Unfortunately this lacks the charm and pathos of Frank Henenlotter's earlier films like BASKET CASE or BRAIN DAMAGE or even the sheer fun of Stuart Gordon's RE-ANIMATOR which deals with the same theme of bringing dead people back to life.
James Lorenz plays a nerdy idiot named Jeffery Franken (Get it? Franken?) who's girlfriend Elizabeth (Patty Mullen) is killed by a runaway self-propelled lawnmower during a birthday party. He can't bear the loss so he takes her head and preserves it in a freezer so he can eventually bring her back to life.
But first he needs 'parts' so he lures a bunch of prostitutes to a downtown NY hotel with wads of cash and 'special' crack. He has second thoughts about killing them but the hookers take the crack and smoke it anyway.
This special form of crack causes their bodies start to explode like firecrackers, but not in a gory, SCANNERS-like way. It's too comical-looking, being played for laughs with the severed limbs looking like they were taken from some old mannequins. Really fake looking. He then takes the best body parts and reattaches them to Elizabeth's head.
The rest of it is just too dumb and stupid to comment on. It's a real step-down for Henenlotter who's earlier films had the imagination that this one lacks. Maybe he shouldn't have used Bram Stoker as a guide, huh?
I couldn't wait for it to end.
2 out of 10
James Lorenz plays a nerdy idiot named Jeffery Franken (Get it? Franken?) who's girlfriend Elizabeth (Patty Mullen) is killed by a runaway self-propelled lawnmower during a birthday party. He can't bear the loss so he takes her head and preserves it in a freezer so he can eventually bring her back to life.
But first he needs 'parts' so he lures a bunch of prostitutes to a downtown NY hotel with wads of cash and 'special' crack. He has second thoughts about killing them but the hookers take the crack and smoke it anyway.
This special form of crack causes their bodies start to explode like firecrackers, but not in a gory, SCANNERS-like way. It's too comical-looking, being played for laughs with the severed limbs looking like they were taken from some old mannequins. Really fake looking. He then takes the best body parts and reattaches them to Elizabeth's head.
The rest of it is just too dumb and stupid to comment on. It's a real step-down for Henenlotter who's earlier films had the imagination that this one lacks. Maybe he shouldn't have used Bram Stoker as a guide, huh?
I couldn't wait for it to end.
2 out of 10