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List Price: $14.98 | | Label: 20th Century Fox
Salesrank: 47275
Released: September 5, 2006 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Joseph Buchanan is a brilliant scientist conducting implosion experiments in the year 2031. His humanitarian goal is to develop a weapons system that will not destroy all life on Earth, but the results are catastrophic! The very core of time and space is fractured, and Buchanan finds himself thrust into 19th century Geneva. He meets fellow scientist Dr. Victor Frankenstein, whose own monstrous experiment has gone haywire, killing his brother, and threatening the entire village. Frankenstein's creature is even more horrible than the world ever imagined-and now Dr, Frankenstein is determined to use Buchanan's scientific knowledge to create its mate!
Frankenstein Unbound Reviews:
Frankenstein Unbound DVD 
2009-10-20 - I liked the content but it ended rather abruptly and at the risk of sounding dumb what is unbound? would I recommend it? No. I only enjoyed it because I'm a Frankenstein monster collector.
Roger Corman Unbound 
2009-05-17 - In the future, Dr. Joe Buchanan is a scientist heading up a project to create a weapon he hopes will put an end to war (by zapping the enemy into nothingness? Hmm), but there is a terrifying side-effect. Dr. Buchanan's creation has caused strange storm clouds to form over the earth that displace any unsuspecting soul caught up in their path to some other moment in time. As luck would have it, Dr. Buchanan is one of those souls sucked up by his monstrous cloud, and he soon finds himself in 1817 Switzerland. Ironically, he meets the legendary monster creator Dr. Victor Frankenstein shortly after, not to mention writer Mary Shelly, with whom he develops a very personal relationship that helps him quickly forget his brief and failed obsession with saving the life of a young girl blamed for the murder of Frankenstein's little brother. Being caught up in the world of Victor Frankenstein means trouble is sure to follow, of course, so it is not long before Buchanan is mixed up in the local monster-making atrocities that so disturbingly reflect to him his own life's work.
Roger Corman's 1990 Sci-Fi/Horror flick "Frankenstein Unbound" has its story/character issues, but overall it is such a fascinating concept and so engagingly accomplished with its wonderful cast that one can't help but like it if not love it. You simply can't lose when you combine Frankenstein with time travel and cast Raul Julia as Mary Shelly's demented doctor, John Hurt as the man from the future, and lovely Bridget Fonda as the lusty author who haunted generations to come. Nick Brimble provides an interesting take on the monster as well, and there's even a talking car. Gotta love a talking car! If you love Frankenstein or time travel movies and are just tired of the same old thing, here's something you need to check out. And I also recommend checking out 1979's "Time After Time" if you like this one. Nothing like a little H.G. Wells vs. Jack the Ripper! "Frankenstein Unbound" is presented in anamorphic widescreen, but there are sadly no extra features to be had, just a bit of dark fun and excitement courtesy of Roger Corman!
Corman Unbound 
2008-10-27 - This will be short and sweet. This movie is by far the best Roger Corman film I have ever seen. Ranks right up there with the best of the best. Great story, great acting, great camera work and fairly good effects. Watch and love.
Not really the thinking man's horror picture 
2008-09-18 - Heavy handed is the only phrase that can best describe this disapointing adaption of Brian Aldiss' excellent novel,which i'm surprised no one mentioned in any review.
The novel was an interesting take on the theme of being a modern day Frankenstein,as exemplified by it's protagonist who journeys back into the day of the Frankenstein as well as Mary Shelly.
It's humorous,violent,sexual and highly thoughtful,invoking a spirit of the Shelly classic.
The Roger Corman film missed most of the nuances that were inherit in the novel,taking many of the themes and seeming to hit the viewer over the head with simplicity and stupidity.
The cast performs adequately, notably Hurt and Julia,but nothing truly OUTSTANDING.
The monster's makeup design is completely ludicrous(stitched together eyes(!)double thumbs(?) and two spines(!)and as played by Nick Brimble,likes to be LOUD and violent.
Boris Karloff he ain't.
It's sad that people actually recommend the mega bomb,Mary Shelly's Frankenstein,a interesting,but VERY misguided version of the story,which this film clearly influenced.
For better Frankenstein films,try the two most faithful:One,being the 1976 "Terror of Frankenstein",which comes closest to capturing the terror of the novel and the 2004 Hallmark(!) version which actually follows the novel's scope the best.
Both of these are highly underrated works,and of course,one can never go wrong with the original Boris Karloff/James Whale films or the original novel itself.
And to add to that,read the novel,"Frankenstein Unbound" by Brian Aldiss,well worth your time,and certainly guaranteed to make you think.
Great Movie
2008-08-14 - This was a really fantastic movie, i only got it for the Michael Hutchence cameo, but the movie in whole was Fantastic, very interesting, great storyline.
