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Frankenhooker

  • 1990
  • R
  • 1h 25m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
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Patty Mullen in Frankenhooker (1990)
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Body HorrorDark ComedyParodyComedyHorrorSci-Fi

A medical student sets out to recreate his decapitated fiancée by building her a new body made of Manhattan street prostitutes.A medical student sets out to recreate his decapitated fiancée by building her a new body made of Manhattan street prostitutes.A medical student sets out to recreate his decapitated fiancée by building her a new body made of Manhattan street prostitutes.

  • Director
    • Frank Henenlotter
  • Writers
    • Robert Martin
    • Frank Henenlotter
  • Stars
    • James Lorinz
    • Joanne Ritchie
    • Patty Mullen
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    6.2/10
    14K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    4,027
    1,471
    • Director
      • Frank Henenlotter
    • Writers
      • Robert Martin
      • Frank Henenlotter
    • Stars
      • James Lorinz
      • Joanne Ritchie
      • Patty Mullen
    • 118User reviews
    • 102Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    James Lorinz
    James Lorinz
    • Jeffrey
    Joanne Ritchie
    • Mrs. Shelley
    Patty Mullen
    Patty Mullen
    • Elizabeth
    J.J. Clark
    • Mr. Shelley
    C.K. Steefel
    C.K. Steefel
    • Dolores
    • (as Carissa Channing)
    Shirl Bernheim
    • Elizabeth's Grandmother
    Judy Grafe
    Judy Grafe
    • Newscaster
    Helmar Augustus Cooper
    Helmar Augustus Cooper
    • Detective Anderson
    • (as Helmar Cooper)
    Louise Lasser
    Louise Lasser
    • Jeffrey's Mother
    John Zacherle
    John Zacherle
    • Weatherman
    Charlotte J. Helmkamp
    • Honey
    • (as Charlotte Helmkamp)
    Kimberly Taylor
    • Amber
    Shirley Stoler
    Shirley Stoler
    • Spike the Bartender
    Joseph Gonzalez
    Joseph Gonzalez
    • Zorro
    Ari M. Roussimoff
    • Zorro's Customer
    • (as Ari Roussimoff)
    Tom Hair
    • Motormouth
    Beverly Bonner
    Beverly Bonner
    • Casey
    Jennifer Delora
    • Angel
    • Director
      • Frank Henenlotter
    • Writers
      • Robert Martin
      • Frank Henenlotter
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    • Trivia
      The film cost $1.5 million making it Henenlotter's most expensive (at the time), but there were still budgetary issues. The producers told him they had used up all of the allotted funds for pyrotechnics during the exploding hookers scene to which he replied "How the fuck am I gonna film the lab scene?!" He ended up calling in a favor to do some "unlicensed pyrotechnics" for the shoot. Lorinz recalls the guy finishing the setup and telling him "Don't worry, it's maybe safe."
    • Goofs
      The muscle chart that Franken is drawing on with the red sharpie in the beginning show the breasts as muscles. That is anatomically incorrect.
    • Quotes

      [Jeffrey talks to his mother for comfort]

      Jeffreys Mother: Oh, Jeffrey... I'm worried about you.

      Jeffrey Franken: Yeah - Well so am I, Ma. Something's happening to me that I just don't understand. I can't think straight anymore. It's like my reasoning is all, uh, twisted and distorted, you know? I seem to be disassociating myself from reality more and more each day. I'm anti-social. I'm becoming dangerously amoral. I - I've lost the ability to distinguish between right from wrong, good from bad. I'm scared, Ma. I mean, I feel like I'm - I'm plunging headfirst into some kind of black void of sheer and utter madness or something.

      Jeffreys Mother: You want a sandwich?

    • Crazy credits
      No animals or people were killed or injured in the making of this movie.
    • Alternate versions
      The unrated version, which runs about 1 minute and 45 seconds longer, includes longer scenes, and shows more nudity and violence, especially the prostitutes and the blow-up scenes. It originated as a 'Not Rated' VHS that could be rented from mom & pop video stores, but has since been released on DVD and Blu-ray by Synapse Films.
    • Connections
      Featured in Beyond the Wicker: Making 'Basket Case 2' (2007)
    • Soundtracks
      Never Say No
      Written by Roger Greenawalt and Clifford Lane
      Performed by Roger Greenawalt and Clifford Lane

    User reviews118

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    7/10

    One of the Best Black-Comedies Ever

    In New Jersey, Jeffrey (James Lorinz) is a talented inventor in love with his bride-to-be Elizabeth (Patty Mullen). During a barbecue to celebrate the birthday of Elizabeth´s father, she activates a remote controlled lawnmower that Jeffrey built for his father-in-law. However she stays in front of the device and her body is cut into pieces. Jeffrey studies how to bring Elizabeth back to life and realizes that he will need body parts. He drives to New York to get the necessary parts from prostitutes but his experiment loses control and he blows-up several women with an exploding crack he had developed. Now he has the necessary parts to build his fiancée back, but when Elizabeth flees from his laboratory, Jeffrey has problems with the pimp Zorro (Joseph Gonzalez) that lost his girls.

    The cult "Frankenhooker" is one of the best black-comedies ever made. The plot is a grotesque joke with "Frankenstein", but the result is hilarious. James Lorinz and Patty Mullen steal the film with cynical and lovely performances. My vote is seven.

    Title (Brazil): "Frankenhooker - Que Pedaço De Mulher" ("Frankenhooker - What a Piece of Woman")
    • claudio_carvalho
    • Feb 26, 2018
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • June 1, 1990 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Swedish
    • Also known as
      • Frankenputa
    • Filming locations
      • New Jersey, USA
    • Production companies
      • Levins-Henenlotter
      • Shapiro-Glickenhaus Entertainment
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $2,500,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $205,068
    • Gross worldwide
      • $205,068
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    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 25 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1(original ratio, open matte)

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