Many "versions" of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein have been made since the first one with Boris Karloff in 1931, but only few can catch you and nail you to your chair. Well, this is one of those movies. Sure this is not a thrill and chill one, but you won't be able to stop laughing! You'll also have your jaw hanging if you like well made make up effects! In fact Gabe Bartalos shows some of his best works! Some incredible edit complete this jewel of a movie, and don't forget all the tits and asses around ;-)!! Henenlotter made a really great job, using such little details as the title "frankenhooker" second name "Shelley"! The story is nothing really new (anyway the movie was out in 1990...): a strange guy, a bio-electric technician as he say, loose her wife to be in an accident with one of his creations (a "wireless controlled" lawnmower) and he decide to get her back to life using his "bio-technic" ability.... ...But he has to find another body, as the "original one" has been torn apart! He decide to look for it between the hookers in the town, as no one will ever worry about them, but something goes wrong and the "mad doctor" find himself surrounded by body parts he swears he will put back together when he's done with his future wife! This guy is really out of luck: when the girl got back to life he discover she had the hookers memories and she got back to the gutter to "sell some love"! The story is really weird, the characters funny, the effects great and the end...well just the weird end you would expect...maybe! One more thing is to be said: Patty Mullen show how she's not just a beautiful Penthouse Pet, but a great actress too, giving credibility to such a weird character! What else can you ask to a low budget movie?
Review of Frankenhooker
