Frankenhooker 4K 1990 Ultra HD 2160p

Inventor Jeffrey Franken, who lives with his mom and is glued to the TV, is getting ready for his wedding. But all that’s left of his stunning bride is her head—the rest has been chewed up by a lawnmower. After seeing a news report about a raid on a brothel, the grieving groom heads to the scene to assemble a new body for his beloved head using the beautiful sex workers. But the reanimated woman has no intention of obeying her groom. She takes to the streets of the filthy city to exact revenge on men for her suffering.

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Frank Hennelotter, who made such a memorable and distinctive film as *The Creature in the Basket*, disappeared from the directing scene after making just one more movie. Then, toward the end of the 1980s, he made a comeback. With a tidy sum of five million dollars in hand, Hennenlotter decided to make a sequel to *The Creature in the Basket* and a separate film—a dark parody comedy of *Frankenstein* with the catchy title *Frankenschluch*.

The film tells the story of Jeffrey, who isn’t exactly a doctor—he was expelled from three medical schools. He loves to design all sorts of mechanical contraptions and, at the same time, delve into human anatomy. One “wonderful” day, his fiancée Elizabeth meets a completely stupid and absurd death under a lawnmower, which grinds the poor girl into tiny pieces. What a stroke of bad luck—without a second thought, he decides to reassemble his beloved and bring her back to life. But the problem is that all that’s left of her is a leg and a head. As Jeffrey ponders this, an idea strikes him: to obtain the missing body parts from prostitutes. The young man is certainly a bit strange; he talks to his beloved’s head and other body parts. At the same time, when she was shredded by the lawnmower, there was no particular sign of loss on his face. But then, in a conversation with his mom, Jeffrey seems to answer her questions himself, saying that he is an antisocial and dangerously immoral type who doesn’t quite understand what’s right or wrong, existing in a void of madness and all that.

It’s strange that when Jeffrey drills into his own head with a drill, there’s no blood and the drill bit stays clean. Also, when the prostitutes explode, it doesn’t look natural; it’s logical to assume that after a human explosion, the room or any surrounding area would be covered in blood and pieces of flesh, but in *Franken-Schluch*, the room was just smoking after the explosion. And then, why did he start welding? Aren’t body parts sewn together so they can heal? I didn’t quite understand his methods at first. And in general, he comes across as an eccentric—a simpleton, not a brilliant and malicious doctor. But there’s a reasonable explanation for all this: Frank Hennelotter deliberately avoided blood and similar gory spectacles, unlike in his previous work, *Brain Damage* . This film shouldn’t be taken as a bloody, trashy, brutal piece of work. “Frankenwhore” is an absurdly crazy story with a specific twist. For example, arms and heads fly around, but everything isn’t drowning in blood—even though, logically, everything should be covered in blood. You can see the absurdity in that alone.

As for the acting, it turned out pretty well overall, considering that many of the actors didn’t have much acting experience under their belts yet; for example, the role of Frankenstein’s bride is played by Patty Mullen, who had only appeared in two films prior to this.
However, it’s clear she tried her best and delivered a decent, convincing performance; after all, she’s naturally sweet, and she even pulled some funny faces. As for Jeffrey, he was played by another talented young actor. While Patty didn’t have any other films, James went on to appear in movies. And by the way, Hennenlotter himself appeared in a barely noticeable supporting role as a passenger.

Now, speaking of the downsides, one could complain about a certain passivity in the middle of the film—passivity specifically in the absence of violence and murders. For example, the dynamic absurdity only kicks in (not counting the segment with the exploding prostitutes) when, having obtained body parts and a stroke of luck from nature in the form of lightning, his beloved is resurrected—only, for some reason, it didn’t turn out the way Jeffrey expected to see. With Elizabeth’s brain, she speaks and behaves like a New York prostitute. Without a second thought, the newly electrified wonder sets off to do her duty… and what happens next, in my opinion, is the funniest and most dynamic part of the film.

It’s worth pausing to scratch your head, as nothing quite like the movie “Franken-Slut” comes to mind, especially in the black comedy genre. All of this suggests that Frank Henenlotter is a master at making unique and original films that are undoubtedly aimed at a niche audience.

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Codec: HEVC / H.265 (90.2 Mb/s)
Resolution: Native 4K (2160p)
HDR: Dolby Vision, HDR10
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1

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#English: FLAC 2.0
#English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
#English: FLAC 2.0 (Commentary by director/co-writer Frank Henenlotter and special effects make-up artist Gabe Bartalos)
#English: FLAC 2.0 (Commentary by director/co-writer Frank Henenlotter and actor James Lorinz)

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