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This one comes under the second heading. After reading all the great reviews I ordered FRANKENHOOKER. I wish I hadn't. We did the "all sit down and have popcorn while enjoying a funny movie" sort of thing and it was a total bust -- even though the popcorn was good.
Let's ignore the fact the case the movie was in wasn't in very good shape. That isn't the fault of the film. My problem was, even thought I've been a fan of bad movies for years, they have to have some substance underneath the silliness. While there were a few ok moments, like when he was trying to find the right girls to bring home, for the most part we were all bored with it. I did like Louise Lasser as his mother.
I saw where one reviewer referred to this film as "side splitting and sexy". Maybe it's just me, then. I really didn't see anything like that in this one. I guessing you have to be in the right mind-set to really get into FRANKENHOOKER -- and obviously we weren't.
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This is one of the best of the strangest movies out there. You gotta see it! They don't make 'em like this anymore!
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Good old Frank Henenlotter.
The man who brought us Basket Case 1-3, & Brain Damage,
offers up a movie, that asks alot of intriguing scientific questions.
Questions like:
Ever wonder what you would do if your wife were horribly mutilated
by a remote-controlled lawnmower.
Would it be possible to resurrect her??
What if you didn't have too many "whole" parts left??
Could you use some spares from the local brothel??
Would you kill to get the parts to bring her back??
Have you ever wondered what a room full of exploding prostitutes looks like???
Can inserting a power-drill into your skulll really help you think??
And the ever popular;
What are the side effects of Super-Crack???
For the answers,
and to see a human leg launched like a missle,
check out Frank Henenlotter's "Frankenhooker".
It'll make make you laugh 'til you cringe.
MORAL OF THE STORY:
Love knows no boundaries........logic included.
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Bill Murray says its the best movie of 1990 on the cover and I agree. Jeffrey Franken(James Lorniz the Andrew McCarthy look-alike) a hack medical student and failing inventor has a job as a garbage man. When his wife(Patty Mullen;Playboy Playmate) meets her demise(death by souped up lawnmower) he plans to bring his love back to life using body parts of crackhead prositutes that were blown to bits by smoking what they think is supercrack! If you like gory cheesy funny horror movies from the 80s and early 90s this one is prolly one of the best. Buy this now you won't be dissapointed.
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Folks this movie is as outrageous as they come. From the opening credits up until the twisted ending, Frankenhooker is a roller coaster ride of laughs, chuckles, and guffaws. Bless those responsible for this film, as they added a bit of sunlight into my otherwise dreary life.
Jeff is a scientist of sorts. He works for a New Jersey power plant after failing med school. We first meet him in the kitchen as he experiments on a cyclops brain, this of course is during his future father-in-law's birthday party going on right outside.
Well his girlfriend is hacked to pieces as she stupidly demonstrates a remote control lawn mower by standing right in front of it. Jeff manages to save the head, but now must find a bodie suitabole for his beloved. After drilling into his own brain a couple of times (it is his therapy), he decides the best thing to do is to go across the river and get some New York prostitutes. AFter his first visit, he realizes not only are there enough body parts, but he simply cannot decide on which parts he likes best. After meeting with head pimp Zeus, he invents super crack cocaine which causes it's users to explode. So after the big hooker party and exploding prostitutes, Jeff drives the body parts home.
He reassembles his beloved, but with unforseen results. She is a purple haired (and breasted) prostitute who kills on impact with electricity. She escapes to New York, kills a john, a guy in the hallway, then goes to the bar where Zeus recognizes her. Jeff gets to the bar and brings her home. Unbeknownst to him, Zeus is in hot pursuit. When they get back home, Jeff is decaptiated by Zeus who then falls vicitm to the freak in the cooler, which was originally the scraps and unused body parts. Jeff is resurected, but... well... you'll just have to see for yourself.
Things to look for....
1. Check out the cooler in the garage. Sometimes he has to wear gloves when getting body parts out and sometimes he doesn't. When he lifts the head out that has been soaking in chemicals, it is kind of cool how the hair is always dry.
2. When Jeff drives back home with all the body parts, they are plainly visible. His trunk is tied down with a piece of twine with arms and legs hanging out. Comic brilliance.
3. Do you belive this garage??
4. The best looking prostitute is hardly ever seen. She is the huge breasted, pony tailed blonde standing outside on the sidewalk. Too bad she didn't come to the party instead of the prostitute named 'Angel', Lord she was a skank.
5. Jeff is a loony. This schitzophrenic talks to himself constantly, drills holes in his head (there is never any blood by the way), and can make exploding crack cocaine, a state of the art garage/lab, can bring the dead back to life, but cannot handle a single pimp.
6. "Wanna date?!!??"
This movie is a hoot. I love it.
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