Product Details

• Actors: Michelle Bauer, Lina Romay (II), Analía Ivars, Amber Newman, Carlos Subterfuge
• Directors: Jesus Franco
• Format: Color, DVD, Special Edition, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: X (Mature Audiences Only)
• Studio: Ventura Distribution
• DVD Release Date: May 29, 2001
• Run Time: 82 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005J74W
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #222,495 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Lust for Frankenstein" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Don't let naysayers put you off. It's Franco-town, people!, April 18, 2003

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Derek Ho (Remsenberg, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lust for Frankenstein (DVD)

Okay. This is not a Hammer horror film. This is Jess Franco territory. If you hate Franco, stay away. It should be pretty obvious by now, 175 or 180 films after his first one, that he's not going to change his style for you. You either like him or you hate him. Cringing in abhorent distaste and writing hyperbolic reviews of his films being the worst in the world are not going to make anyone take his camera away from him nor will it change anyone else mind about him or his films. The mass army of Franco haters has never made a dent in the loyal of his fans and curious admirers.

I'm not going to be simplistic and say that people who hate Franco films just don't "get it." There's nothing to get here. In LUST FOR FRANKENSTEIN Franco has created a surreal world in which a beautiful Frankenstein monster (Michelle Bauer, the monster on the sleeve and in the movie) wrecks havoc on the life of Frankenstein's plain-Jane daughter (Lina Romay). A bunch of beautiful victims litter the trail of the monster's murderous path from opening scene to the finale. Super sexy Amber Newman is a beautiful stripper who gets stripped of more than just her costume, Frankenstein's daughter surgically transfers her life juices into the monster. (Amber's on the cover and in the movie too, by the way.) It's not High Art time, folks, it's just plain FRANCO.

If you like watching European horror films that are throwbacks to the nasty days of the '70s and early '80s, then LUST FOR FRANKENSTEIN is for you. The girls are plenty and there's a blonde, a brunette, a redhead, etc. There's skinny ones, fat ones, bodacious ones, etc. It's all here. And where else can you find a stark naked Frankenstein monster who looks like Michelle Bauer? It's exploitation to the hilt. Open-minded fun seekers rush to place your orders! All others should just look somewhere else much safer to spend your dollars.

Don't let the simplistic critics scare you. I'm not saying this is a great film but it is certainly enjoyable if you are in the right frame of mind. (And where else can you see a female monster make love to a tree?)

Try it, you'll like it.

6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I'm SO disappointed!!, October 12, 2001

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WLR (Chicago, Illinois United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lust for Frankenstein (DVD)

Those people (like me) who buy Jesus Franco's movies don't expect high art or even much plot for that matter. However, I don't know what he was thinking about here. I love the kinkiness and nudity of most Franco movies, as well as the occasional kinky night club act scenes and music. This movie fails to capture any of that. So what does that leave? Not much and I sincerely wish that I could get my money back for this one. Thank you very much.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Franco still playing with cinema, June 4, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Lust for Frankenstein (DVD)

It is refreshing to find Franco still unafraid of playing with cinema. He takes the Frankenstein myth and injects his own outrageous themes into it. Moira Frankenstein is visited by her father's female creature who eliminates all sexual predators/suitors from Moira's life. That is the plot. The pace is hypnotic or should I say slow? If you have never seen a Franco film before, this not the place to start. He is preaching to the converted with this work. A good place to start your descent into Franco madness would be at the beginning with "The Awful Dr. Orlof."