Andy Warhol Presents Flesh for Frankenstein
Force Entertainment : Horror : 2.35 (Letterbox) : Mono : Rated R : DVD-5 : PAL : 1973 : 95 mins
The Film
Flesh for Frankenstein was the first of two very camp horror movies to come out of the Warhol stable. The second, Blood for Dracula (naturally) was a more polished affair, but this one is not without it's charms. In FFF, the Baron is now a mad Serbian, attempting to start a new Serbian super race by mating hiw two perfect creations. Incest, sex, violence and really poor acting all play a part in the insanity of the proceedings. Originally filmed using a 3D process, so endless shots of entrails being thrust oddly toward the camera add to the charm.
The DVD
Unfortunately, Force Entertainment have produced one of the poorest DVDs I have ever viewed. Aside from the 1.0 mono audio, and the blatant lie on the cover (this is not a 16:9 release), the visual quality looks like the disk was sourced from a 16mm print, compressed with Xvid by a monkey, then decompressed and resized for DVD release. Force Entertainment have so far managed one good release (the 2 disk edition of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre), and one middling release (the uncut version of the under-rated American Gothic, Dead and Buried). This release shows that TCM was the exception that proves the rule - Force Entertainment are crap. There are no extras on the disk..
That this is the first time the un-cut version has been released in Australia making the very poor quality of this release even more unforgiveable.
Film : 3.5 / 5 DVD : 0 / 5
The Film
Flesh for Frankenstein was the first of two very camp horror movies to come out of the Warhol stable. The second, Blood for Dracula (naturally) was a more polished affair, but this one is not without it's charms. In FFF, the Baron is now a mad Serbian, attempting to start a new Serbian super race by mating hiw two perfect creations. Incest, sex, violence and really poor acting all play a part in the insanity of the proceedings. Originally filmed using a 3D process, so endless shots of entrails being thrust oddly toward the camera add to the charm.
The DVD
Unfortunately, Force Entertainment have produced one of the poorest DVDs I have ever viewed. Aside from the 1.0 mono audio, and the blatant lie on the cover (this is not a 16:9 release), the visual quality looks like the disk was sourced from a 16mm print, compressed with Xvid by a monkey, then decompressed and resized for DVD release. Force Entertainment have so far managed one good release (the 2 disk edition of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre), and one middling release (the uncut version of the under-rated American Gothic, Dead and Buried). This release shows that TCM was the exception that proves the rule - Force Entertainment are crap. There are no extras on the disk..
That this is the first time the un-cut version has been released in Australia making the very poor quality of this release even more unforgiveable.
Film : 3.5 / 5 DVD : 0 / 5
posted by Gunslinger at 16:34
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