Characters & Themes
Dr. Hackenstein (1989) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1989 · 88 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Richard Clark
- Starring
- Stacey Travis, Michael Ensign, Anne Ramsey, Logan Ramsey, Phyllis Diller, Jeff Rector
A quirky, well‑meaning but misguided scientist conducts macabre experiments that will leave you laughing. To reassemble his beloved wife, he harvests body parts from unsuspecting locals—not for power or pure research, but out of twisted devotion, as the town’s residents slowly disappear, leading to darkly comic mayhem.
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