Frankenstein Island
- lindsaybjerregaard
- Oct 26, 2021
- 2 min read
IMDB Synopsis
When a hot-air balloon crashes on a remote island, the crew discovers Dr. Frankenstein's ancestor carrying on the family work, along with a race of mutants and a population of Amazons.
IMDB Rating: 2.2/10
Our Rating: 7.6/10
Our Reviews:
Bret unsuccessfully tried to get us to watch this movie for nearly an entire year of lockdown, and when we finally gave in on his birthday I actually found myself incredibly entertained. This movie finds a group of men in hot air balloons getting marooned on a mysterious island filled with a tribe of women in leopard print bikinis who love to party and smoke purple substances out of human skulls, weird henchmen who have to wear sunglasses during the daytime, and a mysterious lab where bizarre human experiments are happening. The plot makes absolutely no sense and the climax is completely illogical and chaotic, but in my opinion this movie did perfectly right what Raw Force and Lake Michigan Monster got so wrong—mainly, keeping the sexualization and violence against women relatively subdued, and sincerely attempting to pull off a B movie plot line without being in any way self aware.
Just a piece of advice to the straight fellas out there: I know it always seems ideal when you land on an island and are shortly thereafter greeted by several 18-26 year old women in animal print 2 pieces, but you'd be wrong and should immediately see this as a red flag.
I honestly don't remember many details, just that I was mesmerized by the entire production.
After a year of build up and anticipation, this movie did not disappoint. I didn't expect much, but it did not disappoint.
According to IMDB, the island was populated by Dr. Frankenstein, a race of mutants, and Amazons. I guess I will have to take IMDB's word for it.
I remember that there was a brain in a jar, women in bikinis, a bunch of white men in Easter sweaters with names like Todd and Ronald and ... probably Larry. It was bewildering and weirdly enjoyable, and somehow worthy of Bret's 12-month build-up.
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