Jeffery is a brilliant electrician who is interested in becoming a doctor. He conducts bizarre experiments in his home until one day his girlfriend, Elizabeth is run down by a remote control lawnmower. Jeffery collects her head from the scene and preserves it. After years of calculating, Jeffery finally comes up with a plan to resurrect Elizabeth. He must find prostitutes with the perfect body parts, kill them, and then use the parts to reconstruct Elizabeth so that he can revive her with electricity.
One of the most surprising thing's about Frankenhooker is it's shortage on actual gore. There is definitely some bloodshed, but nothing compared to Henenlotter's usual offerings. Bloodshed is mostly replaced by explosions. Thats right! We have here a film that is full of exploding hookers! The explosions themselves are so poorly done that it's hysterical. These are some of the worst prosthetics I've seen committed to film. But that works for Henenlotter. He is a master of "So Bad Its Good" cinema.
Another surprise is how long Frankenhooker is even in the film. Borrowing from it's inspiration, Frankenstein, we don't get any monster hooker action until nearly an hour into the movie! You'll hardly notice that an entire hour has gone by though as everything is so entertaining. Jeffery talking to the prostitutes and setting up his plan is hilarious.
Frankenhooker isn't going to win Henenlotter any new fans. This is the director doing what he does best. Extremely weird Black Comedy Horror. Is it his best work? You can't really top Basket Case. But Henenlotter seemed to be pretty consistent with the quality of his B movies. You can't go wrong watching anything he's done. (Except Basket Case 3. That one just didn't do it for me.)
Body Count:12
Side Note:I also forgot to mention that all the prostitutes in the film are crack addicts. Adds another wrinkle to the fun.
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