Review of Frankenhooker (1990) by Cliff T — 23 Jun 2007

Arguably, one of the funniest B horror/comedy I've seen.

This review of Frankenhooker (1990) was written by Cliff T on 23 Jun 2007.

Frankenhooker has generally received mixed reviews.

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So this is about a mad scientist that tried bringing his dead girlfriend back by getting body parts from hookers. How awesome! Win…

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Frankenhooker is absolutely amazing... for a piece of trash. Frank Henenlotter returns to give us a less gory but more comedic horror romp…

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By Jimmi L (14) on 16 Oct 2011

Pretty good effort from Frank Henenlotter. With a name like Frankenhooker I was obviously going to get to this one eventually…

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