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The Man with 2 Heads

  • 1972
  • GP
  • 1h 20m
IMDb RATING
4.1/10
356
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The Man with 2 Heads (1972)
HorrorSci-Fi

Serum obtained from a brain after a mass murder transforms the good Dr. Jekyll of London into the evil Mr. Blood.Serum obtained from a brain after a mass murder transforms the good Dr. Jekyll of London into the evil Mr. Blood.Serum obtained from a brain after a mass murder transforms the good Dr. Jekyll of London into the evil Mr. Blood.

  • Director
    • Andy Milligan
  • Writers
    • Andy Milligan
    • Robert Louis Stevenson
  • Stars
    • Denis DeMarne
    • Julia Stratton
    • Gay Feld
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.1/10
    356
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    • Director
      • Andy Milligan
    • Writers
      • Andy Milligan
      • Robert Louis Stevenson
    • Stars
      • Denis DeMarne
      • Julia Stratton
      • Gay Feld
    • 8User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Denis DeMarne
    • Dr. William Jekyll
    • (as Dennis De Marne)
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    Julia Stratton
    • April Connors
    • (as April Conners)
    Gay Feld
    • Mary Ann Marsden
    Jaqueline Lawrence
    • Carla Jekyll
    Gerald Jacuzzo
    • John Murphy
    • (as Jeremy Brooks)
    Berwick Kaler
    Berwick Kaler
    • Jack Smithers
    Jennifer Sommerfield
    • Victoria Crenshaw
    • (as Jennifer Summerfield)
    Laurence Davies
    • Inspector Wolfe
    Raymond Cross
    • Constable
    Janis Servals
    • Annette
    Bryan Southcombe
    • Oliver Marsden
    William Barrel
    • Mr. Marsden
    • (as W. Barrell)
    Grahame Steane
    • MacGregor - Jekyll's student
    Craig Malcolmson
    • Jones - Jekyll's student
    Maryann Turner
    Maryann Turner
    • Tiffany
    • (as Mary Ann Turner)
    Patricia Thorn
    • Prostitute
    Tony Parkin
    • The Patron
    Katherine Maitland
    • Second Prostitute
    • Director
      • Andy Milligan
    • Writers
      • Andy Milligan
      • Robert Louis Stevenson
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    3jrd_73

    An almost watchable film from Andy Milligan

    Let's get this out in the open: I don't get the cult of Andy Milligan. I can certainly respect a guy determined to make a film no matter how low the budgets, no matter how cheap the film stock, no matter how limited his means. That does not mean that I have to like the end results. Most of Andy Milligan's films are nearly unwatchable for anyone who demands a minimal level of quality. Static shots that run on forever, unconvincing (to say the least) period designs, and bad acting, that is what one gets with Andy Milligan.

    Having said all that, The Man with Two Heads is a marked improvement. Oh, it's still bad; let's not delude ourselves on that point. However, this film features a far better leading actor, Denis DeMarne, than normal and a better story (taken from Robert Louis Stevenson of course). There is still the lousy cinematography and the cheap sets (a medical school that consists of four students meeting in someone's basement). Still, compared to Monstrosity? Compared to Carnage? Compared to The Rats Are Coming, The Werewolves Are Here? Compared to them, The Man with Two Heads is a (small) step above.
    3BA_Harrison

    Another dreadful Milligan mess.

    Dr. William Jekyll (Denis DeMarne) perfects a formula that can isolate and treat evil in the brain. Unfortunately, Jekyll's incompetent assistant Jack Smithers (Berwick Kaler) drops the only vial of the serum, and then accidentally spills a liquid over the one existing copy of the formula, covering up his mistake by writing in what he thinks has been eradicated. When Jekyll knocks up a new batch of the serum, using the incorrectly amended formula, he transforms into a wicked fiend who takes pleasure in degrading, humiliating and killing those unfortunate to cross his path.

    Andy Milligan's version of Robert Louis Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is incredibly talky, which isn't a good thing when the dialogue is so badly written and the acting is so amateurish. Of course, being a Milligan film, The Man With Two Heads was almost guaranteed to be awful no matter how good or bad the script and performances, the direction being of the low, low calibre we have come to expect from the man who gave us such garbage as The Ghastly Ones (1968), Torture Dungeon (1969), Bloodthirsty Butchers (1970), The Body Beneath (1970), Guru the Mad Monk (1970), The Rats Are Coming! The Werewolves Are Here! (1972), Carnage (1984) and Monstrosity (1987), all of which I have had the misfortune to see.

