Product Details

• Actors: John Hurt, Raul Julia, Nick Brimble, Bridget Fonda, Catherine Rabett
• Directors: Roger Corman
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.1)
• Subtitles: English, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Studio: 20th Century Fox
• DVD Release Date: September 5, 2006
• Run Time: 85 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000G6BLXS
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #62,087 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Product Description

Joseph Buchanan is a brilliant scientist conducting implosion experiments in the year 2031. His humanitarian goal is to develop a weapons system that will not destroy all life on Earth, but the results are catastrophic! The very core of time and space is fractured, and Buchanan finds himself thrust into 19th century Geneva. He meets fellow scientist Dr. Victor Frankenstein, whose own monstrous experiment has gone haywire, killing his brother, and threatening the entire village. Frankenstein's creature is even more horrible than the world ever imagined-and now Dr, Frankenstein is determined to use Buchanan's scientific knowledge to create its mate!

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars I am Unbound..., March 23, 2001

By	Christine (Littleton, CO USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Frankenstein Unbound [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Despite campy moments and the occasional silly special effect, Frankenstein Unbound surprisingly offers up an intriguing morality tale. While it is definatly a horror/sci-fi film, it really is (as the box claims) a monster movie for the thinking person.

When a future scientist (John Hurt) creates an invention that implodes space, he finds himself catapulted back to 19th century England. There he meets Mary Shelly, Percy Shelly, and, of course, Dr. Frankenstein and his monster.

The relationships between Frankenstein, Hurt's arrogant scientist, and their respective "monsters," explore the idea that once you create something you cannot un-create it. Even if you destroy your creation you can never make things the way they were before--It is unbound.

I agree with "THNEEBAN" about the monster--it is the best Frankenstein I have seen on film. I too found the ending surreal and very fitting. While not for all tastes, I am always surprised by how long this film--especially the ending--lingers in my mind.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thumbs up!, October 19, 2002

By	Sam (Limassol, Cyprus) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Frankenstein Unbound [VHS] (VHS Tape)

After 19 years of absence, legendary director Roger Corman returns to direct "Franenstein Unbound". This version is based on Brian Aldiss' novel. It's quite different from the other classic approaches. The idea is about a man (John Hurt) who lives in the future 2031 & moves back in time (19th Century) and meets an earlier scientist Frankenstein (Raul Julia). Frankenstein has created a Monster who has already killed his 6-year-old brother and is now threatening the entire city...

It's wonderful how they blended the life of Mary Shelley - the young woman who will later write the novel FRANKENSTEIN!

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Some neat stuff in this enjoyable flick, October 19, 2000

By	Babytoxie (Dallas, TX USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

This review is from: Frankenstein Unbound [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I place this movie in the company of such greats as The Beastmaster, Battle Beyond the Stars, and Flash Gordon: B-movies that have WAY too much appeal for their own good.

Frankstein Unbound is a loose (but much better) adaptation of the mind-numbing novel by Brian Aldiss. A future scientist's experiments with weapons of war causes a tear in time and space that throws him straight into early 19th-century Europe. There, he learns that the story of Frankstein is based on fact. He encounters the doctor, the monster, the "bride", Mary and Percy Shelley, and Lord Byron, all played by a cast surprisingly well-known for this type of film.

The movie is alternately creepy and sappy, and a fling between scientist John Hurt and Mary Shelley (Bridget Fonda) will surely evoke rolling of the eyes. It's loaded with melodrama, but that's okay, because there's enough cool sci-fi/horror standards present to satisfy anyone, including a suitably "out-there" and fantastic ending. Plus, this movie has the absolute best version of Frankenstein's monster that I have EVER seen, either in film, TV, print, or whatever. The monster's look is truly inspired, and his personality is captured perfectly.

Check this one out... just to say you did. It's very entertaining.