Frankenstein Unbound
"A razzle-dazzle fantasy with wit and style." - Los Angeles Times
For his first film in almost thirty years, the legendary Roger Corman offers up this "monster movie for the thinking person" (NBC) now on DVD for the first time! Featuring electrifying performances from John Hurt, Raul Julia and Bridget Fonda, this compelling and creepy twist on the classic tale "marks the jubilant return of one of America's great iconoclasts!" (Egg Magazine)
John Buchanan (John Hurt) is a scientist in New Los Angeles, 2031. When one of his experiments fractures the very core of time and space, he is thrust back in time to nineteenth century Geneva where he finds Dr. Victor Frankenstein (Raul Julia) desperately trying to cope with his own disastrous experiment. Impressed with Buchanan's advanced knowledge of electricity, Frankenstein enlists his help with his "creation" - persuading Buchanan that the only way to stop "it" from killing is to create a mate. The outrageous endeavor could either save the scientists... or destroy them!
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Average - Wentai
1) Average special effects, not quite what the amazing Industrial Light and Magic comes up with.
2) Interesting plot, might have been better as a short story.
3) Cool monster and cool car.
4) Roger Corman pioneered some of the movies I loved as a kid.Frankenstein Unappreciated - kedar
This has got to be one of the worst movies I've ever seen. It was non-stop corny from the beginning, interspersed with bad dialog, bad special effects and a stupid premise for the story.
Add some gratuitous violence and an ending that leaves you hanging, and that's the movie.Traditional; almost..... - Chucky
"We're not very well made you know" That said by a maniac genius that turns out monstrous creatures from asorted body parts of the recently dead. This movie sticks close to the traditional Mary Shelly story although I can't say which is uglier, the monster or the "Hero" The Monster is, thank godness, a change from the stiff blockhead first presented by RKO and imitated adnausium. If you like high tech, if you've ever wondered what it would be like to go back in time bringing all kinds of cool gadgets from the present along, this flick will tickle you.
Not for the faint hearted, defanetily not for young kids
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Average - Wentai
1) Average special effects, not quite what the amazing Industrial Light and Magic comes up with.
2) Interesting plot, might have been better as a short story.
3) Cool monster and cool car.
4) Roger Corman pioneered some of the movies I ...Frankenstein Unappreciated - kedar
This has got to be one of the worst movies I've ever seen. It was non-stop corny from the beginning, interspersed with bad dialog, bad special effects and a stupid premise for the story.
Add some gratuitous violence and an ending that leaves you hanging, ...Traditional; almost..... - Chucky
"We're not very well made you know" That said by a maniac genius that turns out monstrous creatures from asorted body parts of the recently dead. This movie sticks close to the traditional Mary Shelly story although I can't say which is uglier, the monster ...