Moss (Grier) is innocent of? Who is this person who can prove his innocence? Where in the hell did he go? If you want to see a better Ray Milland movie, see The Man With X-Ray Eyes, an amazing Roger Corman flick and a better movie regarding alienation. If you want to see another Rosey Grier film, see a doctor.