Review; Frankenstein Island (1981)
By William Pattison
This time I got a 1981 Frankenstein film that stars John
Carradine
Frankenstein Island (1981)
When a hot air balloon crashes on a remote island, the crew
discovers Dr. Frankenstein's descendant, Dr. Sheila Frankenstein, carrying on
the family work, along with a race of mutants and a population of Amazon
warriors. Somehow, the Frankenstein Monster is also thrown into the mix.
If there was ever a film that entiplifies the word absurd
this is the film. The fact that this film was made and came out in the era that
brought us Star Wars and ET shows just how insane this film is because this
film is literally a film that is out of time. It is a film that should have come
out on the late 60s, not 1981. The production values, music, storyline, andacting
look at least 15 years out of date .
One time horror icons John Carradine and Cameron Michelle
had to have been royally in need of money to have accepted the roles they ended
up with. John Carradine plays Doctor Frankenstein, who is now a cult leader who
has died and cames back as a projectíon who spouts monologues. Cameron
Mitchelle plays a crazy man who spouts quotes from Edgar Allen Poe and morns
his dead Lenore and stalks one of the tribal women that supposedly looks like
her
Oh, and Frankenstein’s monster shows up atOne point for no
good reason, but it is the best part of the movie bevause the gentleman who was
playing the monster did a picture perfect performance of the classic James
Whales Frankenstein monster. Boris Karloff what be proud. Unfortunately, the
rest of the film is just plain weird and badly acted and produced. This film is
FRANKENFREAKY and you will need a ton of pot and acid to make sense of this
funky throwback to the time when hippies ruled the world…in no ways an 80s
film…
