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Frankenstein Unbound

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Credits
Title Frankenstein Unbound
Directed by Roger Corman
Written by Roger Corman; F.X. Feeney
Produced by Roger Corman; Kobi Jaeger; Thom Mount
Music by Carl Davis
Cinematography Armando Nannuzzi; Michael Scott
Edited by Mary Bauer; Jay Cassidy
Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
General Information
Release date(s) November 2nd, 1990
Film Rating R
Running time 82 min.
Country USA
Language English
Budget Unknown
Gross revenue $334,748 (US)
Preceded by —
Followed by —

Frankenstein Unbound is an American feature film of the horror and science fiction genres. It was written and directed by low-budget monster mogul Roger Corman based on a novel by author Brian Aldiss. The screenplay was co-written by F.X. Feeney. The film was produced by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation and released theatrically in the United States on November 2nd, 1990. The movie stars John Hurt as the time-traveling Doctor Joe Buchanan, Raul Julia as Doctor Victor Frankenstein, Bridget Fonda as Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin and Nick Brimble as Frankenstein's monstrous creation.

Plot[]

Cast[]

Actor Role
John Hurt Doctor Joe Buchanan/Narrator
Raul Julia Doctor Victor Frankenstein
Nick Brimble The Monster
Bridget Fonda Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin
Catherine Rabett Elizabeth Lavenza
Jason Patric Lord George Gordon Byron
Michael Hutchence Percy Byshee Shelley
Catherine Corman Justine Moritz
William Geiger Lab technician
Mickey Knox General Reade
Myriam Cyr Information officer
Terri Treas Buchanan's car (voice)
Cynthia Allison Newswoman
Isabella Rocchietta Dorrie
Matt Cassidy Boy #1
Hauck Bjorck Boy #2
Olga Angelo Girl #2
Geoffrey Copleston Secheron Innkeeper
John Karlsen Parson
Donald Hodson Old man
Bruce McGuire Prosecutor
Grady Clarkson Judge
Andrew Newton Head juror
Paul Weston Watchman
Christopher Robertson Urchin #2
Peter Goetz Man #1
Nick Gillard Man #2
Cyrus Elias Werner, Levenza's butler
Ian Whittaker Stablehand

Notes & Trivia[]

  • Copyright holder: © 1990, Byron Films, Inc.
  • Frankenstein Unbound redirects to this page.
  • Frankenstein Unbound is based on a novel by the same name by author Brian Aldiss.
  • This is the first film directed by Roger Corman in over two decades.
  • Roger Corman was paid one million dollars to direct Frankenstein Unbound.
  • The movie was shot in parts of Bergamo, Milan and Bellagio, Italy. [1]
  • There are two deleted scenes from this film. One shows a woman's chest being ripped open, and another shows a man's heart being ripped out. In the Japanese laserdisc print of the film, these scenes have been restored.
  • This is the only known acting work for Matt Cassidy, who plays Boy #1.
  • Actor Ian Whittaker is uncredited for his participation in this film.

Fun Facts[]

  • Actress Catherine Corman is the daughter of director Roger Corman. This is her first work in film.
  • Actor Michael Hutchence, who plays Percy Bysshe Shelley in this film, is best known as the former lead singer of the pop band INXS. Hutchence committed suicide by hanging himself in his hotel room on November 22nd, 1997. He was thirty-seven years old.

Recommendations[]

Frankenstein films[]

Universal Classics

Hammer Horror

Other

See also[]

External Links[]

References[]

  1. ↑ IMDB; Frankenstein Unbound (1990); Filming locations.


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