Frankenhooker (1990)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

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

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:

The interior of the Franken family garage is intentionally four times as large as the exterior, as specified in the screenplay.

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 Brain That Wouldn't Die (#6.13)" (1993)

Soundtrack:

Basket Case 2/Frankenhooker

Another Twisted Classic From the Mind Of Frank Hennenlotter!!!

Hennenlotter does it again with FRANKENHOOKER. How can one man come up with such geniously ridiculous stuff??? Anyone who has seen the glory that is BASKET CASE or BRAIN DAMAGE knows exactly where I'm coming from. Although I like FRANKENHOOKER the least of the three films, that is by no means putting this film down. It is yet another true classic.

FRANKENHOOKER is about a guy who's wife is killed in a freak lawnmowing incident. Distraught at his wife's early departure, our hero decides to take matters into his own hands and bring his wife back from the dead a la BRIDE OF RE-ANIMATOR. In search of "spare parts" for his project, he "taps" the most obvious source - New Jersey hookers!!! FRANKENHOOKER is ridiculous fun all the way through. Not really gory, but lots of fun stuff like supercrack-smoking-exploding-hookers (!!!) If you like good-humored sleaze, this one is right up your alley. Definitely recommended - 8/10