Extraordinary Movie & Video Guide reviews Frankensteins Bloody Nightmare

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Frankensteins Bloody Nightmare. USA 2006. Directed by John R. Hand

This film is not easiest to swallow, visually and in every imaginable way. Think about it: super-8 cinematography combined with loads of effects and filters, with strange soundtrack (of Hands "band" The Greys) and the feel of early films of David Lynch. At this time. you probably know already if Frankensteins Bloody Terror is a film for you.

John R. Hand has directed, written, produced and acted the lead role of Victor Karlstein. There is some peculiar and fascinating atmosphere here, that keeps you staring at the screen. Because Frankensteins Bloody Nightmare's genre is the crossover of art, experimental and horror, it will have limited but probably (and hopefully) a loyal audience.

For many times I didn't get the big picture of this film, but then again : who can tell me with a straight face that he/she understands Eraserhead completely? Frankensteins Bloody Nightmare contains highly imaginative cinematography, some extraordinary beautiful scenes, odd off-sync dubbing and haunting special sound effects. When all of this is combined to updated settings of story of The Bride of Frankenstein, the result is very extraordinary cinema. It's also very disturbing, slow, haunting and hard-to-understand experience. Like a bloody nightmare, that is.

John R. Hand as Victor Karlstein is a "slacker Frankenstein", and gives the viewer uneasy feelings with his cold staring and unnerving laughter. For some unexplainable reason, the first scene with Victor and Billy (Wade Best) stuck into my head for good. The offbeat music in the background, combined with stagnant staring makes you wonder, what planet are these people living in? And that was a compliment. It's easy to make experimental cinema, but that particular scene has some magic in it that truly is not easy to capture.

Frankensteins Bloody Nightmare lasts for 1 hour and 16 minutes, and in my opinion it could've been better as a short film. There are tons of great elements, but it's not enough for making it a feature film. But I am sure that the fans and experts of art cinema will have something else to say about it.