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.
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Frankenstein Unbound
Horror · Science Fiction · 1990
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.
Movie details
Frankenstein Unbound
“Classic terror is now state-of-the-art shock.”
1990 Horror · Science Fiction 1h 25m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
5.9 / 10
Community rating
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.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Frankenstein Unbound?
For the defence
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Prestige Tourist
“You like your greatness pre-approved.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Roger Corman
Written by
F. X. Feeney · Roger Corman
John Hurt
Dr. Joe Buchanan / Narrator (voice)
Raúl Juliá
Dr. Victor Frankenstein
Nick Brimble
The Monster
Bridget Fonda
Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin
Jason Patric
Lord George Gordon Byron
Michael Hutchence
Percy Byshee Shelley
Catherine Rabett
Elizabeth Lavenza
Court is in session
Put Frankenstein Unbound on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
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.