Depraved

I saw this at Frightfest and was really entertained by it. it nods to Karloff and Lee etc as well as the novel. it also references the wickedness and venality of american drug companies, capitalism etc. the acting especially the monster is great. it even nods to the novels snowbound ending. it delivers on gore and violence pleasingly. The monster has great pathos as it should.

Larry Fessenden's best movie in my estimation

A reimagining of Shelly's Frankenstein and in many ways closer to the spirit of the book than any modern interpretation. Problem is, this film takes a very long time to develop. I read the synopsis and thought it would be interesting, and it is, but kind of dull partly because it's so close to Shelly's gothic masterpiece. The underlying message of the film has also been visited so many times that it felt over familiar. I was disappointed that with such a prolonged build up the action was strangely censored. Considering the grotesque nature of the back story it seemed odd to not show the murders. Weirdly feel good, not particularly horrible, could of been better than it was.

This movie is "What if the story of FRANKENSTEIN were to happen today, post-year 2000?"

And the answer to the question is: the story wouldn't really gain much and if anything would lose something by the fact that the technology to bring someone back to life doesn't seem that amazing in present-day as it does if the story happens in the 1800s.

It doesn't really venture into new territory at all, just sort of takes cues from previous Frankenstein movies such as the character Dr. Polidori from FRANKENSTEIN: THE TRUE STORY and the name Henry from the 1931 FRANKENSTEIN and works them into something which though it is rather long actually feels at crucial moments rather rushed and cheap.

Giving the "creature" a name also doesn't work because it makes him more human and deprives him of some of his mystery.

A scene between the creature and a lady met in a bar looks as if it's going to go someplace but doesn't; she's way too trusting and dies way too quickly, minutes after she's introduced.

It actually comes off more like a new stage version of a Frankenstein play set in the present than it does a believable movie.

You keep waiting for it to do something new but all the "new" stuff is cosmetic so oh well, it's not terrible but it's not necessarily worth the time needed to watch it either.

I nearly didn't watch this because of the title and the poster artwork. I just presumed it would be a cheap and nasty horror flick. But it's a really good reworking of the Frankenstein story and quite poignant in parts. The characters are well rounded and you actually do care about them. It has a good script though there are parts that seem rushed or out of character towards the end. I thoroughly enjoyed it and was glad I took the trouble to give it a go.

...not a horror movie IMO bit a very decent scifi fantasy type film. It's going to be good as long as you are not expecting a true horror flick.