This is a totally revolting, but nonetheless fascinating, spin on the Frankenstein legend. Andy Warhol had nothing to do with the production, other than lending his name to the title. Taking pains to break every social taboo, the film finds the crazed baron (played in delightfully hammy
fashion by Udo Kier) tinkering with internal organs in his basement, assisted by his doltish servant, Otto (Arno Juerging). Obsessed with creating a master race, Baron Frankenstein constructs two creatures, male and female, hoping to breed them. When local shepherd Nicholas (Joe Dallesandro),
notices his best friend's head on the shoulders of the male creature, he begins to smell a ...
Released:
1974
Rated:
R
Length:
95 mins