Frankenstein '80 [Blu-ray]

Director: Mario Mancini Mario Mancini

Overview

This Italian production stars Gordon Mitchell as the modern-day monster-maker, who appropriately dubs his bald, lumbering patchwork creation "Mosaico." After the creature's escape from the lab, the plot seldom deviates from scene after scene of the scar-faced behemoth disemboweling women and bashing in people's heads with a leg-bone. Despite the participation of makeup effects master Carlo Rambaldi (who would bring E.T. to life ten years later), production values are virtually nonexistent. Essentially an exploitive slasher scenario with a man-made killer, this sleazy mess has about as much to do with Mary Shelley's legendary tale as a box of Frankenberry cereal.

Product Details

Release Date:	08/29/2023
UPC:	0656382104951
Original Release:	1972
Source:	Cauldron Films
Language:	English
Time:	1:28:00
Sales rank:	13,850

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Dada Galloti	Actor
Gordon Mitchell	Actor
Leila Parker	Actor
John Richardson	Actor
Marisa Travers	Actor
Renato Romano	Actor
Xiro Papas	Actor
Dalila Lazzaro	Actor

Technical Credits

Mario Mancini

Mario Mancini

Director,Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

Frankenstein '80 is stupid, sickening, and obscene, but seekers of psychotronic cinema will have a field day with this ridiculous Italian exploitation product. Despite a repetitious pace and poor cinematography (which sometimes renders the action incomprehensible), Frankenstein '80 never gets boring and manages to outrage consistently throughout its screen time. Hoary clichés like stolen formulas and secret labs crowd the narrative, and the man-made creature is a hulking, skin-headed thug covered in juicy scars with a healthy sex drive thanks to his creator's thoughtful addition of fully functioning reproductive organs (addressing a rather sensitive aspect of monster-making that most Frankenstein adaptations quietly ignore). Former bodybuilding champ Gordon Mitchell plays the mad doctor with one startled expression on his comically mustached face, dolled up in 19th century finery and contrasting with his very modern co-stars. Leading lady Dalila di Lazzaro (appearing under the name "Dalila Parker") is the only female cast member who isn't stripped and disemboweled, but she'd face similar treatment a year later in Flesh for Frankenstein, another Mary Shelley deconstruction that included plenty of sleazy sex for the fabled monster.

All Movie Guide - Fred Beldin