{"id":3121,"date":"2007-05-04T11:29:16","date_gmt":"2007-05-04T18:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3121"},"modified":"2021-02-07T17:19:29","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T00:19:29","slug":"andy-warhols-frankenstein-flesh-for-frankstein-1973","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3121","title":{"rendered":"Andy Warhol&#8217;s Frankenstein \/ Flesh for Frankstein (1973)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;We have to find the right head for this torso. It has to be of a man who strongly craves women &#8212; whose overriding urges are sensual.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Andy-Warhol-Frankenstein-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Andy-Warhol-Frankenstein-Poster-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-30816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Andy-Warhol-Frankenstein-Poster-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Andy-Warhol-Frankenstein-Poster-84x128.jpg 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Andy-Warhol-Frankenstein-Poster-678x1024.jpg 678w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Andy-Warhol-Frankenstein-Poster.jpg 994w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nBaron Frankenstein (Udo Kier) and his loyal assistant Otto (Arno Juerging) attempt to create a new race of humans by mating the reconstructed bodies of a handsome man (Srdjan Zelenovic) and a beautiful woman (Dalia di Lazzaro). Meanwhile, Frankenstein&#8217;s sex-crazed wife (Monique Van Vooren) seduces her studly field worker (Joe Dallesandro), who was friends with the ill-fated Zelenovic.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Frankenstein<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Horror<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Incest and Incestuous Undertones<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Mad Doctors and Scientists<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Paul Morrissey Films<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Satires and Spoofs<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Zombies<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary is subtle in his criticism of this satirical horror flick by director Paul Morrissey, noting that &#8220;the explicit violence in [the] film overwhelms the subtle humor and sex&#8221;, and that &#8220;the repetitive images and dialogue make [the] film tiresome.&#8221; What he neglects to mention is how hideously &#8212; indeed, distractingly &#8212; bad the acting is; while Morrissey apparently instructed his cast not to act &#8220;realistically&#8221;, the actors (with the possible exception of Kier) aren&#8217;t capable of achieving campy delivery (which might have been fun). Equally awful are the special effects &#8212; at a certain point, when Frankenstein is delving orgasmically into the innards of his &#8220;ideal woman&#8221;, he looks for all the world like he&#8217;s smearing red paint on her skin (which he probably was). Even the most diehard fans of <em>Flesh for Frankenstein<\/em> have noted that it isn&#8217;t for all tastes, and I guess I fall into this category; I greatly prefer its tongue-in-cheek companion piece, <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=67080\"><em>Blood for Dracula <\/em><\/a> (released just a few months later); as Peary notes, the latter was &#8220;not as popular&#8230; but a much better film.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Some amusingly campy moments<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Flesh-for-Frankenstein-Kier.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Flesh-for-Frankenstein-Kier.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1856\" height=\"825\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Flesh-for-Frankenstein-Kier.png 1856w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Flesh-for-Frankenstein-Kier-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Flesh-for-Frankenstein-Kier-1024x455.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Flesh-for-Frankenstein-Kier-128x57.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Flesh-for-Frankenstein-Kier-768x341.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Flesh-for-Frankenstein-Kier-1536x683.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Flesh-for-Frankenstein-Kier-604x268.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1856px) 100vw, 1856px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, simply due to its cult following.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cult Movie<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0071508\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1974\/05\/16\/archives\/screen-butchery-bingemorrisseys-warhols-frankenstein-opens.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moriareviews.com\/horror\/andy-warhols-frankenstein-1973.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/film\/66795.html\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;We have to find the right head for this torso. It has to be of a man who strongly craves women &#8212; whose overriding urges are sensual.&#8221; Synopsis: Baron Frankenstein (Udo Kier) and his loyal assistant Otto (Arno Juerging) attempt to create a new race of humans by mating the reconstructed bodies of a handsome man (Srdjan Zelenovic) and a beautiful woman (Dalia di Lazzaro). Meanwhile, Frankenstein&#8217;s sex-crazed wife (Monique Van Vooren) seduces her studly field worker (Joe Dallesandro), who&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3121\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3121"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69289,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3121\/revisions\/69289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}