Flesh for Frankenstein (DVD, still sealed) Criterion Collection

Description: Cult classic - perfect for weekend old school & quirky movie night. Review:Flesh for Frankenstein was the first of two retellings of classic horror stories that Paul Morrissey directed back-to-back for producers Andrew Braunsberg and Carlo Ponti, using many of the same cast and crew members, on location and at Cinecitta Studios in Rome. The films were released in some countries as Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein and Andy Warhol’s Dracula, but the famed artist had little to do with either production, even though Morrissey had been previously associated with him. Warhol seemed happy to lend his name to projects with which he had scant involvement (witness his producer credit on the Velvet Underground’s first album despite the fact that he wasn’t even present when it was recorded). Both films initially received “X” ratings, and while they may seem relatively tame by contemporary standards, needless to say they still aren’t for all tastes. The fact that Frankenstein was shot in 3D, and it takes full advantage of that process, makes that statement even more true—you’ve been warned. Morrissey wrote the script along with an uncredited Tonino Guerra and Pat Hackett, diving deeply into the body horror elements of Mary Shelley’s novel, but otherwise telling his own peculiar tale. Typically for one of his projects, the script formed only a basic narrative outline, with the dialogue being improvised daily on set. In this version, Baron Frankenstein (the inimitable Udo Kier) is obsessed with creating the ideal Serbian male and female creations so that they can produce offspring to form a master race under his control. While he works in his laboratory with his crazed assistant Otto (Arno Jurging), his nominal wife Katrin (Monique van Vooren) pursues her own goals in their bedroom with the farmhand Nicholas (Joe Dallesandro). Everything starts to spiral out of control when the Baron makes a fateful mistake with his male creation, but his real children are waiting in the wings, and both Nicholas and the audience will be left hanging at the end.Continues on thedigitalbits.com

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