    The photography is horrible, the sound quality is bad, the editing chaotic, and the pace sluggish; as a result, the whole thing is a crushing bore to sit through, despite some cheapo gore effects and one of cinema's more despicable and unhinged Mr. Hydes (although in this film, Jekyll's villainous alter-ego goes by the name of Danny Blood).

    2.5/10, generously rounded up to 3 for Danny Blood's ability to whip out a meat cleaver from nowhere, and for the thickest and most sudden pea-souper to ever hit Victorian London.
    Michael_Elliott

    A Coherent Story from Milligan?

    The Man With Two Heads (1972)

    ** (out of 4)

    Dr. William Jekyll (Denis DeMarne) believes he has come up with a formula that will take the evil out of man. Without any animals or patients to try the formula on the doctor takes it himself and turns into a violent madman.

    This film was released the same year as THE THING WITH TWO HEADS so the producer changed the title to THE MAN WITH TWO HEADS but rest assured there's no one here with two heads. This here is obviously Andy Milligan's take on the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde story and for the most part it's a half-way decent movie. Milligan has gained a fairly good cult following over the years, although most people consider him one of the worst director's of all time. His ultra-cheap movies are hard to sit through at times because of how awful and boring they are but this here is better than I expected.

    Once again this film is a period piece, which is something I don't think really helped too many of the director's movies. For the most part the performances are decent for this type of movie and DeMarne is perfectly capable of pulling off the lead role. The most shocking thing is that Milligan is able to tell a coherent story and it actually makes sense! With that said, even at just 80 minutes the film drags and feels twice as long, which is what keeps it from being more entertaining.
    3Milk_Tray_Guy

    Poor - lead actor deserved better

    Not to be confused with the Ray Milland movie The Thing with Two Heads which came out the same year. This is a version of 'Jekyll and Hyde', filmed in England, and directed by prolific US sexploitation maker Andy Milligan (unlike the Milland movie this doesn't actually feature anyone with two heads). It's ultra low-budget; there is literally one camera which picks the 'best' angle for each scene and pretty much stays there. The main cast are all unknowns with hardly any other acting credits - an exception being Denis DeMarne as Jekyll/Hyde, who was obviously a professional actor (and had a pretty prolific career until his death in 2012). He actually turns in a good performance in the circumstances. The story is reasonably faithful to the original, although elements of 'Jack the Ripper' have been added to Hyde's behaviour; and surprisingly, given Andy Milligan's background, there's very little nudity. But the production values are appallingly low, the supporting players are dreadful, and the anachronisms in the buildings, decor, and props are laughable. It really does look like someone videoed a bad 'am-dram' production. 3/10.
    reptilicus

    Andy, WHAT were you thinking?

    A writer for the late, unlamented magazine "Demonique" tried to review this movie but got the plot hopelessly confused with THE INCREDIBLE TWO HEADED TRANSPLANT leading me to think he had not bothered to see Andy Milligan's film at all. The protagonist in Andy's no-budget thriller only has one head. This is actually our favourite Staten Island auteur's take on "Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde". We know we are well off the beaten path when Dr. Jekyll, lecturing his students, injects a disembodied brain with his new serum and it turns green (by shining a green light on it); and when Jekyll instructs his students to dismember a cadaver "So that it can be properly disposed of." and they gleefully hack it to pieces with axes and cleavers! Andy's eccentric touches add an originality to the plot that no one else had ever touched on (well okay maybe Hammer with THE TWO FACES OF DR. JEKYLL). The doctor's alter ego visits an S&M club and we get to see such Milligan mainstays as flogging and a man with his eyes poked out with knitting needles. It is clear that Andy really felt the plot had nowhere to go and it becomes a fill-in-the-blank affair when only half the running time has expired. I call THE RATS ARE COMING, THERE WEREWOLVES ARE HERE his best film, this one has to be his worst. If you are a Milligan completist (like myself!) you should see it once though, his quirky charm is indeed evident even here.

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    • Trivia
      Originally titled "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Blood," producer William Mishkin changed the title to "The Man With Two Heads" in order to capitalize on the success of Amok, l'homme à deux têtes (1971) and La chose à deux têtes (1972).
    • Crazy credits
      Based on a story by Robert Louis Stephenson
    • Connections
      Referenced in Meurtres en VHS (1988)

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    • Release date
      • May 1972 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Man with Two Heads
    • Filming locations
      • Hampstead Heath, Hampstead, London, England, UK
    • Production company
      • Constitution Films
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    • Budget
      • $20,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 20m(80 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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