Flesh for Frankenstein

Flesh for Frankenstein

Year: 1973

Runtime: 95 mins

Language: English

Director: Paul Morrissey

Horror

Within the opulent Frankenstein mansion, the aristocratic Baron and his depraved assistant Otto perfect a method for creating new life, filling the laboratory with stitched body parts. Meanwhile, the Baroness entices a randy new manservant. The permissive household spirals into an extravagant, bizarre, comic clash of death and dismemberment.

Dark
Bleak ending
Emotionally heavy
High intensity
Fast pacing
Simple story

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1

Baron obsesses over a perfect Serbian race

Baron von Frankenstein neglects his duties toward his wife Katrin as he pursues a grand eugenics project. He begins assembling a perfect male and a female from parts of corpses within his castle laboratory.

early in the story Frankenstein's castle laboratory
2

Dr. sublimates his urges through domination and lust

The doctor redirects his sexual energy into domination and control. He uses the female creature's surgical wounds to satisfy his lust while presenting it as scientific progress.

early development Frankenstein's castle laboratory
3

Dissatisfied with the male's libido, he seeks a better head donor

Frankenstein grows frustrated with the male creature's limited drive. He searches for a head donor with greater libido and fixates on the creature's nasum as a marker of strength. He steers his experiments toward this ideal head.

mid-process Castle laboratory
4

Nicholas and his friend are kidnapped for a head

A randy farmhand named Nicholas and his sexually repressed friend are spotted after leaving a brothel. The doctor and his hencman Otto seize them, mistakenly taking Nicholas's head for the male creature.

Road near the castle
5

Katrin summons Nicholas to the castle and makes a deal

Nicholas survives the encounter and is summoned to the castle, where he forms an arrangement with Katrin to satisfy her carnal appetites. The agreement binds him to the castle's intrigues.

Castle
6

A tense dinner reveals the male's lack of recognition

The assembled residents share a dinner with the male and female creatures. The male creature shows no signs of recognizing his 'friend' Nicholas, maintaining his obedience to Frankenstein. Nicholas notices something is wrong but pretends not to recognize what he sees.

dinner time Castle dining room
7

Nicholas investigates and is captured

Nicholas snoops in the laboratory, convinced something is off. He is captured by Frankenstein, who keeps him as a potential threat or tool in his schemes.

Castle laboratory
8

Katrin is rewarded with the creature but killed

Frankenstein considers replacing the male head with the new acquisition and rewards Katrin for betraying Nicholas by granting her access to the creature. She dies during a bout of overly vigorous copulation.

Laboratory/bedchamber
9

Otto repeats his sexual exploits and the female is disemboweled

Otto repeats the doctor's sexual exploits with the female creature, resulting in her graphic disembowelment. Frankenstein returns, enraged, and executes Otto.

Laboratory
10

Frankenstein is killed when his plan collapses

Frankenstein orders the male creature to eliminate Nicholas, but the remnants of his friend's personality rebel, and the doctor is killed in a gruesome fashion.

climax Laboratory
11

The male creature disembowels himself

Believing life is worse than death, the male creature disembowels himself. The failed experiment marks the downfall of Frankenstein's plans.

final moment Laboratory
12

Erik and Monica trigger the crane on Nicholas

Frankenstein's children, Erik and Monica, enter the laboratory and turn the wheel of the crane. The device lifts Nicholas higher, while the children prepare scalpels for the grisly finish.

finale Laboratory

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