The Frankencast

This movie is jam-packed full of killer Nazi zombies, but after last week, it actually seems pretty grounded. It's basically a good ol' fashioned hard-boiled war movie... until it isn't. Join us as we discuss our future hopes and dreams while walking through a minefield, put the biggest scare quotes of all time around the word "unconscious", and meet our second disembodied-and-yet-still-alive lady...

We thought we'd start sharing the first few minutes of our Patreon episodes here on the main feed to give everyone a taste of what you can expect if you join us at patreon.com/thefrankencast . This week we're discussing the short-lived and mostly-forgotten dark comedy TV series from the late 70s, Struck By Lightning. We're specifically discussing the pilot, since it appears that's all that still s...

Feeling some deja vu? This time it's a different Frankenstein, and a different army. This time our monsters are a lot less friendly. But that makes sense when you're dealing with Nazi monsters. Join us as we run our shaky POV cameras up and down hallways, make new friends like the Mosquito Man and Propeller Head, and learn the TRUE meaning of the phrase "I'm of two minds about the situation." Oh,...

This week over on patreon.com/thefrankencast we discussed this absolutely brilliant narrative poem by Elizabeth R. McClellan that explores the thoughts of Victor Frankenstein's never-living second creation, the Bride he gave up on. It's a heartbreakingly beautiful poem that we cannot recommend highly enough. We're presenting the full episode here on the main feed because we're so excited to share...

This is definitely the first movie we've covered that features an American president. And maybe the only movie ever to feature an American president getting crushed to death by a Frankenstein. Join us as we hang out with our great grandparents, become a lightning rod ninja, and Megaman blast John Wilkes Booth into dust. It's a very silly, very good time. If you don't like it, we'll pay you five Fr...

Let's do the timewarp again!! It's high time that we talked about this high-camp, super-queer classic musical that has been breaking barriers and records and hearts for decades. Join us as we find SO many innuendos, try to uncover the rainbow mystery, and learn some exciting news about a nearly 100 year old painting. Try not to shiver with antici... Please rate, review, and tell your fiends. And b...

If you have a Chekhov's gun joke sitting out at the beginning of a podcast, you know eventually it's going to go off. And all of our Chekhov's humor has finally come to fruition as we go down the rabbit hole of ouroboros nesting dolls hidden inside The Actor's Trunk that is this bizarre short film that ultimately explains how we got into Juilliard. Sound confusing? Good. Join us as we meet David H...

The Throuple is all together for the very first time! We had to bring in The Bride from over on the Patreon so we could all talk about this weirdly wonderful little story. Do the Clever Boy Dance with us as three childless people talk seriously about parenthood, identify so many potential "adult" toys, and unfortunately find the most American (worst) character in this lovely little Welsh town. Aft...

Wanna date? It's February, so we're looking for love on the streets of New York, home of super drugs and reanimated sex workers. Join us as we explode like aerosol cans sometimes do, have an electrifying time in bed, and turn purple in all the right places. Unless you're some kind of Swede. Please rate, review, and tell your fiends. And be sure to subscribe so you don't miss future installments. J...

Everyone cue up The Buddi Song and get ready to sing along! We're taking a look at the much-maligned attempt to reboot the Child's Play franchise. It turns out it's basically a first draft of M3GAN and a bit better than we remember. Cut a slice of watermelon and join us as we try to figure out what time of year it is, feel super conflicted about a good cop, and show our age by talking about My Bud...

We're doing something a little different this week as we went to visit America's homicidal robot sweetheart in the theater. Join us for this spoiler-lite episode where we discuss our addiction to technology, making ourselves redundant with AI, and kickass dance sequences. Oh, and the mysterious butterfly/airplane combo. We do give one spoiler, answering the important question: does the dog die? (*...

CW: This is another one with scenes of SA. It's basically a classic revenge film in the same vein as I Spit On Your Grave but with more psychic powers, and not nearly as much Frankenstuff as the title would suggest.  Yes, we somehow resisted the temptation to do an "In the year 2000..." joke in this final Frankenwarp episode. Join us as we point out all of our cool posters, grow the raddest b...

CONTENT WARNING: SA, grooming(?), just general bad vibes. Like, so many content warnings.  The Frankenwarp has sent us all the way to the year 1990 in the fantastical land known as France. Join us as Dr. Frankenstein wears a fake face on his real face, knocks out his wife with her own science experiment, and then almost feeds it to the guard dog. And that's just in the first five minutes! The...

