Frankenhooker (1990)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Frank Henenlotter

Writers:

Frank Henenlotter (writer)
Robert Martin (writer)

Release Date:

1 June 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Got any money?

Plot:

A medical school dropout loses his fiancée in a tragic lawnmower incident, and decides to bring her back...

Plot Keywords:

Prostitute | Lesbianism | Tattoo | Female Nudity | Drill In The Head

Cast

James Lorinz	...	Jeffrey Franken
Joanne Ritchie	...	Mrs. Shelley
Patty Mullen	...	Elizabeth Shelley
J.J. Clark	...	Mr. Shelley
Carissa Channing	...	Dolores
Shirl Bernheim	...	Elizabeths Grandmother
Judy Grafe	...	Newscaster
Helmar Augustus Cooper	...	Detective Anderson (as Helmar Cooper)
Louise Lasser	...	Jeffreys Mother
John Zacherle	...	Weatherman
Charlotte J. Helmkamp	...	Honey (as Charlotte Helmkamp)
Kimberly Taylor	...	Amber
Shirley Stoler	...	Spike the Bartender
Joseph Gonzalez	...	Zorro
Ari M. Roussimoff	...	Zorro's Customer (as Ari Roussimoff)

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Swedish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Germany:16 (re-rating) (2008) | Germany:18 | Australia:M | UK:18 | USA:R | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Canada:R (Ontario) | Australia:MA (re-rating) | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

New Jersey, USA

Company:

Levins-Henenlotter

Trivia:

A family in the movie is called Shelley...after Mary Shelley, the original author of Frankenstein.

Quotes:

Newscaster: In a blaze of blood, bones, and body parts, the vivacious young girl was instantly reduced to a tossed human salad... a salad that police are still trying to gather up... a salad that was once named Elizabeth.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Starfighters (#7.12)" (1994)

Soundtrack:

Love Handgrenade

A Total Crack Up....

Man, its funny when people don't get a good joke that you do, and even better when they get p***ed off about it. Pin Heads and Primadonnas need not apply; Frankenhooker is a monument to real bad taste and super sick fun. If you need to BELIEVE in the story, the hero, the *HOPE*, whatever - then you are paying to be lied to. That makes you a schmuck. Some dullards can't see that their standards and criteria for Quality are just products of an increasingly corrupt, deluded society. Huh?! You are all mindless, bleating sheep, nervously keeping to the herd. Or, Fuzzy Robots, programmed for outdated moralistic consumerism. No, really. I won't bore you with a rehash of the details, I'll bore you with my opinion. I gave it 9 Super Crack Rocks out of whatever I could spare. Just watch the freaking thing and relax... it all only gets worse. I'm gonna see "Brain Damage" and "Basket Case." Peace.