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The Frankenstein Monster Project
USA 2021
produced by Jeff DuJardin (executive) for Something in the Dark
directed by Steven Aguilera
starring Amanda Kaschak, Jeff DuJardin, Jennifer Robyn Jacobs, Oliver Morton, Kelsey Zukowski, Anthony King, Tanissia Sprull, Jeremy Meza, Dennis King, Tal Kapelner, Will Jorgenson, Geronimo Vela, Eric Q. Mejia, JT Vancollie, Robert Werner, Ren-Horng Wang, Dennis Zen, Craig Chan
written and music by Steven Aguilera, special effects makeup by Chloe Sens, Jennifer M. Quinteros, visual effects by Graphic Park
Frankenstein, Dracula
review by Mike Haberfelner
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In 1894, when filmmaking was still in its early infancy, filmmakers
Patton Robertson (Jeff DuJardin), Maggie McGee (Amanda Kaschak) and
Stephanie Spielberg (Jennifer Robyn Jacobs) set out to Transylvania with
their portable Gogh-Preaux cameras to investigate the legend of the
Frankenstein monster (Oliver Morton) - and are more than a little shocked
that they actually run into the creature. They're almost ready to bolt,
but then the creature steals one of their cameras. Plus Robertson is
bitten by Count Dracula (Anthony King) and soon enough becomes a
mischievous vampire. The two women of the group follow the monster and
find him grieving over his bride (Kelsey Zukowski). She's quite dead, but
Robertson bites her to bring her back to life as a vampire. But once back
alive, she proves to be more of a threat to humankind (or at least the
male half of humankind) than either Frankenstein's monster or Dracula ... Now
by 2021, the found footage style of filmmaking has been pretty much done
to death as most filmmakers use it as a shortcut rather than an approach
to elevate their material and in most cases bring little new to the table.
However, The Frankenstein Monster Project manages to pump new blood
into the approach, by way of broad parody (something the found footage
genre so far hasn't been known for). Even the premise of the movie is
slightly ridiculous already, and that it's made as a black and white
silent complete with title cards (while still featuring a song-and-dance
scene) while presenting its period settings full of anachronisms somehow
reminiscent of Guy Maddin's body of work (even if not that far out) only
adds to the fun, making this a pretty hilarious genre ride.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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