Frankenstein General Hospital (1988)

A mad doctor puts together a new body by using body parts he steals from a mortuary at the hospital where he works.

Director:

Deborah Romare (as Deborah Roberts)

Writers:

Robert Deel, Michael Kelly

Stars:

Mark Blankfield, Leslie Jordan, Jonathan Farwell

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mark Blankfield	...	Dr. Bob Frankenstein
Leslie Jordan	...	Iggy
Jonathan Farwell	...	Dr. Frank Reutgar
Kathy Shower	...	Dr. Alice Singleton
Irwin Keyes	...	The Monster
Hamilton Mitchell	...	Dr. Andrew Dixon
Lou Cutell	...	Dr. Saperstein
Katie Caple	...	Nurse Verna
Dorothy Patterson	...	Mildred Pennys
Mark DeCarlo	...	Dr. Skip
Harry S. Murphy	...	Dr. Biff (as Harry Murphy)
Bunky Jones	...	Elizabeth Rice (as Rebunkah Jones)
Joleen Lutz	...	Candy Striper Patty
Jessica Puscas	...	Cindy Swanson
Ben Stein	...	Dr. Who

Storyline

Dr. Bob Frankenstein (Mark Blankfield) is the great-great grandson of Victor. Unlike Victor, however, he is working at a Los Angeles General Hospital as an intern under the name of Dr. Robert Frankenheimer. What his coworkers do not know, however, is that he has a laboratory, which is in B&W while everything else is in color (because it has been "drained of color", Bob says) and along with his dimwitted, two left-legged hunch-back Iggy, he intends to create the perfect human to succeed where his ancestors failed. However, as usual, the experiment goes wrong when Iggy steals the brain of a sex and food starved teenager instead of a brilliant mind, and the resulting Monster (Irwin Keyes) wreaks havoc through General Hospital.

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Plot Keywords:

title co directed by female | hospital | f rated | sexy nurse | what happened to epilogue | 

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Taglines:

Patients aren't just dying to get in... They're dying to get out

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

March 1988 (USA)

Also Known As:

Frankenstein Hospital General

Filming Locations:

California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

New Star Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in Matinee (1989)

User Reviews

Failed cult-movie wannabe

You know you're in trouble when Kathy Shower is both the most recognizable name and the best actress in the cast. Actually, there isn't enough Kathy Shower in "Frankenstein General Hospital" to save it. The film does boast one good idea - shooting all the laboratory scenes in black & white, as a kind of homage to the old Frankenstein classics. Other than that, it is boring, amateurish and witless. * out of 4.