Product Details

• Actors: Steve Oedekerk, S. Scott Bullock, Shannon Garza, Jim Jackman, Joe Liss
• Directors: David Bourla
• Writers: Steve Oedekerk
• Producers: Steve Oedekerk, Bonnie Foley, Paul Marshal
• Format: NTSC
• Studio: Image Entertainment
• Run Time: 32 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00006CXIU
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #681,660 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

A half-hour parody, Frankenthumb is one in a series of featurette pastiches of famous movies masterminded by Steve Oederkerk (Kung Pow: Enter the Fist) cast with human thumbs with CGI-inset mouths and eyes, a process that's more weird than funny. A précis of the 1931 Frankenstein, shot on impressive (and beautifully lit) miniature sets, the film tells the old, old story: megalomaniac Dr. Frankenthumb and his inept assistant Humpy create life in the laboratory, unleashing a monster named Pepper ("because he's brought spice into our lives") who goes on a rampage, menaces the daughter of a somewhat irritating Italian man, and is pursued by a mob into a burning windmill, whereupon a guest star from an earlier mini-epic (Bat Thumb) turns up to deliver some sort of an ending. One or two good jokes pop up, but not enough. --Kim Newman

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars my favorite since "thumb wars", October 25, 2002

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doppelganger "dvd-archive" (Chicago) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Frankenthumb (DVD)

Bat-thumb was good, thumbtanic kinda stunk, blair thumb- pretty good, Frankenthumb- really good. Oedenkirk goes back to his evil/funny ways in this diddy. There are precious little gems in the writing that only Oedenkirk could do, and they are in a German village (so the accents are hysterical). Thumb Fans: rejoice.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars "Pepper! Bad! Bad! Pepper!", April 24, 2003

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Charlie Sim - See all my reviews

This review is from: Frankenthumb (DVD)

The originality of Oedekerk's works are pure genius. From all that I have seen, these thumb movies will make you laugh over and over again, if not they will at least keep you smiling. I would recommend to anyone who is an Oedekerk/thumb movie fanatic.
I admit, it is not the best thumb movie of them all, but it was sure great. With all the visual gags that are pulled and corny little jokes that are made, this is a funny movie.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars lives up to the greatness of the others!, December 6, 2002

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jim nealer (PA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Frankenthumb (DVD)

I am happy to discover that Frankenthumb is every bit as good as the other thumb parodies!If you are planning on buying this and have seen and liked any of the others you will not be disapointed!If not and you have any of them at a video rental in your area you should pick one out.If you are satisfied with it buy the box set containing the current six thumb parodies!
Aso like the other dvds this contains hilarious extra footage!