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Flesh for Frankenstein (1973)
Directed by Paul Morrissey
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Overview
Within the decadent walls of the Frankenstein mansion, the Baron and his depraved assistant Otto have discovered the means of creating new life. As the Baron’s laboratory begins to fill up with stitched body parts, the Baroness dallies with the randy new manservant and soon the decadent, permissive household is consumed by an outrageous, bizarre and hilarious combination of death and dismemberment.
Rated R | Length 95 minutes
Actors
Joe Dallesandro | Udo Kier | Monique van Vooren | Dalila Di Lazzaro | Arno Juerging | Srđan Zelenović | Nicoletta Elmi | Marco Liofredi | Liù Bosisio | Rosita Torosh | Fiorella Masselli | Cristina Gaioni | Carla Mancini | Imelde Marani
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/12/2023 | Movie Screen | Digital | Theater | 7 stars |
| (Average) 7 stars |
Viewing Notes
This screened as the first half of a sold out double feature at the Sie Film Center, part of their queer cinema festival, Cinema Q, with guest Udo Kier in attendance to introduce the films and do a Q&A session. It was great to see this high camp Warhol-produced Factory for the first time with a very into it crowd. These movies would be forgettable if not for Kier’s completely dedicated performances! He’s so young in these two films which catapulted him, if not into stardom, at least into a long, prolific acting career that’s still going strong. Of all the weird things in the film, I think the two things that struck me most were the anachronistic New York accent of Joe Dallesandro mixed in with all of the European actors; and Monique van Vooren’s bleached out, non-existent eyebrows. She plays the sister/wife of Kier’s Frankenstein, which is also as weirdly creepy as it sounds.
Kier was supposed to do a Q&A between the two screenings but ended up drinking too much and falling asleep in his hotel room during the movie and so they ended up doing the Q&A after both films. And what a wild, weird Q&A it was. Kier was very rambling, stream of conscious, and often called out members of the audience (especially those down in the first rows) and/or the hosts (not hostile but definitely confrontational at times) and the whole thing just kind of went sideways. He repeated stories quite a bit and was really hung up on the Bluecifer sculpture at the Denver airport. It was all highly entertaining but not in the way anyone thought it was going to be!
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