RATED- UNRATED
RUN TIME- 87 MINS
WRITER(S)- VLADY PILDYSH AND ANDREW WEINER
STARRING- KRIS LEMCHE, JOE EGENDER AND TIMOTHY V. MURPHY
DIRECTOR- ANDREW WEINER
Synopsis taken from IMDb
From the filmmaker's of "The Last Exorcism" comes a boldly original vision of horror. What if the most chilling novel of all time was based on a true account of a horrific experiment awry ?
Frankenstein is my favorite Universal classic monster, he's the best. Pure and simple. I read Mary Shelly's Frankenstein novel shortly after being introduced to the movies and I liked it the same. It's one of my favorite books of all time. The fact that "The Frankenstein Theory" breathes new life into the book and movie(s) caught my attention instantly.
Professor John Venkenheim (Kris Lemche) pays a film crew to follow him in his adventures of seeing if his theory is true. His theory is that Mary Shelly's book was only sold as fiction to cover up the truth, and that it all actually happened. John has the letters that are the starting pages of Mary Shelly's Frankenstein as proof that she didn't make the details up when writing the book. The film crew believe John to be crazy but follow him anyway into the arctic circle, where he believes Frankenstein is living.
The movie has a really plot and the creativity are huge positives for this movie. The idea of this film is truly genius. Unfortunately, it doesn't live up to the potential it had. You could say if it had a bigger budget it would have been a better movie, or you could say that if they had a bigger director with more vision like Guillermo del Toro it would have been better. And it would be true. Kudos for the hard effort though.
As the story unwinds and we get a closer and closer idea of if Frankenstein is real, it would have been nice to have had some more suspense going. This film lacks suspense and that would have been a big helper in improving this movie. There's a few tense scenes, but nothing to scare you or rattle your bones. Even though the story proves well and delivers, it doesn't matter when you're missing so many other key elements, like a cast we care about.
"The Frankenstein theory" is just under 90 minutes and for that, I can't say I don't recommend it. But if you're a big Frankenstein fan, don't get your hopes up. It's a bit of a let down. However, one of the things that I did like about the movie that others didn't was the fact that you don't really get to see Frankenstein. But with me, I enjoy what you don't see as much as what you do see. It would have been nice to get up close and see cool make-up but better to not show details if they're not going to be worth the payoff.
THIS FILM GETS 2 1/2 REAPER SKULLS OUT OF 5
Good review. I reviewed this myself a ways back, and one of my biggest gripes about the movie sort of goes against what you liked: that you hardly see the Monster. I didn't want him to be seen all over the place or anything, I really only wanted one really good look, and maybe one or two more really far off sightings of something moving. But hey, that's me lol.
ReplyDeleteNo, I completely understand what you're saying lol.
DeleteThat would have worked as well! I think if they just put some money into good makeup for only one shot they could have pulled it off. Who knows why they didn't.
Never heard of this. Love the Mary Shelley book and the old Universal films too!
ReplyDeleteSeems like the film makers had too much scope and not enough money. It seems to be a problem with most films like this unfortunately.
Good review!
Michael.
Thanks again Mike!
DeleteThat's exactly the best way to put it. They had too much scope and not enough money.
i saw this movie a little while ago and it was a good enough watch. It didnt have much suspense or scares, but it did have me wondering if it could be true (unfortunately not lol) Frankenstein's monster was huge and destructive though. your rating is spot on. Great review!
ReplyDeleteHe was very destructive indeed. He was massive too. I wonder if they had a guy in lifts play him or if they actually cast a guy that size.
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