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MOVIES
ROCK
& ROLL FRANKENSTEIN
(1999)

Here we have a pretty
funny B-movie with plenty of gore and politically
incorrect humor.
A music agent needs a new hit act who he can entirely own,
and he turns to his
nephew, Frankie Stein, for help. Frankie, you see, is a
brilliant scientist
who has developed a formula to rejuvenate dead tissue.
With the help of a drugged
out roadie, the Steins build a monster from body
parts stolen from the
graves of rock stars. Hendrix's hands, Keith Moon's
legs, and Elvis's head,
among others, are combined to create a rock and roll
superstar. However,
when the roadie tries to steal Jim Morrison's member,
there's an accident
(a la the brain accident from 1931's Frankenstein), and
Liberace's penis ends
up stitched to the fabricated rock star. This causes
unforseen problems as,
well, to use the language of the film, the king of
pussy pounders got stuck
with a fruity pecker.
There's plenty of comedy,
both planned and unintentional. The gore effects
are imaginative but
ridiculous. It's not a movie for the faint of heart,
however, as there's
things I've not seen in any movie before - pickled
penises, anal crucifiction,
and gerbil decapitation. Oh, and there's Mr.
Peepers, a dead rat
puppet with red glowing eyes (don't ask - I don't know).
Overall, the movie has
a funny premise, and although it's of poor quality,
it does hold your interest
and keep you laughing.
Quality: 3.5 Visuals:
4.0 Intensity: 3.5 Laughability: 5.5 Gore 6.0
OVERALL RATING: 4.5
reviewed
2003
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