Frankenstein Unbound 1990
5.4 / 10
Frankenstein Unbound
The ultimate weapon, claimed to be safe for mankind, produces global side-effects including time slides and disappearances. The scientist behind the project and his car are zapped from the year 2031 to 1817 in Switzerland where he meets Dr. Victor Frankenstein, Mary Shelley and others.
The ultimate weapon, claimed to be safe for mankind, produces global side-effects including time slides and disappearances. The scientist behind the project and his car are zapped from the year 2031 to 1817 in Switzerland where he meets Dr. Victor Frankenstein, Mary Shelley and others.
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Full Cast & Crew
... Dr. Joe Buchanan / Narrator (voice)
... Dr. Victor Frankenstein
... The Monster
... Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin
... Lord George Gordon Byron
... Percy Byshee Shelley
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See All 1 Reviews12 Jan 2023 by GenerationofSwine
We had HBO when I was a kid, and a television with cable in the basement... and kids love basements. Time makes no sense in a basement. It's a totally different world down there and, with HBO and that whole latchkey thing, you could be down there into the early hours of the morning watching wonderful trash. And this is really wonderful trash. I mean, it IS a Roger Corman film, and those are known for being cheap B-movie fair of the most entertaining quality. Far better than Troma trash that never really seems to have actual talent. But, this, well, it was 1990 and it had John Hurt, Raul Julia, Bridget Fonda, and Jason Patrick in it and that already felt like it was seriously pushing the boundaries of what qualifies as a Corman movie. Those are names anyone would be thrilled to cast. And it looked good, OK, it looked a little 90s B, but there are certainly a lot of movies that look worse than this. It was Frankenstein cast as kind of science-fiction more than horror, black holes and all, and that alone, is intriguing. I mean, when it was written it kind of walked that line and Frankenstein Unbound does a decent job of walking that line as well. It's part traditional Frankenstein and part alternate reality post apocalyptic Frankenstein with a wild enough plot to keep the viewer entertained no matter how absurd it feels to write that, let alone read it. It was 1990, honestly it SHOULD have received more of a showing than simply catching it on HBO late one Saturday when USA's Up All Night was showing something absolutely pathetic. It should have been a little more prime time, it is certainly good enough to carry that weight.
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Release Date:
Nov 02, 1990 (United States)
Run Time:
1hr 25`
MMPA Rating:
R
Original Language:
English
Production Countries:
United States
Status:
Released
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We had HBO when I was a kid, and a television with cable in the basement... and kids love basements. Time makes no sense in a basement. It's a totally different world down there and, with HBO and that whole latchkey thing, you could be down there into the early hours of the morning watching wonderful trash. And this is really wonderful trash. I mean, it IS a Roger Corman film, and those are known for being cheap B-movie fair of the most entertaining quality. Far better than Troma trash that never really seems to have actual talent. But, this, well, it was 1990 and it had John Hurt, Raul Julia, Bridget Fonda, and Jason Patrick in it and that already felt like it was seriously pushing the boundaries of what qualifies as a Corman movie. Those are names anyone would be thrilled to cast. And it looked good, OK, it looked a little 90s B, but there are certainly a lot of movies that look worse than this. It was Frankenstein cast as kind of science-fiction more than horror, black holes and all, and that alone, is intriguing. I mean, when it was written it kind of walked that line and Frankenstein Unbound does a decent job of walking that line as well. It's part traditional Frankenstein and part alternate reality post apocalyptic Frankenstein with a wild enough plot to keep the viewer entertained no matter how absurd it feels to write that, let alone read it. It was 1990, honestly it SHOULD have received more of a showing than simply catching it on HBO late one Saturday when USA's Up All Night was showing something absolutely pathetic. It should have been a little more prime time, it is certainly good enough to carry that weight.
Cast & Crew of
Frankenstein Unbound
Directors & Credit Writers
... Director
Cast
... Dr. Joe Buchanan / Narrator (voice)
... Dr. Victor Frankenstein
... The Monster
... Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin
... Lord George Gordon Byron
... Percy Byshee Shelley
... Elizabeth Lavenza
... Justine Moritz
... Lab Technician
... General Reade
... Information Officer
... Buchanan's Car (voice)
... Newswoman
... Dorrie
... Parson
... Old Man
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Frankenstein Unbound
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