That being said, Mary Shelly must be proud.
The year was 1990. Brain Damage and The Basket Case series were gaining notoriety on the home video market. Cult film director Frank Henenlotter teamed up with the original editor of Fangoria and penned a script involving a psychotic pre-med student with a love for puzzles.
When the robotic lawnmower Jeffery designed for his father's birthday accidentally slices and dices his fiance Elizabeth (played by Penthouse Pet Patty Mullen), the mission is clear. Keep her head on ice until the next lightning storm. Then, take all the various body parts you've hacked off of the hookers you've hired and stitch them together (remember that love for puzzles we just talked about?) and !KABLAMO! your loving wife-to-be is back and life can continue like normal.
When the robotic lawnmower Jeffery designed for his father's birthday accidentally slices and dices his fiance Elizabeth (played by Penthouse Pet Patty Mullen), the mission is clear. Keep her head on ice until the next lightning storm. Then, take all the various body parts you've hacked off of the hookers you've hired and stitch them together (remember that love for puzzles we just talked about?) and !KABLAMO! your loving wife-to-be is back and life can continue like normal.
Now that Jeffery's found the right hookers, he needs to decide which parts to take from which streetwalker. He measures their arms, legs, and brains (just kidding, why would he need one of those?) and writes up his grocery list. After all the busts and butts are accounted for, it's time to murder some ladies of the night. With his robotic lawnmower in the pawn shop, Jeff's gotta come up with another ingenious plan. Back to the power drill. Ah, of course!
Here's a video clip of hookers exploding. You know you're clicking this damn link.
Back in the lab, Jeffery throws together the pieces just in time for the lighting storm. The thunder rolls, the lighting strikes, the hooker is...ALIVE. Oh shit, I can't believe everything didn't go as planned. Elizabeth thinks she's a hooker. Didn't see that coming.
Nice screengrabs! I was just about to say "Hey, he shoulda grabbed some from the exploding hookers scene...", but then you had the clip!
ReplyDeleteAnd I love the dude that played Jeffrey. He's like a mix of Andrew McCarthy and Michael Moriarty. After seeing Frankenhooker I immediately to see anything he was in, but his resume is pretty thin.
However, if you haven't already, check out Street Trash. (He has a cameo in it.) I don't know if that movie is good or not, but it's SOMETHING! It's worth a look, just be prepared for a lot of melting hobos.
I saw Street Trash and I didn't love it while I was watching it but now that more time has past, I'm more forgiving of it. Melting hobos...haha, I love that there was a time when that pitch received financing.
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