
Re-Animator(1985)
Conducting clandestine experiments within the morgue at Miskatonic University, scientist Herbert West reveals to a fellow graduate student his groundbreaking work concerning the re-animation of fresh corpses.


“The doctor blew it--the most fantastic medical experiment of the age.”
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.

Ray Milland
Maxwell Kirshner

Rosey Grier
Jack Moss

Don Marshall
Dr. Fred Williams

Roger Perry
Dr. Philip Desmond

Chelsea Brown
Lila

Kathrine Baumann
Patricia

John Dullaghan
Thomas

John Bliss
Donald

Bruce Kimball
Police Lieutenant

Jane Kellem
Miss Mullen
The Thing with Two Heads is a comedy, science fiction film released in 1972 exploring themes of police, chase, gorilla, blaxploitation cinema, severed head, racism. Directed by Lee Frost, it stars Ray Milland, Rosey Grier, Don Marshall. 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.
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