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.
- Dolores
- (as Carissa Channing)
- Detective Anderson
- (as Helmar Cooper)
- Honey
- (as Charlotte Helmkamp)
- Zorro's Customer
- (as Ari Roussimoff)
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- TriviaThe 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."
- GoofsIncorrectly regarded as goof: As 'Frankenhooker' is an homage to writer Mary Shelley, the 'Frankenstein' films and the low budget gore movies of the 1960s and 1970s, the FX, make-up and prosthetics are deliberately clumsy.
- 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 creditsNo animals or people were killed or injured in the making of this movie.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Beyond the Wicker: Making 'Basket Case 2' (2007)
- SoundtracksNever Say No
Written by Roger Greenawalt and Clifford Lane
Performed by Roger Greenawalt and Clifford Lane
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 27, 2018
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- Budget
- $2,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $205,068
- Gross worldwide
- $205,068