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Frankenstein Island

  • 1981
  • PG
  • 1h 37m
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2.0/10
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Frankenstein Island (1981)
When a hot-air balloon crashes on a remote island, the crew discovers Dr. Frankenstein's ancestor carrying on the family work, along with a race of mutants and a population of Amazons.
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When a hot-air balloon crashes on a remote island, the crew discovers Dr. Frankenstein's ancestor carrying on the family work, along with a race of mutants and a population of Amazons.When a hot-air balloon crashes on a remote island, the crew discovers Dr. Frankenstein's ancestor carrying on the family work, along with a race of mutants and a population of Amazons.When a hot-air balloon crashes on a remote island, the crew discovers Dr. Frankenstein's ancestor carrying on the family work, along with a race of mutants and a population of Amazons.

  • Director
    • Jerry Warren
  • Writer
    • Jerry Warren
  • Stars
    • Robert Clarke
    • Steve Brodie
    • Cameron Mitchell
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  • IMDb RATING
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    • Director
      • Jerry Warren
    • Writer
      • Jerry Warren
    • Stars
      • Robert Clarke
      • Steve Brodie
      • Cameron Mitchell
    • 35User reviews
    • 28Critic reviews
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    Robert Clarke
    Robert Clarke
    • Dr. Paul Hadley
    Steve Brodie
    Steve Brodie
    • Jocko
    Cameron Mitchell
    Cameron Mitchell
    • Clay Jayson
    Robert Christopher
    • Mark Eden
    Tain Bodkin
    • Curtis Ryan
    Patrick O'Neil
    • Dino
    Andrew Duggan
    Andrew Duggan
    • The Colonel
    John Carradine
    John Carradine
    • Dr. Frankenstein
    Katherine Victor
    Katherine Victor
    • Sheila Frankenstein von Helsing
    • (as Kathrin Victor)
    G.J. Mitchell
    • Dr. von Helsing
    • (as George Mitchell)
    Dana Norbeck
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    • Jungle Girl
    Richard Banks
    • Angus
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    James Webb
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      • Jerry Warren
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    • Trivia
      John Carradine only appears as a floating image during the whole film. Actually, it is the same shot of him all the time, sometimes repeating dialogue and sometimes with new dialogue.
    • Quotes

      Curtis Ryan: It's when you mix the particular place, not here, but on the outside, well, that's when the power hits ya!

      Mark Eden: The power?

      Curtis Ryan: It's sort... it's built in, it's like telepathy.

      Mark Eden: Telepathy?

      Curtis Ryan: No, no! It's LIKE telepathy!

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    1/10
    A masterpiece of incoherence.
    Briefly speaking, nothing in this movie makes any sense at all, either on the level of overall plot or of individual scenes or even lines. This would have to be one of the most relentlessly stupid movies ever made. As soon as it looks like something is remotely intelligible, the actors and director seem to do their utmost to bring in yet another non sequitur.

    The dialogue seems to have been written by someone who's never actually heard a conversation between people before, and acted by people who've never participated in one.

    However, it's extremely amusing. This is an extraordinarily bad movie, but that's not because it's boring. The pink lunchbox, the contact lenses with white-out on them, the rubber skulls, the guy who keeps laughing constantly for no reason, the suburban living room in the middle of the deserted island, the power that attacks your arm when you "mix the particular place, not here but on the outside" (that is, say the name of a city)... champagne cinema.

    You could do much worse than track a copy down - but beware - some video copies have the goofiest scenes edited out!
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    • Aug 12, 2002

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    • Release date
      • November 27, 1981 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • La isla de Frankenstein
    • Filming locations
      • Colossal Cave Mountain Park, Vail, Arizona, USA
    • Production companies
      • Cerito Films
      • Chriswar
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 37 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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