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Frankenhooker

Frankenhooker

Comedy · Horror · Science Fiction · 1990

A medical school dropout loses his fiancée in a tragic lawnmower incident and decides to bring her back to life. Unfortunately, he was only able to save her head, so he goes to the red light district in the city and lures prostitutes into a hotel room so he can collect body parts to reassemble her.

Movie details

Frankenhooker

“A terrifying tale of sluts and bolts.”

1990 Comedy · Horror · Science Fiction 1h 25m

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TMDB

6.3 / 10

Community rating

A medical school dropout loses his fiancée in a tragic lawnmower incident and decides to bring her back to life. Unfortunately, he was only able to save her head, so he goes to the red light district in the city and lures prostitutes into a hotel room so he can collect body parts to reassemble her.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Frank Henenlotter

Written by

Frank Henenlotter · Robert Martin

James Lorinz

James Lorinz

Jeffrey

Patty Mullen

Patty Mullen

Elizabeth

J

Joseph Gonzalez

Zorro

Charlotte J. Helmkamp

Charlotte J. Helmkamp

Honey

J

Joanne Ritchie

Mrs. Shelley

J

J.J. Clark

Mr. Shelley

C

C.K. Steefel

Dolores

Court is in session

Put Frankenhooker on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Prestige Tourist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.