Doctor Hackenstein

1988
18
1h 28m

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Dr. Hackenstein is a genial but somewhat misguided scientist. He murders the locals for their body parts, but it's not for power or scientific research; he just needs them to put his wife ba... Read allDr. Hackenstein is a genial but somewhat misguided scientist. He murders the locals for their body parts, but it's not for power or scientific research; he just needs them to put his wife back together.Dr. Hackenstein is a genial but somewhat misguided scientist. He murders the locals for their body parts, but it's not for power or scientific research; he just needs them to put his wife back together.

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Okay spoof

My review was written in December 1988 after watching the movie on Forum video cassette.

Even with a new name, you can't keep the Frankenstein monster down for long as "Dr. Hackenstein" present a pleasant sex-switch comedy spoof in the vein of Mel Brooks' "Young Frankenstein".

Pic is set in 1909 with David Muir as the good doctor, intent on bringing his wife (Sylvia Lee Baker) back to life with the aid of spare body parts. Chief victims are a trio of comely girls who stay the night at Hackenstein Manor after their car crashes.

With topless footage (a bit incongruous concerning the femme monster) and gore added, pic is still quaint with okay period atmosphere and plenty of black humor. Muir is effective, playing the role straight, while in the supporting cast the late Anne Ramsey acts opposite hubby Logan Ramsey as a pair of grotesque graverobbers.

Color scheme here is rather drab and film probably would have been more effective (though less saleable) in black & white a la Brooks' classic homage.