Rock 'N' Roll Frankenstein

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Summary: Rock n' Roll Frankie rocks!
Review: A sensitive and heartfelt story of a monster and his uncooperative genitalia. A washed-up music agent needs a new star and his nebbishy nephew, Frankie Stein, has developed a rejuvenation process which can reanimate lifeless body parts. Together they scheme to create a superstar by assembling the remains of rock 'n' roll's dead elite. A burnt-out roadie with a knack for grave robbing, Iggy, is enlisted to acquire the legendary body parts. The plan proceeds smoothly until Iggy screws up big time - instead of pilfering Jim Morrison's genitalia he swipes Liberace's. After the "monster" is brought to life problems soon arise. Equipped with the head of Elvis and the love tool of Lee, a schizo relationship develops between the monster and his privates. And sure enough, people have to die!

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Summary: twisted fun; NOT for the politically correct
Review: Enjoyment of this movie requires a twisted sense of humor and a suspension of all morals. Greedy record exec Bernie Stein appears to be washed up in the music biz, until he commissions his necrophiliac doctor nephew, Frankie, to create a rock uber-star, composed of the best parts (literally) of legendary rockers like Elvis, Hendrix, and Buddy Holly. But when Frankie's burnt-out assistant, roadie Iggy, accidentally substitutes Liberace's... um, plumbing... for Jim Morrison's, mayhem ensues. Frankie's monster turns out to be a super rocker indeed, but like all great rock stars, he's plagued by fame, image, and his secret desires.

This is a campy, gory film. Stoner dude Iggy (played by Hiram Jacob Segarra) steals the show as a mellow, good-natured accomplice, and the original songs, including "I'm a Monster" and "Unnatural Urges" will run through your head for days.

Be warned-the special effects are bloody and rather realistic, and there is at least one scene in the film that most will feel goes too far, involving the murder of a priest with the most disturbing of all possible murder weapons.

For sci-fi fans and horror fans, this flick is a great pick. If you aren't up for the gore factor, try the R-rated DVD rather than this, the unrated director's cut.

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Summary: Hillarious!!
Review: Every musician has dreamed of their dream band, but this movie takes it one step further, a fat, cigar smoking record exec wants the next great entertainer. So what to do? Dig up parts of dead musicians and put them together! With Jimi Hendrix's hands and Jim Morrison's penis how can you go wrong? Easily, accidently use Liberace's penis for your creation!

The funniest part is when 'Elvis' is having sex with a groupie. He actually puts a gay porn magazine on her back while doing her. This is the kind of humor we see here folks. I won't even get into the 'Death by hanging yourself with your own penis' climax.

PS -- Oh yeah how could I forget? The penis talks!!!!

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Summary: Funniest B-Movie I've Seen In Years!
Review: I rented this flick on a friend's reccommendation, not expecting much. Boy was I surprised! I laughed my... off and then went out and added it to my collection. You know the story already, about the creation of a rock star from dead musicians parts, from the synopsis. This movie holds nothing scared and you absolutely MUST get the unrated version. The R version is total... and I accidentally ordered it from here. (Can't send it back now.) Make sure you get the UNRATED version.

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Summary: Rock n' Roll Frankie rocks!
Review: Rock & Roll Frankenstein sounds like it should be hilarious; once I read the plot summary, I just had to see the film. It's clearly a bad movie from the very start, yet it does have some funny moments - at first. The basic plot owes as much to Reanimator as it does to Frankenstein, as you have an outcast medical-type guy who has discovered a way to reanimate body parts and is anxious to see if he can give life to a human being composed of parts from different people. What makes this film so different is the fact that our medical wonderboy has an uncle in the music promotion business who really, really wants to create a new superstar. His master plan is to steal the best body parts from the greatest musicians of all time and reassemble them in one body. Thus, the monster has the head of Elvis, the hands of Jimi Hendrix, and other parts from legends such as Buddy Holly and Sid Vicious. The greedy uncle wants his star to be a big hit with the ladies, as well, so the final body part (and I think you can figure out what I'm referring to here) is to come from Jim Morrison; accidentally and most unfortunately, though, the final body part ends up coming from Liberace. This is where I began to sense really big trouble. When Liberace's special little body part started talking to the monster, Rock & Roll Frankenstein pretty much flat-lined as far as I was concerned, quickly turning into one long, extended dirty joke. There are a few killings thrown in along the way, but these are actually handled so distastefully as to be remarkably not funny. Once the plot went south, there was no hope of salvaging much of anything from the movie as a whole. The cast members, for their part, didn't help the cause. The uncle's role calls for nothing but foul language delivered very loudly, the monster is just a caricature of Elvis (one who looks nothing like him despite supposedly having his head), and the young medical genius (with a history of necrophilia) seemingly refuses to even try any degree of acting whatsoever. If you can listen to a dirty joke told over and over for hours on end, you might enjoy Rock & Roll Frankenstein. As for me, I find it unfortunate that a somewhat promising premise was basically abandoned halfway through the film, decry the fact that one highly controversial scene was included for no good reason whatsoever, and admit I found nothing of value and far too little humor in this movie to justify its strange existence.

