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Frankenhooker

1990 · 85 min

A gleefully tasteless, gory romp that plays its sleazy madness for laughs, leaving you amused and slightly appalled.

Tagline
A terrifying tale of sluts and bolts.
Overview
A medical school dropout loses his fiancée in a tragic lawnmower incident and decides to bring her back to life. Unfortunately, he was only able to save her head, so he goes to the red light district in the city and lures prostitutes into a hotel room so he can collect body parts to reassemble her.
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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • campystrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • obsession
  • madness
  • identity
  • love
Places
  • big city
  • suburbs
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror6
Humour8
Realism2
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness7
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy, horror, science fiction
Directed by
Frank Henenlotter
Written by
Robert Martin, Frank Henenlotter
Starring
James Lorinz, Patty Mullen, Joseph Gonzalez, Charlotte J. Helmkamp, Joanne Ritchie, J.J. Clark, C.K. Steefel, Shirl Bernheim
Music
Joe Renzetti
Cinematography
Robert M. Baldwin
Runtime
85 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, Swedish

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