I was always aware of Mignola in the comics world but I never dared read his work. That’s mostly because I was lazy. Then Hellboy was made flesh in th efilm world and I saw something I wasn’t quite sure I enjoyed. A few viewings later, Hellboy reached a cult status with me.
Now the SciFi channel wants to release an animated version of Mignola’s other work, “The Amazing Screw on Head“. Sci Fi Pulse released the pilot online yesterday. I have decided it is a silly thing that I enjoy immensely.
The premise being, there are two histories: One that the world knows about and another that are only documented in one tome. In that secret book, President Lincoln’s top secret agent, a robot with an amazing screw-on head and several dozen bodies with which to screw into, fights supernatural evil and threats to the newly formed USA. Yes, it’s similar to Hellboy but differs extremely in tone. Whereas Hellboy was a reluctant blue-collar type hero who hid behind sarcasm to hide his insecurities, all the characters in Screw-On Head are gung ho about their positions in life and fight evil or commit evil acts with gusto.
The best thing about Screw On Head are the villains. Emperor Zombie, voiced by David Hyde Pierce to perfection, has to be the funniest, undead evil genius in all the supernatural cartoon world. His sense of humor, is my kind of humor. Which gives me hope that one day I will be evil and undead to match my stifled genius.
The Hero, Screw On head, is your typical knight in shining armor type. He fights the evil of the world unrelentingly but not stoic like. He may be limited by the trappings of his shining knight persona but he’s far from unfunny. His character seems to play straight man to the others off-the-wall antics.
The show is action packed(blood included), filled with comedy, insanely silly, and worth a go.
WATCH: The Amazing Screw On Head
