The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant story
An affluent scientist transplants the head of an escaped mental patient onto the shoulder of an extremely strong full-grown man with the mind of a child.
15 total · 1 choice · 5 major · 9 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| head transplant | choice | The main novelty of the film is much as the title suggests: mayhem ensues when a scientist transplants the head of one man onto the shoulder of another. |
| coping with having to destroy one's own creation | major | Dr. Roger Girard concluded that the two-headed monstrosity he'd created was too dangerous and reluctantly took steps to destroy it. |
| husband and wife | major | Linda was horrified to find that her husband, Roger, had transplanted the head of an escaped mental patient onto the shoulder of their estate's caretaker's mentally handicapped son's shoulder. |
| mad scientist stereotype | major | The affluent scientist Dr. Roger Girard worked from his home laboratory to transplant head of an escaped mental patient onto the shoulder of an extremely strong full-grown man with the mind of a child. The result was something akin to Frankenstein's monster. |
| mental illness | major | Manuel Cass was certified to be insane by a judge and behaved in a most deranged and psychotic manner throughout the film. |
| serial murder | major | The deranged man Manuel Cass was reported to have murdered ten people. After having his severed head transplanted onto the shoulder of an extremely strong full-grown man with the mind of a child, the pair went on to commit a spate of grisly murders. |
| coping with the death of a parent | minor | Danny was in a catatonic state, cradling the freshly murdered body of his father. |
| facing a home invader | minor | An unnamed young woman was being terrorized in her home by the deranged criminal Manuel Cass. The same man, now a recently escaped mental patient, barged into the Girard's home and abducted Linda Girard. |
| father and son | minor | The caretaker Andrew Norton and his adult son with the mental capacity of an eight-year-old, Danny. |
| law enforcement | minor | The local sheriff and his men were out looking for whoever or whatever had committed a spate of grisly murders. |