Frankenstein's Army (2013)

Toward the end of World War II, Russian soldiers pushing into eastern Germany stumble across a secret Nazi lab, one that has unearthed and begun experimenting with the journal of one Dr. ... See full summary »

Director:

Richard Raaphorst

Writers:

Richard Raaphorst (original idea), Richard Raaphorst (story)

Stars:

Robert Gwilym, Hon Ping Tang, Alexander Mercury

1 win & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Robert Gwilym	...	Novikov
Hon Ping Tang	...	Ivan / Ivan Zombot
Alexander Mercury	...	Dimitri / Wall Zombot #4 - Legs
Luke Newberry	...	Sacha
Joshua Sasse	...	Sergei
Mark Stevenson	...	Alexei
Andrei Zayats	...	Vassili
Karel Roden	...	Servant / Viktor
Klaus Lucas	...	SS Officer Dieter
Cristina Catalina	...	Eva / Eva Zombot
Jan de Lukowicz	...	Fritz
Zdenek Barinka	...	Hans
Jan Mrkvicka	...	German Soldier
Linda Balabanova	...	Speaking Nun
Tereza Slavickova	...	Naked Nun

Storyline

Toward the end of World War II, Russian soldiers pushing into eastern Germany stumble across a secret Nazi lab, one that has unearthed and begun experimenting with the journal of one Dr. Victor Frankenstein. The scientists have used the legendary Frankenstein's work to assemble an army of super-soldiers stitched together from the body parts of their fallen comrades -- a desperate Hitler's last ghastly ploy to escape defeat.

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Plot Keywords:

frankenstein | russian soldier | undead | nun | nazi | 

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Genres:

Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for bloody violence and grisly images, and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official Forum

Country:

Netherlands USA Czech Republic

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 November 2013 (Japan)

Also Known As:

O Exército de Frankenstein

Filming Locations:

Hornický Skanzen Mayrau, Vinarice, Kladno, Czech Republic

Company Credits

Production Co:

MPI Media Group, Dark Sky Films, Pellicola

Technical Specs

Runtime:

84 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Most of the monster designs come from the creators' pre-production that started in the early 2000s, with the working title Worst Case Scenario, as one of the first attempts to use the Internet to gather support from genre fans, e.g. involving them as extras for mass scenes. The plot of this splatter comedy would have centered around undead German WW2 soldiers coming from the sea and killing tourists at a beach. Production began in 2004, but by 2009 the project was officially abandoned and the team started to work on Frankenstein's Army instead. All that remains from Worst Case Scenario are two teaser trailers released in 2006 that feature some of the creatures that ended up being used in Frankenstein's Army more than ten years later.

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Goofs

The signs reading "nicht antasten" ("Do not touch") seem to be German language, but no German would use that terminology. The correct translation would have been "Nicht berühren!".

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Quotes

Viktor: My father said, men will be more efficient if they have hammers and screwdrivers instead of fingers.

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Connections

Referenced in Midnight Movie Review: Richard Raaphorst Special (2013)

User Reviews

A Russian reconnaissance squad runs afoul of the mechanically enhanced re-animated dead.

Another Nazi weird science and hand-held camera movie. So fasten your seat-belts! There's gonna to be a whole lotta shaking going on. This one follows an undisciplined and sometimes comical Russian reconnaissance team as they march, hike, and yeah, stagger and stumble thru German territory trying to get the goods on the Germans for mother Russia. As they progress, they encounter evidence that later becomes horrifying fact that the Nazis are trying to advance there cause with some seriously f!!cked-up science: the re-animation and mechanical weaponization of the dead.

This, Reader, you gotta see. Every kind of scrap, junk or part is imaginatively used in the reconstruction and re-animation of the dead. Now while horrifying, there is also no escaping the comical effect of this. This movie is only scary in the sense that "bizarre killer robots" are after you. It is not scary in traditional creepy and supernatural sense of the dead coming back to life. 2 reasons: The merging of people with metal and mechanical parts "dehumanizes" them you tend to think of them more as "machines". As well, this movie leans towards being an over-the-top dark horror comedy; especially at the end.

Normally I don't like hand-held camera movies or "jerky-cams" as I think of them. However there are exceptions and this is one of them. There is a "real-life or documentary voyeur effect" to these types of movies which is chiefly what distinguishes them (along with the jitters, of course). As well, since the camera person is a character in the movie, it always amuses me that when all hell breaks loose and everyone is scattering and running for dear life, they have to hold there ground and act like the bravest or most reckless person in the world and continue filming or else there's no movie. Sometimes the makers of this type of movie get creative and have the person drop the camera in the excitement of the moment; but note that the camera never stops working and always lands in a position where it can continue filming the action. You gotta love it. Boloxxxi.