Worst movie concept ever? ‘The Thing With Two Heads’

The Thing With Two Heads starring Ray Milland and Rosey Grier

They transplanted a WHITE BIGOT’S HEAD onto a SOUL BROTHER’S BODY!

The doctor blew it – the most fantastic medical experiment of the age. And now, with the fights, the Fuzz, the chicks and the choppers…Man, they’re really in deeeeep trouble!

That was straight from the movie poster. I don’t know what else to say. This is bad high-concept genius on the level of Sharks in Venice with the added bonus of exploitation! (Though it could be argued that both the city of Venice and sharks were exploited in the former.) Here’s the trailer and a collection of posters and promotional art:

DVD cover art (click to order your own copy!)
DVD cover art (click to order your own copy!)
Foreign VHS cover art?
Foreign VHS cover art?
Movie poster
Movie poster
Two-tone movie poster
Two-tone movie poster

Here’s the cover art for the soundtrack:
The Thing With Two Heads Soundtrack album cover

TRACK LISTING:
1. Jerry Butler – A Prayer
2. Billy Butler & Infinity – Dip, Dip I Got My Hands Full
3. Incredible Bongo Band – Bongolia
4. Ollie Nightingale – Here I Am Again
5. The Sylvers – Fool’s Paradise
6. Ollie Nightingale – May The Best Man Win
7. The Sylvers – I’m Truly Happy
8. The Incredible Bongo Band – Bongo Rock
9. Sammy Davis, Jr. – Take My Hand
10. The Mike Curb Congregation – Oh Happy Day

Here are a series of posters where they used the same color artwork on the left and bottom and inserted a scene from the movie in the upper right:

The Thing With Two Heads starring Ray Milland and Rosey Grier

The Thing With Two Heads starring Ray Milland and Rosey Grier

The Thing With Two Heads starring Ray Milland and Rosey Grier

And here are a couple screen captures with the title:

The Thing With Two Heads starring Ray Milland and Rosey Grier

The Thing With Two Heads starring Ray Milland and Rosey Grier

I was thinking this might be the low point in Rosey Grier’s career – which was pretty low to begin with – until I ran across this book:

Rosey Grier's Needlepoint for Men
Rosey Grier's Needlepoint for Men

Looking at some of those high prices on amazon, Rosey Grier’s Needlepoint for Men must be really really good or really really bad. I know where my money’s at!

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