Mike Mignola is probably best known for creating the comic Hellboy which led to the Hellboy movies. He has done much more, and this pilot for an animated television series that, unfortunately, never eventuated is also based on one of his comics and is another glimpse of his genius.
There are two histories, the public history that everyone knows, and the secret history. The Amazing Screw-On head falls in to the second, as the eponymous star undertakes covert missions for president Abraham Lincoln. This time, Head (Paul Giamatti) goes after Emperor Zombie (David Hyde Pierce) and his vampire lover Patience (
Molly Shannon) who have a predilection for killing Head’s servants (amongst other dastardly acts).
The Sci-Fi Channel, as much as I love watching their productions, normally don’t deliver the goods, The Amazing Screw-On Head is an exception. The creators have captured Mignola’s style wonderfully. Every scene is a visual delight and the dialogue is fast and clever. It made me think that this is how good the League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen should have been.
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