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Frankenstein's Army

2013 · 84 min

A grimy, claustrophobic plunge into found-footage war horror, with grotesque creature designs and relentless dread.

Directed by
Richard Raaphorst
Genres
Action, Horror
Starring
Karel Roden, Joshua Sasse, Robert Gwilym
Tagline
What is dead may never die.
Overview
Toward the end of World War II, Russian soldiers pushing into eastern Germany stumble across a secret Nazi lab, one that has unearthed and begun experimenting with the journal of one Dr. Victor Frankenstein. The scientists have used the legendary Frankenstein's work to assemble an army of super-soldiers stitched together from the body parts of their fallen comrades -- a desperate Hitler's last ghastly ploy to escape defeat

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Directed by
Richard Raaphorst
Genres
Action, Horror
Starring
Karel Roden, Joshua Sasse, Robert Gwilym
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • violence
  • madness
  • survival
  • betrayal
Places
  • military
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • found footage
  • mockumentary
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror8
Humour2
Realism4
Romance0
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
action, horror
Directed by
Richard Raaphorst
Written by
Chris W. Mitchell, Miguel Tejada-Flores
Starring
Karel Roden, Joshua Sasse, Robert Gwilym, Alexander Terentyev, Luke Newberry, Hon Ping Tang, Andrei Zayats, Mark Stevenson
Cinematography
Bart Beekman
Runtime
84 min
Country
Netherlands, United States of America, Czech Republic
Languages
English

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