Nigel P With 'Frankenhooker', chances are you get what you expect. 'Trash' and 'screwball' describe the knockabout humour on display here as Jeffrey (James Lorinz) brings back to life his decapitated fiancée by 'building her a new body of Manhatten street prostitutes'.A lot of the first part of the film relies on Lorinz, who is required to carry scenes by himself. He is somewhat expressionless but enters into the spirit of the proceedings with little inhibition. The second part is indebted to Patty Mullen as Elizabeth, parading under patchwork prosthetics, being seduced by a selection of horrendous macho 1990's muscle men. Her jerky wide-eyed movements recall a certain sense of Elsa Lanchester from the original 'Bride of Frankenstein (1935)'.There's plenty of flesh, lots of rubber limbs and some fairly graphic titillation on offer. Only when Elizabeth regains her memories does the grotesque humour make way for actual emotion, but that's fine. "There wasn't enough left of you to fry an egg with," explains Jeffrey in one of his final pronouncements.An acquired taste, especially now its garish, coarse visuals have a very dated quality, this is what it is. Deliberately goofy, wobbly, sleazy, popcorn nonsense worth a giggle.

Stephen Abell This is not a good film.This doesn't have great actors.This is not an Oscar winning script.The direction is mediocre.However...There are loads of naked exploding hookers - AWESOME and funny as hell.Similar in vein to Re-Animator, this is just as outrageous and funny.The end sequence is brilliant and worth the watch alone.It's that age-old question... If the love of your life dies in a horribly violent way what will you do to keep hold of your love? What a love story. With an ending nearly as tragic as Romeo & Juliet.

mikey-242-435767 Just finished watching Frankenhooker. In short, this is one of the funniest movies I have ever seen. If you really watch it, there are little "under the breath" comments that knocked my socks off. The little mutterings by our hero are just hilarious. I wonder how many of them were ad-libs? Some sounded like it because they were so very natural.SPOILER Alert (maybe) Then there are the exploding whores. They show them going off in various, interesting ways really well. Then the way Jeffrey's creation acts on the first attempt is just too much. It is so very funny. Then he magically fixes her and all hell breaks loose.And the stuff that crawls out of the freezer near the end is just too much. They set up the freezer reveal way back in act 1 (or 2, depending on how you count it) and then the payoff is long in coming but well worth the wait.I was NOT expecting such a movie. I have had it on the shelf for a while but was avoiding it until tonight. Sorry I waited. Think "ReAnimator" but with more humor. Not jokes but you will be laughing. Good job Henenlotter. On Brain Damage's commentary, they talk about this one so I had to see it.And, no, I am not related to anybody in the cast/crew or paid by anyone. This is just a fun romp. The horror is minimal and "cartoon horror" is WAY outrun by the humor. Physical and via dialog. Watch closely to get it all.Movie Mikey

zetes Hysterical horror comedy, and just a great way to start October 2014! After Patty Mullen gets run over by her mad scientist boyfriend, James Lorinz's automated lawnmower, only her head remains intact. He decides to Frankenstein her with a bunch of hooker parts - which he gets by getting a bunch of prostitutes to smoke the super-crack he's invented, which makes them explode. The movie is more than worth watching just for the exploding hookers, but it's pretty awesome everywhere else, too. For one thing, it's actually funny. Lorinz has an amusing schtick. When Mullen is re-incarnated, half-possessed by the hooker parts, she goes nuts, running around town hooking herself like crazy (those who choose to go with her end up in pieces).