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From Frank Henenlotter, the creator of the BASKET CASE trilogy and BRAIN DAMAGE, comes FRANKENHOOKER, a gory horror-comedy twist on the Frankenstein legend.When Jeffrey Franken's fiancee is chopped to pieces by the blades of a remote-controlled lawnmower, he uses his dubious medical knowledge to try to bring her back to life. He reassembles his beloved Elizabeth using the body parts of New York City's finest prostitutes, and resurrects her during a heavy lightning storm. Unfortunately for Jeffrey, his dear Elizabeth's brain is scrambled and she runs amok on 42nd Street, turning tricks and bringing high-voltage death to her customers! Synapse Films is proud to present the uncut version of FRANKENHOOKER in an all-new 2K high-definition transfer created from original vault materials and digitally re-mastered 5.1 surround sound! Bonus Features: Audio Commentary with Director Frank Henenlotter and Make-Up Effects Designer Gabe Bartalos, "A Salad That Was Once Named Elizabeth" - Patty Mullen Featurette, "A Stitch in Time: The Make-Up Effects of FRANKENHOOKER" - Featurette, "Turning Tricks: Jennifer Delora Remembers FRANKENHOOKER"- Featurette, Jennifer Delora's FRANKENHOOKER PHOTO SCRAPBOOK, Theatrical Trailer.
  • Sound By: Dolby Digital Stereo
  • Released By: Synapse
Audio Commentary with Director Frank Henenlotter and Make-Up Effects Designer, Gabe Bartalos

A Salad That Was Once Named Elizabeth - Patty Mullen Featurette

A Stitch In Time: The Make-Up Effects Of Frankenhooker - Featurette

Turning Tricks: Jennifer Delora Remembers Frankenhooker - Featurette

Jennifer Delora's Frankenhooker Photo Scrapbook - Featurette

Theatrical Trailer

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Frankenhooker Blu-ray

Editorial Reviews

Mixing the gum-snapping kitsch of Valley Girl with the blood-and-breasts formula of countless slasher flicks, this horror-comedy follows Bride of Re-Animator in the quest to update James Whale's Bride of Frankenstein for the MTV generation. Whereas Bride of Re-Animator grappled, however melodramatically, with the same philosophical questions as the original Frankenstein films, Frankenhooker aims for something a little less weighty. Full of non-sequiter sight gags, inventively low-budget set pieces, broad stereotypes, and copious T & A, the film basically re-imagines The Brain That Wouldn't Die as a quickie softcore sex comedy. James Lorinz is terrific as mama's boy Jeffrey Franken, the head-drilling med-school dropout whose fantastical inventions get his girlfriend killed and then resurrected. Former centerfold Patty Mullen displays something approaching comic acuity as the titular undead nymphomaniac. Thanks to the underclothed supporting cast, she's only one of the gloriously ludicrous female stereotypes who totter around on stiletto heels and provide fuel for the carnage. Ultimately, though, it's director Frank Henenlotter's imaginative juxtaposition of gags and gore that provides Frankenhooker with its sense of fun. Henenlotter fills the film with the same colorful deadbeats who populated his even lower-budget debut, Basket Case. And although he doesn't quite surpass that film's eerily endearing sensibility, Frankenhooker remains an enjoyably rough-edged antidote the diminishing returns of straightforward slasher fare. ~ Brian J. Dillard, Rovi