How do you make Nazis even more evil and despicable? Several films have already had Nazi Zombies crawl out of their graves. How about combining the basic idea of the Frankenstein story with that of the Nazi regime. And that my friends is how Frankenstein’s Army was born. Russian soldiers at the end of WWII stumble upon a Nazi lab when they encounter all sorts of hellish creatures in director Richard Raaphorst’s upcoming film. Rogier Samuels, who worked on all three of The Lord of the Rings films, is behind the special effects here which are easily the highlight of this new red band trailer. Simply put, this makes Victor Frankenstein look like an angel curing cancer in comparison. Yes, the trailer is a little wacky; yes, a character even breaks the fourth wall and addresses the camera at one point; yes, there’s an unnecessary dubstep track...
- 5/31/2013
- by Michael Haffner
- Destroy the Brain
The ambitious period piece, a co-production of Chicago-based Dark Sky Films, Los Angeles’ Xyz Films and Pellicola of Amsterdam, was shot on the outskirts of Karlovy Vary, an ancient Czech township known for its hot springs and exquisite film festival. The movie’s shockingly detailed set, however, was the furthest thing from luxury one could imagine, with a closed, scrap-strewn mining colony doubling for wartorn Europe, circa 1947. The story sees a battalion of Russian soldiers finding themselves lost in Eastern Europe and stumbling across a small village ravaged by ghoulish automatons, created by a power-mad descendant (played by Hellboy’s Karel Roden) of the historic Dr. Frankenstein. Cut off from the outside world, the young soldiers must take a stand against the monsters—and the Nazi madmen responsible for their creation.
Wandering the enormous locale with a handful of other journalists, this writer is immediately overwhelmed by the scope of...
Wandering the enormous locale with a handful of other journalists, this writer is immediately overwhelmed by the scope of...
- 1/22/2013
- by gingold@starloggroup.com (Alex Nemecek)
- Fangoria
The ambitious period piece, a co-production of Chicago-based Dark Sky Films, Los Angeles’ Xyz Films and Pellicola of Amsterdam, was shot on the outskirts of Karlovy Vary, an ancient Czech township known for its hot springs and exquisite film festival. The movie’s shockingly detailed set, however, was the furthest thing from luxury one could imagine, with a closed, scrap-strewn mining colony doubling for wartorn Europe, circa 1947. The story sees a battalion of Russian soldiers finding themselves lost in Eastern Europe and stumbling across a small village ravaged by ghoulish automatons, created by a power-mad descendant (played by Hellboy’s Karel Roden) of the historic Dr. Frankenstein. Cut off from the outside world, the young soldiers must take a stand against the monsters—and the Nazi madmen responsible for their creation.
Wandering the enormous locale with a handful of other journalists, this writer is immediately overwhelmed by the scope of...
Wandering the enormous locale with a handful of other journalists, this writer is immediately overwhelmed by the scope of...
- 1/22/2013
- by gingold@starloggroup.com (Alex Nemecek)
- Fangoria
The ambitious period piece, a co-production of Chicago-based Dark Sky Films, Los Angeles’ Xyz Films and Pellicola of Amsterdam, was shot on the outskirts of Karlovy Vary, an ancient Czech township known for its hot springs and exquisite film festival. The movie’s shockingly detailed set, however, was the furthest thing from luxury one could imagine, with a closed, scrap-strewn mining colony doubling for wartorn Europe, circa 1947. The story sees a battalion of Russian soldiers finding themselves lost in Eastern Europe and stumbling across a small village ravaged by ghoulish automatons, created by a power-mad descendant (played by Hellboy’s Karel Roden) of the historic Dr. Frankenstein. Cut off from the outside world, the young soldiers must take a stand against the monsters—and the Nazi madmen responsible for their creation.
Wandering the enormous locale with a handful of other journalists, this writer is immediately overwhelmed by the scope of...
Wandering the enormous locale with a handful of other journalists, this writer is immediately overwhelmed by the scope of...
- 1/22/2013
- by gingold@starloggroup.com (Alex Nemecek)
- Fangoria
If your a Universal Monsters fan, particularly Frankenstein's monster, then I'm sure that your about as excited as we are to see Frankenstein's Army which is currently filming in the Czech Republic. Today we were treated to a very grotesque image, which comes to us from Twitch, showcasing a pretty realistic prop of a corpse with its brain exposed which was used in Richard Raaphorst's upcoming flick. Special Effects Supervisor Rogier Samuels, who…...
- 4/18/2012
- Horrorbid
We have all been waiting patiently for a look at the goods from the now shooting Frankenstein's Army. Finally something juicy has come! See? Good things happen for those who wait. Dig it!
Over on Twitch they have an image/video on display showcasing a rather gory prop from Richard Raaphorst's upcoming flick courtesy of Special Effects Supervisor Rogier Samuels, who appeared last week on the Netherlands talk show "De Wereld Draait Door". Check out the image and hit the link below to watch the video.
The Czech shoot, portraying Viktor Frankenstein's efforts to turn around German fortunes by animating super soldiers from the body parts of the fallen, is Richard Raaphorst's helming debut and is before cameras right now (how we love saying that).
Karel Roden (The Abandoned, Hellboy, A Lonely Place to Die) plays mad Nazi scientist Viktor, and the flick also features Alexander Mercury (The Golden Compass...
Over on Twitch they have an image/video on display showcasing a rather gory prop from Richard Raaphorst's upcoming flick courtesy of Special Effects Supervisor Rogier Samuels, who appeared last week on the Netherlands talk show "De Wereld Draait Door". Check out the image and hit the link below to watch the video.
The Czech shoot, portraying Viktor Frankenstein's efforts to turn around German fortunes by animating super soldiers from the body parts of the fallen, is Richard Raaphorst's helming debut and is before cameras right now (how we love saying that).
Karel Roden (The Abandoned, Hellboy, A Lonely Place to Die) plays mad Nazi scientist Viktor, and the flick also features Alexander Mercury (The Golden Compass...
- 4/18/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
In The Netherlands we have daily talkshows just like in every other country, and one of the most popular shows is called "De Wereld Draait Door" (meaning both "The World Keeps Turning" and "The World Is Going Crazy"). Last Friday (the 13th, haha) one of the guests being interviewed turned out to be Rogier Samuels, Senior Prosthetics Technician on the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy and the upcoming "The Hobbit". But Rogier is also the Special Effects Supervisor for Richard Raaphorst's "Frankenstein's Army", and as he wasn't allowed to show any props from "The Hobbit" he showed a few from "Frankenstein's Army" instead. The interview primarily covered Rogier moving to New Zealand for six months with his whole family, but there were plenty of things...
- 4/18/2012
- Screen Anarchy
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