Diary entries forFrankenhooker
Frankenhooker
This is, and I mean this lovingly, top-tier schlock. The hammy acting, the exploding dummies, the other (genuinely impressive) effects work ‐ it all works together to make this very entertaining comedy. James Lorinz is great, but Patty Mullen knocks it out of the park! Her movements, facial gestures, and acting really sell the unnerving creature that her character has become. Unbelievable. Truly.
Frankenhooker
my fabulous purple frankenbarbiedoll
Frankenhooker
this movie is sexy, insane, and people literally explode from super crack in it. suffice to say it goes hard.
Frankenhooker
she was walking around killing sex buyers and this was what i loved the most about the movie.
Frankenhooker
wtf did i just watch 😭
Frankenhooker
i think it’s very silly to expect anything out of this. it’s just utterly ridiculous. i want someone who loves me as hard as jeffery loves elizabeth!!
Frankenhooker
Did not know what to expect from this, but I can tell you I absolutely was notlet down.
Frankenhooker
so dumb
Frankenhooker
At this point, Frank Henenlotter has solidified himself as one of my favorite B-movie madmen. There’s something about his creativity—his absolute commitment to the lives of the weird little freaks he dreams up—that makes his films so great. Whether it’s the reclusive oddball Duane from Basket Case or the smooth-talking, showtune-singing, parasitic Aylmer from Brain Damage, his characters are always memorable. And a huge part of that comes down to his direction. His films aren’t just exploitation—they’re deliberate, crafted, and fully committed to their own twisted universes. Frankenhooker is just as entertaining as its name suggests. After his girlfriend meets a gruesome end via lawnmower, Jeffrey Franken (James Lorinz) embarks on an obsessive quest to bring her back by harvesting—you guessed it—parts from New York hookers. Lorinz plays Jeffrey with a mix of snark and mania. His thick “Joe-z” accent adding even more personality to a character who is both wildly unethical and strangely likable. But it’s Patty Mullen as Elizabeth Shelley—now the resurrected Frankenhooker—who really steals the show. Her physicality, her jittery, reanimated movements, the way she randomly spits out dialogue from the women she’s stitched together from—it’s all perfect (I do wish she appeared more than the last 30 minutes though). Super crack. Exploding hookers. Brains in jars. Sentient blobs of flesh. Frankenhooker is exactly the kind of gleeful, trashy absurdity you’d expect from someone like Henenlotter. Is it a perfect film? Absolutely not—it’s called Frankenhooker for God’s sake—but between its twisted humor, practical effects, and sheer creativity, it’s impossible not to enjoy the ride. • Watched in 2025 — Ranked (https://boxd.it/C7Jq6)
Frankenhooker
Love when films feel like they exist in their own universe with their own rules, unashamedly, like here I love how the guy drills his head casually, it’s treated as a completely normal thing, no blood, no explanation. It’s so cool that Elizabeth emits electricity, liked Party Mullen’s performance. Wish she had done more films. When they all reanimated, it reminded me of The Substance, one of my faves. One of the better paced films, the first half flew by.
