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Frankenstein '80
Frankenstein '80
	Italian film poster
Directed by	Mario Mancini
Screenplay by	Ferdinando De Leone; Mario Mancini;
Story by	Ferdinando De Leone
Starring	John Richardson; Xiro Papas; Renato Romano; Dalila Parker; Anna Odessa; Bob Fiz; Renata Kasché; Dada Gallotti; Marisa Traversi; Enrico Rossi; Fulvio Mingozzi; Gordon Mitchell; Luigi Bonos;
Cinematography	Emilio Varriano
Edited by	Enzo Micarelli
Music by	Daniele Patucchi
Production; company	M.G.D. Film
Distributed by	Variety Distribution
Release date	12 December 1972 (Italy);
Running time	89 minutes
Country	Italy

Frankenstein '80 is a 1972 Italian film directed by Mario Mancini.

Plot summary

By day, Dr. Frankenstein (Gordon Mitchell) works innocuously in his lab. But at night, he works to perfect Mosaico (Xiro Papas), a monstrosity pieced together from dead bodies. Once completed, the behemoth escapes from the lab and embarks on a killing spree. Local beauties begin popping up dead, murdered in a variety of gruesome ways, as authorities attempt to stop Mosaico's rampage.

Cast

John Richardson as Karl Schein
Gordon Mitchell as Dr. Otto Frankenstein
Renato Romano as Inspector Schneider
Xiro Papas as Mosaic - the Frankenstein Monster
Dalila Di Lazzaro as Sonia
Roberto Fizz as Professor Schwarz
Dada Gallotti as Butcher
Marisa Traversi as Second Prostitute
Lemmy Carson as Head Nurse
Marco Mariani as Track Spectator
Luigi Bonos as Hobo
Enrico Rossi as First Investigator
Fulvio Mingozzi as Second Investigator
Umberto Amambrini as Vice Straus
Luigi Antonio Guerra as Agent
Anna Odessa as Stripper
Renata Kasché as Redhead

Production

Despite the film's title alluding to Mary Shelley's character, the film has little in common with her creation.^[2] The inspiration of Ferdinando De Leone and Mario Mancini's script was from the adult only comics such as Oltretomba.^[1]^[2] Future Academy Awards winner Carlo Rambaldi provided the special effects in the film such as the monster named Mosaic.^[2]^[3] Curti referred to the special effects as "crude" and was an "early hint of the tendency towards excess that will characterise Italian genre cinema of the decade"^[2]

Lou Castel was originally going to act in the film but was not allowed after being expelled from Italy in April 1972 due to his political views.^[4] Actor Gordon Mitchell stated that parts of the film were possibly shot in Bavaria, but not any of the scenes he was involved in.^[4] The rest of the film was shot in Munich and Rome.^[1]

Release

Frankenstein '80 was released in Italy on 12 December 1972 where it was distributed by Les Films 2R Roma.^[1] Film historian Roberto Curti stated that the film "passed almost unnoticed in Italy at the time of its release"^[4] A photonovel version of the film was released in the Italian issue of Cinesex in May 1973.^[4]

As of 2017, the film is in the public domain in the United States.^[4]

Reception

From retrospective reviews, AllMovie called the film "stupid, sickening, and obscene", but "seekers of psychotronic cinema will have a field day with this ridiculous Italian exploitation product."^[5] In his book on Italian horror film directors, Louis Paul referred to the film as "strange" and "a lurid sex film dressed as a horror movie."^[6]

References

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Curti 2017, p. 69.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Curti 2017, p. 70.
^ Celli & Cottino-Jones 2007, p. 106.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Curti 2017, p. 71.
^ Fred Beldin. "Frankenstein 80 (1972)". AllMovie. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
^ Paul 2005, p. 28.

Sources

Celli, C.; Cottino-Jones, M. C (2007). A New Guide to Italian Cinema. Springer. ISBN 978-0-230-60182-6.
Curti, Roberto (2017). Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1970-1979. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476629605.
Paul, Louis (2005). Italian Horror Film Directors. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-8749-3.