The Frankenstein Theory (2013/Image Entertainment DVD)
Picture:
C Sound: D Extras: D Main Program: C+
What if
the story Frankenstein was a true story turned into fiction to hide the truth? Professor John Venkenheim believes his
ancestor was the real Dr. Frankenstein, the first to create artificial life and
the REAL Frankenstein lies alive and well hidden in the Artic North tundra. After being shunned and turned outcast in the
academic field, he is determined to prove his fellow colleagues wrong by taking
a video team to film and capture the this modern day Frankenstein... but that
is when everything starts to go wrong... deadly wrong in The Frankenstein Theory.
Not only
does the Professor believe his ancestor was the creator of Frankenstein, but
that it was an experiment in immortality, years ahead of his time. After his creation and escape of this
creature, did they realize they created a monster and left a bloody trail in
its wake? Determined to prove he exists
and maybe even stumble on the secrets of immortality, he hires a college film
crew and a guide to track down Frankenstein's emigrational path of murder, but the
horror comes all too late when they realized they are the ones trapped in the
middle of nowhere, and both their supplies and crew disappear one after
another.
Based (loosely?)
on Mary Shelley's famous book Frankenstein,
this film was an interesting take/point of view with the idea that Frankenstein
is a true story, though not well rendered. The film was mostly shot from a 3rd person
view of the cameraman or crew trying to make a documentary film. However, you hardly ever saw the creature, a
glimpse or unfocused picture is all you ever see in the film of the
Frankenstein creature. What was to be a
horror film only ended up more like a comic film of watching which lacking
common sense character was to die next.
The
picture is weak, sound awful and extras nonexistent. See it at your own risk!
- Ricky Chiang
