Frankenhooker (1990)
- Directed by
- Frank Henenlotter
- Genre
- comedy horror
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.3 of 10 from 384 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A medical school dropout gets his fiancée killed in a lawnmower accident. He tries to rebuild her body using parts from prostitutes and brings her back to life.
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What happens
Frankenhooker is a 1990 American black comedy horror film co-written and directed by Frank Henenlotter. The film is an homage to and parody of Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein, and stars James Lorinz and former Penthouse Pet Patty Mullen. After his fiancée is decapitated by a lawnmower, medical school dropout Jeffrey Franken attempts to resurrect her by assembling the body parts of prostitutes, unwittingly creating a nymphomaniacal monster. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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