The Frankenwarp continues as we travel all the way to the year 1980, when Dr. Frankenstein grew a mustache, EVERYONE smoked, and there was a secret lab behind every bookcase of medical journals. Join us as we repeatedly introduce new characters only to immediately kill them off, choose to shop for our own internal organs, and jump out from behind every curtain in sight. Please rate, review, and te...

KARLOFF'S BACK, BABY! And this time, it's personal. Join us as we make excuses for SO many missing people, ominously threaten our best friend, and throw away eyeballs like they grow on trees.  Please rate, review, and tell your fiends. And be sure to subscribe so you don't miss future installments. Join us on Patreon at patreon.com/thefrankencast . Follow us on Twitter or Instagram @thefranke...

We've been threatening to talk about a Pinocchio movie for a while now, because Pinocchio is TOTALLY a Frankenstein story. And what better one to start with than the new one created by Frankenstein super-fan and die-hard Monster Kid GDT? Join us as we discuss the glaring absence of Disney songs, get all Weird Al in the face of fascism, and then get super-emotional about a dead bug in a hollow log....

Merry Christmas, fiends! We're concluding Decem-Burton with a movie not actually directed by Tim Burton, but which he still had a big hand in. It's a goth Christmas classic that spawned a whole industry of Hot Topic merch. And we are HERE for it. Join us as we sing our feelings, poison our creator, and ultimately get exposed as just a bag of bugs all along.  Please rate, review, and tell your...

This week we're continuing Decem-Burton by gazing longingly out of our snowglobe-esque window and putting on our best grandparent voices to tell the tale of the little robot boy who became a neighborhood celebrity in spite of, or because of, his scissor hands. Join us as we get new wave hairdos, rob our own houses, and get trashed on lemonade!  Please rate, review, and tell your fiends. And b...

It's time for Decem-Burton! We're kicking things off with a more recent film from Burton's catalog: the 2012 full-length stop-motion remake of his 1984 short film Frankenweenie. Join us as we go to a particularly upsetting school board meeting, join baseball to make our dad happy (relatable content), and face off against Rodan, Gamera, Sea Monkey Gremlins, and a were-flappy cat(?).  Please ra...

We're headed to Japan once again with an absolutely wild movie that made for one of our most fun and fascinating conversations to date. We're joined by our friend and resident Japan expert Alex Heichelbech and we're looking at what happens when a Frankensteinian mad scientist has a run-in with a famous 90s Japanese death cult. Turns out, hilarity ensues? Join us as we meet the only Spanish hunchba...

We're back with another lovely author chat! This week we are chatting with Refe Tuma, the thoughtful and entertaining writer of Frances and the Monster. This is a delightful book, safe to be enjoyed by people of all ages and it is packed with overt and subtle references to Frankenstein and plenty of surprising twists and turns along the way. We had a lovely time talking with Refe, and highly recom...

Well, there was a Wanted poster in dodgy French that told us that Van Helsing is Wanted, and we were happy to provide. If you're not happy about it, blame The Generic Order of the Regular Knights of Totally Not the Templars. Join us as we meet human action figure Steampunk Frankenstein, pop SO many Bat-Babies, and say goodbye in the most Mufasa-ass way possible. And then ride off into the non-sequ...

We've still got a little bit more Monster Mashing today. This time, with an animated feature from a way-past-its-prime DIC Entertainment. This hour-long special boasts an incredibly rare showdown between classic creature-feature era monsters and modern day slasher monsters. Join us as we ride a skeleton roller coaster, get turned into a remote controlled toy, and slurp up all of Freddy's spaghetti...

The guests included Wolf Man, Dracula, and his... wife? Join us as we get stuck in a storm and trapped in a spooky old house with a bunch of freaks who seem to be vaguely remaking the Rocky Horror Picture Show. Join us as we're verbally abused by the King of Halloween Music, aggressively flirted at by vampires of heterosexually appropriate genders, and comfort a hunchbacked assistant played by the...

This week the Frankencast is going back to high school and we're enjoying it way more than we did the first time around. Maybe because of all the monsters. We were both pleasantly surprised by how much we enjoyed this film and we think you'll feel the same. Join us as we overshare about where all our parts came from, dabble in witchcraft in the bathroom, and pull the ultimate Reverse Teen Wolf.&nb...