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Frankenhooker
Sign in to saveFrankenhooker is a 1990 American black comedy horror film co-written and directed by Frank Henenlotter. The film is an homage to and parody of Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein, and stars James Lorinz and former Penthouse Pet Patty Mullen. After his fiancée is decapitated by a lawnmower, medical school dropout Jeffrey Franken attempts to resurrect her by assembling the body parts of prostitutes, unwittingly creating a nymphomaniacal monster.
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6.3A medical school dropout loses his fiancée in a tragic lawnmower incident and decides to bring her back to life. Unfortunately, he was only able to save her head, so he goes to the red light district in the city and lures prostitutes into a hotel room so he can collect body parts to reassemble her.
Cast
- James Lorinz as Jeffrey
- Patty Mullen as Elizabeth
- Joseph Gonzalez as Zorro
- Charlotte J. Helmkamp as Honey
- Joanne Ritchie as Mrs. Shelley
- J.J. Clark as Mr. Shelley
Themes
- new york city
- prostitute
- lightning
- brothel
- pimp
- dark comedy
- mad scientist
- grieving widower
- grief
- reanimation
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Frankenhooker
- Film.image
- Frankenhooker.jpg
- Film.caption
- Theatrical release poster
- Film.director
- Frank Henenlotter
- Film.producer
- Edgar Ievins
- Film.cinematography
- Robert M. Baldwin
- Film.editing
- Kevin Tent
- Film.music
- Joe Renzetti
- Film.studio
- Levins-Henenlotter
- Film.distributor
- Shapiro-Glickenhaus Entertainment
- Film.runtime
- 84 minutes
- Film.country
- United States
- Film.language
- English
- Film.budget
- $2.5 million
- Film.gross
- $205,068
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Frankenhooker is a 1990 American black comedy horror film co-written and directed by Frank Henenlotter. The film is an homage to and parody of Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein, and stars James Lorinz and former Penthouse Pet Patty Mullen. After his fiancée is decapitated by a lawnmower, medical school dropout Jeffrey Franken attempts to resurrect her by assembling the body parts of prostitutes, unwittingly creating a nymphomaniacal monster.
== Plot == Jeffrey Franken, a young man who lives in Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey, is a power plant worker and an amateur scientist who specializes in bioelectricity. He is about to marry his fiancée Elizabeth. At the birthday party of Elizabeth's father, Jeffrey presents him with an automatic lawnmower as a gift, but when Elizabeth tries to demonstrate it, she is caught in its path and gruesomely killed.
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