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Director's Commentary: Terror Of Frankenstein (2015)
Directed by Tim Kirk
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‘Terror of Frankenstein’ is an exercise in extreme meta-fictional tragicomedy. Presented as the commentary track of a rushed reissue of a forgotten (but 100% genuine) Frankenstein film’s DVD (because of unspecified ‘recent events’), this project transforms the film into an entirely new, very human horror story. Featuring Clu Gulager as the director of the 1977 original who is happily exploiting the unmentioned tragedy linked to the film, the recording session unravels a mystery as he clashes with the screenwriter (Zack Brown) and, ultimately, its star (Leon Vitali from Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut and Barry Lyndon, playing himself.) ‘Terror of Frankenstein’ is Mystery Science Theater 3000 by way of Sartre, an icy satire of the monsters onscreen, behind the camera, and in the audience.
Length 92 minutes
Actors
Leon Vitali | Zack Norman | Clu Gulager
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/01/2015 | Movie Screen | Digital | Theater | 6 stars |
| (Average) 6 stars |
Viewing Notes
Movie #2 on Day One!
Pretty weird story within a story experiment that I have not seen anything like it previously. The team behind this “Director’s Commentary” version give their commentary over the original film giving a fictional account of the disastrous production. This is very interesting but also challenging having not seen the original movie prior to this. I do want to view the original film now.
Update: finally viewed the original movie on 8/16/21 so I edited this listing to reflect this actual screening as it was not really the movie we watched.
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