Rock 'N' Roll Frankenstein

• Director: Brian O'Hara
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• Genre: Comedy
• Movie Type: Creature Film, Horror Comedy
• Themes: Experiments Gone Awry, Mad Scientists
• Main Cast: Barry Feterman
• Release Year: 1999
• Country: US
• Run Time: 88 minutes

Plot

Writer/director Brian O'Hara updates the monster movie with a new low in bad taste in the low-budget schlock horror comedy Rock 'N' Roll Frankenstein. Record producer Bernie (Barry Feterman) is tired of his typical musician clientele, so he enlists the help of his necrophiliac mad scientist nephew, Frankie (Jayson Spence), to help him create the perfect rock star. Drug-addicted assistant Iggy (Hiram Jacob Segarra) starts grave-robbing assorted body parts from dead rock & roll legends, including Buddy Holly, Jimi Hendrix, and Sid Vicious, topped off with the head of Elvis Presley. In a grotesque send up of Young Frankenstein, clumsy Iggy accidentally destroys a particularly male body part from Jim Morrison, secretly switching it with the corresponding part from Liberace. When the creature is brought to life, and named the King (Graig Guggenheim), it quickly develops a dangerous sexual dysfunction due to conflicting desires. Soon, the King's manhood develops a mind of its own and the creature is driven to serious destruction. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide

Review

Promoted with the tagline "A Different Kind of Monster," Rock 'N' Roll Frankenstein has many similarities to the cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show, but it sours the campy fun with a mean-spiritedness and over-the-top abuse. A former porno editor, writer/director Brian O'Hara refers to himself as a bigot, so it appears that the blatant homophobia running throughout is intentional. The already lewd premise aims to spoof a distorted view of homosexuality, animal rights, the music industry, and anything else in between. However malicious the satire appears, at least the creature is a genuinely conflicted character, and the dialogue is sprinkled with witty one-liners. Rejected even at the New York Underground Film Festival, this horror comedy breaks all codes of political correctness, sinking to an extreme low for gross-out comedy. For horror fans who need their B-movies to push the envelope far beyond John Waters, Rock 'N' Roll Frankenstein delivers the sleaze. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide

Cast

Barry Feterman - Bernie; Jayson Spence - Frankie; Hiram Jacob Segarra - Iggy; Graig Guggenheim - The King

Credit

Brian O'Hara - Director, Brian O'Hara - Screenwriter