A quick review of The Frankenstein Theory:
The found footage genre is something I enjoy, and it's because I think there is great potential in it for amazing horror films, but more often than not they fall flat because of really poor acting. My best recommendation for this movie comes from the solid acting, and anybody who says different is just being overtly tough on the film; there are no points where I feel embarrassed for the actors, or laugh inappropriately. Of course there's a little humour tossed around because well, it's a film about a guy who believes Mary Shelley's Frankenstein was based on a real event that went terribly wrong, and he leads an expedition up around the Arctic Circle to try to locate the Frankenstein 'monster'. Naturally there are some fun bits. However, the dramatic portions are genuinely tense. Of course there are interview pieces, and things like that, but it makes sense- it's a mockumentary.
The only thing that wasn't so great was the monster itself. It could have been a little different, but I was still pretty gripped around the end when we finally get a real look at him, and the havoc breaks loose. It's not a great movie, but I enjoyed it. I especially liked the whole premise, as well as the main actor who played Venkenhein, and the always charismatic Timothy V. Murphy. 6 out of 10.
The found footage genre is something I enjoy, and it's because I think there is great potential in it for amazing horror films, but more often than not they fall flat because of really poor acting. My best recommendation for this movie comes from the solid acting, and anybody who says different is just being overtly tough on the film; there are no points where I feel embarrassed for the actors, or laugh inappropriately. Of course there's a little humour tossed around because well, it's a film about a guy who believes Mary Shelley's Frankenstein was based on a real event that went terribly wrong, and he leads an expedition up around the Arctic Circle to try to locate the Frankenstein 'monster'. Naturally there are some fun bits. However, the dramatic portions are genuinely tense. Of course there are interview pieces, and things like that, but it makes sense- it's a mockumentary.
The only thing that wasn't so great was the monster itself. It could have been a little different, but I was still pretty gripped around the end when we finally get a real look at him, and the havoc breaks loose. It's not a great movie, but I enjoyed it. I especially liked the whole premise, as well as the main actor who played Venkenhein, and the always charismatic Timothy V. Murphy. 6 out of 10.