- "The journal of Doctor Frankenstein is mine!"
- ―Adolf Hitler
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| Credits | |
| Title: | Chillerama |
| Directed by: | Adam Green; Joe Lynch; Bear McCreary; Adam Rifkin; Tim Sullivan |
| Written by: | Adam Green; Tim Sullivan; Joe Lynch |
| Produced by: | Adam Green; Joe Lynch; Adam Rifkin; Tim Sullivan; Brian McCulley; Cory Neal; Bear McCreary; Gavin Heffernan; Andrew Mysko; Paul Ward; Jason Richard Miller |
| Music by: | Bear McCreary; Andy Garfield; Patrick Copeland |
| Cinematography: | Will Barratt |
| Edited by: | Matthew Brulotte; Gavin Heffernan; Ed Marx |
| Production | |
| Production: | ArieScope Pictures New Rebellion Entertainment |
| Distributors: | Image Entertainment |
| Released: | August 22nd, 2011 |
| Rating: | Unrated |
| Running time: | 120 min. |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
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Chillerama is an American independent feature film of the anthology subgenre of horror. It contains four separate vignettes directed by five different directors and writers. Stories include "The Diary of Anne Frankenstein", "Zom-B Movie", "I Was a Teenage Werebear" and "Wadzilla". The shorts were directed by Adam Green, Joe Lynch, Adam Rifkin, Tim Sullivan and Bear McCreary with scripts written by Rifkin, Green, Lynch & Sullivan. It was produced by ArieScope Pictures & New Rebellion Entertainment and premiered at Fantasy Filmfest in Germany on August 22nd, 2011. It was screened at the London FrightFest in the United Kingdom on August 27th, 2011. It made its U.S. debut at the Mile High Horror Film Festival in Denver, Colorado on October 8th, 2011. "The Diary of Anne Frankenstein" was actually screened separately from the others in 2010 at the London FrightFest Film Festival.
"Wadzilla"[]
Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
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| Adam Rifkin | Miles Munson |
| Sarah Mutch | Louise |
| Ray Wise | Doctor Weems |
| Lin Shaye | Baglady |
| Tania Raymonde | Zelda |
| Miles Dougal | Hobo |
| Owen Benjamin | Larry |
| Tracy Dawson | Molly |
| D. Monte | Blump's boardroom boos |
| Dave Theune | Blump's boardroom executive |
| Edward Brennan | Blump's executive |
| Summer Altice | Andie Sumner |
| Alice Haig | Hottie on train |
| Olivia Dudley | Nurse Unger |
| Nikki Ganz | Screaming nurse |
| Heather Rae Young | Secretary |
"I Was a Teenage Werebear"[]
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"The Diary of Anne Frankenstein"[]
Hitler discovers the journal of Victor Frankenstein.
In Nazi Germany during World War II, the Jewish Frank family hide from the SS in the perceived sanctuary of their attic home. They discover a diary (no, not that one), that belonged to an ancestor of the family. Mister Frank reveals that they are the descendants of Victor Frankenstein, who was responsible for creating a thing of evil. Adolf Hitler personally leads Team Nazi to burst in on the Frank family. Aware that Mister Frank is in possession of Frankenstein's journal, he offers forth a pinky swear, assuring him that he will let their family live if he surrenders the book. Mister Frank accepts the offer, but as this is Hitler, he naturally reneges on the deal and kills the entire family.
Back in his laboratory, Adolf Hitler obsesses over Victor Frankenstein's journal, learning all there is to know about reanimation. He has the dismembered limbs of Jewish victims brought to him, and he assembles a monstrous creation bearing the trappings of an Hasidic Jew. Hitler lights a menorah, which issues forth a lightning bolt that brings the monster to life. Dubbing it Meshugannah, Hitler declares it as a thing of true terror. Hitler's unfaithful wife Eva Braun however, finds the creature adorable.
Hitler tries to indoctrinate Meshugannah into the ways of Team Nazi. Although Meshugannah accomplishes several impressive tricks, such as completing a jigsaw puzzle of puppies, developing a strategy for invading Poland, and saving the Hitlers money on their taxes, he cannot bring himself to commit murder for them. Tearing the symbol of the Swastika from his jacket, Meshugannah tears into Hitler's soldiers. He throws a dreidel into one soldier's mouth, causing him to choke, then stomps his boot into the chest of another.
When Meshugannah advances on Adolf Hitler, the salty Nazi protects himself by pushing Eva Braun into the monster's path. Meshugannah crushes Eva's head in his hands, then pursues Hitler into an adjacent office. The two grapple with one another until Meshugannah rips off Hitler's right arm and then beats him across the head with it multiple times until the Fuhrer's head pops off. Afterward, Meshugannah does a Jewish dance atop Hitler's remains.
Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
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| Joel David Moore | Adolf Hitler |
| Kristina Klebe | Eva Braun |
| Kane Hodder | Meshugannah |
| Florian Klein | Nazi Rupert |
| Matthew Temple | Nazi Franz |
| James Kevin Ward | Mister Frank |
| Silvia Moore | Mrs. Frank |
| Melinda Cohen | Anne Frank |
| Laura Ortiz | Margot Frank |
| Tim Sullivan | Gravedigger |
| Cory Neal | Nazi soldier |
"Zom-B Movie"[]
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Notes & Trivia[]
- The tagline to this movie is "Drive in. Freak out".
- On Letterboxd, Chillerama has a weighted average of 2.75 out of 5 based on 3,136 user ratings.
- The character of Meshugannah is a pastiche of the Frankenstein Monster. Its name is taken from "Meshuggeneh", which is a Yiddish word meaning senseless or crazy.
Recommendations[]
External Links[]
- Chillerama at IMDB
- Chillerama at Trakt.TV
- Chillerama at Wikipedia
- Chillerama at Letterboxd.com
- Chillerama at Themoviedb.org