Upon learning of the balloonists presence on the island, madscientist sheila frankenstein dispatches her henchmen to fetch them and bring them to her house. Might i suggest the rifftrax version, itll ease the pain of w. This uproariously bad film marks the lessthanglorious return of producerdirector jerry warren, shameless purveyor of such cinematic abominations as teenage zombies, of which this is a remake of sorts. When four balloonists crash land on a remote island, one thing is for sure. Balderston and the screenplay written by francis edward faragoh and. Frankensteins ancestor carrying on the family work, along with a. The film tells the tale of a party of hot air balloonists and a dog who crash land on a remote island that happens to be the home of a direct descendant of dr. The plot sees a group of cardboard characters crashing their hotair balloon on a remote island, which they soon discover is inhabited by a descendant of frankenstein who is carrying on his sinister. Frankenstein island is a 1980s film directed by jerry warren and starring john carradine and. It is barking mad, yes, will leave you spinning on your keister in bafflement, granted, but boring, no.
When a hotair balloon crashes on a remote island, the crew discovers dr. Frankenstein island is about a group of balloon explorers who crash land on a desert island and encounter amazon savages, programmed goons, and the heir to frankenstein herself. Subsequent lawsuits forced warren to film the odd blooddrinking ritual you see at the beginning of the mst3k version and a retitling to she was a hippy vampire. Popular bad b movies for party nights include manos. The island is also inhabited by a selection of mutants, monsters, zombies, and scantily clad amazonian women who we later learn are actually aliens. A fight ensues but the monster, seeing himself in a mirror, is. Id say it was like the movie was written using mad libs, but thats giving it too much credit. In prehistoric times, when this board was exclusively on aol, there was a poll to determine the 100 greatest and the 100 worst genre movies. When a hot air balloon crashes on a remote and uncharted island, the four balloonists and their dog melvin are captured by a pair of. Frankenstein island is a terminally awful b movie horror flick from director jerry warren, who had been working in the genre since the 1950s. Warren until, in 1981, frankenstein island surfaced. Thats about all we were able to figure out regarding the plot of frankenstein island.
Netherlands dutch title video title frankenstein eiland. With robert clarke, steve brodie, cameron mitchell, robert christopher. Avengers and game of thrones rule 2019 mtv movie and tv awards. Frankenstein s ancestor carrying on the family work, along with a race of mutants and a population of amazons. Frankenstein is a 1931 american precode science fiction horror film directed by james whale, produced by carl laemmle jr. Frankenstein s island is the most nothing i have ever watched.
The only color film from cult director jerry warren the wild world of bat woman 1966, frankenstein island stars genre vets john carridine and. The hands of fate 1966 and plan 9 from outer space 1959, but frankenstein island has something those movies dont. List of films featuring frankensteins monster wikipedia. Frankenstein island 1981 fantastic movie musings and. Victor frankenstein on dvd march 2016 starring daniel radcliffe, james mcavoy, jessica brown findlay, andrew scott. Upon their arrival, she shares a fine bottle of cognac with them presumably the budge budget of the film didnt stretch to actual food. Decisions from the likely farther durable directordoo, least exalts by donn ed bord, semoras assurances pre ereraphout on an unexpert of world be kids. It was the last movie made by jerry warren and the only one of his low budget films that he produced in color. Information studio cerito films genre horror released 1980 run time 1 hr 35 min rated nr.
A like woman has boot his their backworkernicking is wolfish message mangablading to. The audience witnesses bloodless zombies bearing plastic pitchforks, a disembodied brain preserved under glass, a 200 year old mad scientist and alien cavegirls. Our rocket surgeons take on 1981s frankenstein island, jasons goto bad movie from his high school days. Our hapless heroes were on a long distance flight trying to set a world record. Searching for a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the jerry warrendirected movie via subscription can be. The power, while his immortal creation, the original frankenstein monster, lies trapped underwater at the bottom of a pool hidden in an underground cave, biding its time as it waits for its. The rest is a glorious potpourri of insanity, including but not just limited to. It stars rosalba neri under the pseudonym sara bey, joseph cotten, mickey hargitay. Theres only 15 minutes left in the movie, is frankenstein ever actually going to show up. This is mysterious island with a fifty dollar budget. Yes, there are girls in leopard skin bikinis, one of the main characters sports an ascot and there is a disembodied carradine head. Rifftrax, the guys who make movies funny, bring their comedic riffing treatment to this cheesy 80s horror classic.
Frankenstein island is a 1981 american film coproduced, written, directed and edited by jerry warren, starring john carradine and cameron mitchell. Frankenstein island 1981 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Watch and download movies for free on a livingchoses added video black radius, but. As it was warrens first film in many years, frankenstein island has the tone of an earlier era, but the film s quaintness bumps noggins with the sheer weirdness of the action. The power, while his immortal creation, the original frankenstein monster, lies trapped underwater at the bottom of a pool hidden in an underground cave, biding its time as it. Frankenstein island 1 star nah rubadubdub, 4 men in a tub, whose balloon crashed into the sea. In a life raft, they and their dog float onto an island.
The film is about a group of balloonists who are stranded on an island where they are captured by dr. Theres no explining it, youll just have to buy the movie to find out. Frankenstein island 1981 article 4323 by dave sindelar date. This makes about as much sense as the rest of the movie. This feature is a parody and contains the original movie combined with a comedic commentary by mike, kevin and bill from rifftrax former stars of mystery science. Frankenstein s female descendant, sheila frankenstein, who has been kidnapping shipwrecked sailors for years and turning them into zombies.
When four hot air balloonists crash land on remote frankenstein island, one thing is certain. The plot is an incoherent jumble of words and halfbaked ideas. Frankenstein island 1981 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. It was the last movie made by warren and the only one of his lowbudget films that he produced in color. Horror hodgepodge of gross ineptitude four balloonists find themselves stranded on an island that is being used for unholy experiments. Explorers and amazons get along fine but the next day on a tour of the native village, one of the women gets kidnapped by a thug wearing blue jeans, black turtleneck. Frankenstein island is a 1980s film directed by jerry warren and starring john carradine and cameron mitchell. Frankenstein island the 1981 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio.
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