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| Title: | Frankenstein's Hungry Dead |
| Directed by: | Richard Griffin |
| Written by: | Seth Chitwood; Richard Griffin |
| Produced by: | Richard Griffin; Ted Marr; Kristin Kayala; Derron Darcy |
| Music by: | Timothy Fife; Timothy Lang-Grannan |
| Cinematography: | Jill Poisson |
| Edited by: | Richard Griffin |
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| Production: | Wild Eye Releasing Scorpio Film Releasing |
| Released: | March 23rd, 2013 |
| Rating: | Unrated |
| Running time: | 85 min. |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
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Frankenstein's Hungry Dead is a low-budget independent feature film of the "creature feature" subgenre of horror, which also blends some elements of comedy. It was directed by Richard Griffin with a screenplay written by Seth Chitwood and Richard Griffin. It was produced by Wild Eye Releasing and Scorpio Film Releasing. It was released direct-to-video in the United States on March 23rd, 2013. The film stars Michael Thurber as Charles Frank, the strange one-eyed curator of a wax museum who gives a tour to a group of nonplussed high school students. When the students return to the building later that evening, they discover that there are things taking place that are much more horrifying than any of the attractions on display.
Plot[]
A high school teacher named Ron Jefferson, who really hates his students by the way, decides to take his small class on a field trip to the Cushing Wax Museum, which specializes in horror movie themed wax attractions. Despite how awesomely cool this sounds, his students couldn't be arsed, and are more wrapped up in their own nonsense. Museum curator Charles Frank, whose German accent is more than a little suspicious, takes them on the tour. Later that evening however, Ashley and her boyfriend Colton decide to break in to satisfy Ashley's kink fetish. The other students show up as well for... reasons. One student however, Katherine, is there because she is looking for her clues that might yield some information as to the disappearance of her friend, Ryan Henderson. The students muck about in the museum, but this place has a whole different sense of "night life" after the sun goes down. They soon discover that Charles Frank is actually Charles Frankenstein, the great-great-grandson of the infamous Victor Frankenstein. In addition to sending out his patchwork creatures to do his gruesome bidding, the kids learn that not only is Charles Frank a sadistic scientist, he is also a former high-ranking member of the Nazi party! And yes, he saved Hitler's brain too!
Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
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| Michael Thurber | Charles Frankenstein |
| Jamie Lynn Bagley | Katherine |
| Johnny Sederquist | Sam |
| Shannon Hartman | Ashley |
| Jesse Dufault | Vermin |
| Aurora Grabill | Zoey |
| Patrick Keefe | Colton |
| Aaron Peaslee | Troy |
| Christopher Ferreira | Ryan |
| Ryan Hanley | Ron Jefferson |
| Sean Carufel | Fritz |
| Beatriz Lopez | Kendra |
| Andre Boudreau | Ashley's father |
| Ricardo Rebelo | The reporter |
| Nat Sylva | Lead creature |
| Mary Paolino | Alma |
| Jamie Dufault | Featured creature |
| David Wade | Featured creature |
| Ted Marr | Featured creature |
| Samantha Acampora | Featured creature |
| David Langill | Featured creature |
Notes & Trivia[]
- The original title of this film is Dr. Frankenstein's Wax Museum of the Hungry Dead.
- The tagline for this film is "The ultimate experiment in terror is about to begin!"
- There are a total of twenty-one credited cast members in this film.
- The shots of the exterior and the display floor area of the wax museum were filmed at Count Orlok's Nightmare Gallery in Salem, Massachusetts.
- Actor Christopher L. Ferreira, who plays Ryan Henderson, is credited as Christopher Ferreira in this film.
- Actor Nathaniel Sylva, who plays the lead creature, is credited as Nat Sylva in this film.
- Ryan Henderson is identified only as Ryan in the closing credits.
- Charles Frank, or Charles Frankenstein, is identified only as Dr. Frankenstein in the closing credits.
- Ron Jefferson is identified only as Mr. Jefferson in the closing credits.
- Nat Sylva, who plays the lead creature, gets an "And featuring" credit qualifier in this film.
- Frankenstein's Hungry Dead won three awards at the TerrorCon Film Festival in 2014. It won the award for Best Feature Film. Richard Griffin won for Best Director on a Feature Film, and Michael Thurber won for Best Actor in a Feature Film. It also took home the TerrorCon Gore Award.
- The main setting for this film is Salem, Massachusetts.
- According to Ryan Henderson' Missing Persons' flyer, the events of this film take place in December, 1977.
- There is no proper "Frankenstein Monster" featured in this film. However, there are several patchwork goons that lumber about committing murders.
- This movie came out in the same year as The Frankenstein Theory.
- Another fictional character named Charles Frankenstein is one played by Sting in the 1985 film The Bride.
- Executive producer Ted Marr also plays one of the featured creatures in this film.
Recommendations[]
Frankenstein films[]
See also[]
External Links[]
- Frankenstein's Hungry Dead at IMDB
- Frankenstein's Hungry Dead at Letterboxd.com
- Frankenstein's Hungry Dead at the TV Database
- Frankenstein's Hungry Dead at Themoviedb.org
- Frankenstein's Hungry Dead at Rotten Tomatoes
References[]
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