Frankenhooker
1990 · Movie · R · 85 min · ★ 6.3 · 62% critics
After a freak accident, a grief-stricken young scientist becomes obsessed with reversing death. With only part of his loved one preserved, he heads into the city’s seedy nightlife to gather what he needs for a risky experiment, setting off a chain of outrageous, gory, and darkly comic consequences.
Also known as Frankenguidun · Frankenstein 90
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Details
- Years
- 1990
- Release date
- 1990-06-01
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 62/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 (380 votes)
- Budget
- $2,500,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a deliberately trashy, over-the-top horror-comedy with exploding gore, sleaze, and a goofy Frankenstein riff, somewhat in the cult spirit of Basket Case; Not for you if misogynistic humor or grimy sex-and-drugs content turns you off.
Pros: outrageous black-comedy energy; memorable gross-out gags; cult B-movie vibe | Cons: sleazy, offensive premise; uneven acting and writing; lots of nudity
Themes
- new york city
- prostitute
- lightning
- brothel
- pimp
- dark comedy
- mad scientist
- grieving widower
- grief
- reanimation
- crack cocaine
- drugs
- +6 more
Cast & crew
James Lorinz
as Jeffrey
Patty Mullen
as Elizabeth
- JG
Joseph Gonzalez
as Zorro
Charlotte J. Helmkamp
as Honey
- JR
Joanne Ritchie
as Mrs. Shelley
- JC
J.J. Clark
as Mr. Shelley
- CS
C.K. Steefel
as Dolores
- SB
Shirl Bernheim
as Elizabeth's Grandmother
Judy Grafe
as Newscaster
Helmar Augustus Cooper
as Detective Anderson
Directed by Frank Henenlotter