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Frankenhooker

1990 ·1h 25m · ★ 6.3 (371)

A medical school dropout loses his fiancée in a tragic lawnmower incident and decides to bring her back to life. Unfortunately, he was only able to save her head, so he goes to the red light district in the city and lures prostitutes into a hotel room so he can collect body parts to reassemble her.

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Director

Frank Henenlotter Frank Henenlotter
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Cast

Horror DNA

Gore
Bloodless Splatterfest
71
Slow Burn
Shock-driven Slow burn
17
Psychological
Straightforward Mind-bending
43
Supernatural
Grounded Otherworldly
0
Creature
Human threats Monster-driven
55
Disturbing
Tame Deeply unsettling
67
Fun Factor
Deadly serious Blast to watch
83
Cerebral
Popcorn horror Thinking horror
28
Survival
No survival element Fight for your life
33
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GriefMad Scientist

Tone

Campy

Content Warnings

Taboo ContentBody HorrorDehumanizationMedical Gore
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TMDB Keywords

brothelcrack cocainedark comedydeath by sexdrugsfrankensteinfrankenstein’s monstergrieving widowerlightningnew york citypimpprostitutereanimationressurectionwidower

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