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Summary: A big disappointment
Review: Rock & Roll Frankenstein sounds like it should be hilarious; once I read the plot summary, I just had to see the film. It's clearly a bad movie from the very start, yet it does have some funny moments - at first. The basic plot owes as much to Reanimator as it does to Frankenstein, as you have an outcast medical-type guy who has discovered a way to reanimate body parts and is anxious to see if he can give life to a human being composed of parts from different people. What makes this film so different is the fact that our medical wonderboy has an uncle in the music promotion business who really, really wants to create a new superstar. His master plan is to steal the best body parts from the greatest musicians of all time and reassemble them in one body. Thus, the monster has the head of Elvis, the hands of Jimi Hendrix, and other parts from legends such as Buddy Holly and Sid Vicious. The greedy uncle wants his star to be a big hit with the ladies, as well, so the final body part (and I think you can figure out what I'm referring to here) is to come from Jim Morrison; accidentally and most unfortunately, though, the final body part ends up coming from Liberace. This is where I began to sense really big trouble. When Liberace's special little body part started talking to the monster, Rock & Roll Frankenstein pretty much flat-lined as far as I was concerned, quickly turning into one long, extended dirty joke. There are a few killings thrown in along the way, but these are actually handled so distastefully as to be remarkably not funny. Once the plot went south, there was no hope of salvaging much of anything from the movie as a whole. The cast members, for their part, didn't help the cause. The uncle's role calls for nothing but foul language delivered very loudly, the monster is just a caricature of Elvis (one who looks nothing like him despite supposedly having his head), and the young medical genius (with a history of necrophilia) seemingly refuses to even try any degree of acting whatsoever. If you can listen to a dirty joke told over and over for hours on end, you might enjoy Rock & Roll Frankenstein. As for me, I find it unfortunate that a somewhat promising premise was basically abandoned halfway through the film, decry the fact that one highly controversial scene was included for no good reason whatsoever, and admit I found nothing of value and far too little humor in this movie to justify its strange existence.

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Summary: R&R Frankie wierdly satisfying
Review: Rock and Roll Frankenstein is not for the easily offended. That has to be said right from the start. But for the rest of us it offers a hardcore chance to laugh at those we know are easilly offended. This movie takes "over the top" over the top and it does it with panache. If you're as sick of pretend A-movie wanabe
shock value flicks as I am - you'll love this honest to goodness
B-movie slugfest. R&RF takes aim at all the sacred cows of our times and delivers the laughs while doing it. Why isn't this the ROCKY HORROR of the new millennium?! See for yourself.

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Summary: Get the unrated R&R F
Review: Simple as that - get the unrated R&R Frankenstein DVD and stay away from the butchered MPAA sanctioned R rated cut.

Rating:
Summary: actually -100 stars
Review: Standard Shock-o-rama cinema BOREfest.The term cruel and unusual punishment do not even begin to describe the experience of having to sit through this "movie".

This movie is sooo unbelievably boring, that about half way through the film i just couldn't take it anymore and went to go wash dishes.. after that i just got back in time for the last 5 mnts. That was enough to make me want to burn the dvd (...). This movie is utterly stupid and not funny at all, although it seems like they makers were really trying desperately to be funny. Seriously, A Rose for Emily was a barrel of laughs compared to this crummy afterbirth excuse for a movie. I cant even believe people actually think this is funny. not funny, just painfully stupid.

shock-o-rama makes the worst movies, and r-n-r f proves it...

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Summary: Unnatural Urges
Review: This is the most hilarious movie I have seen in years.A record producer tries to build the perfect rock star by assembling the body parts of Elvis Presley,Buddy Holly,Jimi Hendrix and others.The plan goes awry when the pothead graverobbing roadies steal the wrong penis and the monster is equipped with Liberaces member instead of Jim Morrisons.The rock and roll Frankenstein tries to fight his homosexual urges which eventually lead to murder.This movie is full of extremely crude jokes and I would not recommend it to anyone who doesnt have a warped sense of humor.An instant classic.