The Frankencast

This week, we're looking at a semi-faithful adaptation starring beloved character actor Ian Holm in an early role. It's from a TV anthology series, and it's surprisingly compelling. Join us as we discuss the blind man's instrument of choice, monstrous twins, and what happens when you give a monster a GUN. Please rate, review, and tell your fiends. And be sure to subscribe so you do...

In an unexpected turn of events, the 2nd requel in the Tron franchise is straight-up a Frankenstein film. We were as surprised as you are. Anyway, join us as we alternate between gushing about the soundtrack and savaging Jared Leto. The plot is kind of nonsense but the action set pieces are fun enough to make it probably worth your time? Please rate, review, and tell your fiends. And be sure to su...

Well, we decided to go out for pizza again, and wouldn't you believe it, a bunch of robot animals tried to kill us. Again. Oh, and there's a lazy river this time, and we just KEPT falling in. We're just so clumsy. Join us as Eric shares the deep FNAF lore and Anthony simply vibes. Oh and Wayne Knight shows up? And he's SUPER mean for NO reason. Please rate, review, and tell your fi...

It's time for CHIIIIIILLERRRRAAAMAAA! Join us this week as we talk about this love-letter to trashy exploitation drive-in flicks and anthology films. What happens when a bad husband brings a zombie outbreak to a drive-in marathon? Hilarity ensues, of course. This movie has it all: kaiju sperm, homoerotic greasers, Kane Hodder dancing to "Hava Nagila", and... DEATHICATION. Please rate...

This week, we're getting METAL. Metalbeast, specifically. Join us as we discuss this absolutely bonkers Frankenstein/Werewolf/Supersoldier extravaganza featuring Brad from Rocky Horror and Kane MFin' Hodder. It's a total blast. Please rate, review, and tell your fiends. And be sure to subscribe so you don't miss future installments. Join us on Patreon at  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

This week is a solo episode with your favorite(?) mad scientist, and we are plumbing the depths of Tubi obscurities to look at a Frankensteinian, dystopian, noirish fable of jealousy and betrayal that has some interesting ideas and some really impressive dual casting, but that is just a little light on emotion and characterization. Join us! Please rate, review, and tell your fiends. And be sure to...

Happy Thanksgiving to all you fiends who celebrate that! Join us as we discuss this new film that surprised us by showing up on our radar as it hit theatres. It's a family friendly animated film with a found family of monsters, weirdo villagers, a traveling freak show, and an extremely aloof mad scientist. Join us! Please rate, review, and tell your fiends. And be sure to subscribe so you don&...

We're back again with even more talk about the Frankenstein movie that EVERYONE is talking about. So, obviously, it's our time to shine! Last week was Eric's big comeback onto the show, and this week Anthony is joined by newly officially recruited second co-host Hayden Orr to continue the discussion. Join us for Monsters, Mia Goth, and MILK. So. Much. Milk. Please rate, review, and tel...

It's finally here, fiends! We are SO back! We've been waiting so long for Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein, and it's here. And so is your intrepid co-host, Eric! Join us as we talk about the movie that this podcast was clearly made for. Please rate, review, and tell your fiends. And be sure to subscribe so you don't miss future installments. Join us on Patreon at  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Hey fiends! This week, Anthony is going solo to discuss this trash exploitation masterpiece. Join him as he discusses jai alai, extremely 70s guys, the world's most helpful cab driver, and our society's obsession with high-tech sex! And don't forget to check out Toys On Tap's new Frankenstein toy! toysontappodcast.com Please rate, review, and tell your fiends. And be sure to subscr...

Tim Kirk is back again this week and we are discussing an extremely charming micro-budget homage to the classic Universal Monster films. Join us for a House of Dracula/House of Frankenstein-style monster rally where Frankenstein's granddaughter steals some of Dracula's blood and trouble ensues! All His Damned Mother's Sons is out now! You can purchase it at ⁠⁠https://pelekinesis.square...

This week, Tim Kirk returns, this time as a guest host. And we're going all the way back to the OG grave robbers, William Burke and William Hare, two guys who really existed and really killed for fun and profit. But what happens when a semi-disgraced American film director gets access to an impressive cast of great British actors, both iconic and up-and-coming? You get a true story of murder a...

Maybe it's NOT exactly what you think it is? Once again, guest host extraordinaire Hayden Orr is back, and this time we're discussing a lesser-known slasher flick that is really more of a giallo sun/slasher rising. Join us as we discuss the wildest jigsaw puzzle techniques you will ever see, a surprise kung fu professor, and Chekhov's Waterbed! Find more from Hayden and Last Book on th...

Hello fiends! Hayden Orr is back again, and this time we're talking about a bizarro sexploitation mashup with a checkered past. It's not exactly sexy, but it's definitely fun. Join us as we talk about monster faces that are totally not masks, monster guitarists, and a mad scientist who simply cannot be sneaky. Find more from Hayden and Last Book on the Shelf at ⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.appl...

Well fiends, we are once again headed to the land of Japan, so we are once again joined by our ringer for all things Japanese, Alex Heichelbech. This time we're watching a campy high school comedy with so many controversial things to discuss. Plus a Kabuki Mad Scientist Vice Principal, a magic cape, and living screws? Please rate, review, and tell your fiends. And be sure to subscribe so you d...

Fiends, once again Hayden Orr has joined the gang as we ride around a small Georgia town, blowing up cop cars, angering local Sasquatches, and engaging in so many questionable practices that we can't even begin to get into it. We're talking about a Frankenstein biker movie that is the sequel to a non-Frankenstein biker movie that we did not watch. Things are going great, team. Find more fr...

This week, your resident Mad Scientist is once again joined by friend of the pod and guest host extraordinaire, Hayden Orr to talk about the very first Italian horror film shot in color! Join us as we talk about an old school Scary German Guy, what the world "carousel" means, the classic break-down of a no-strings-attached hook-up with a mentally ill villain. Find more from Hayden and La...

It's a weird week, fiends. Your friendly neighborhood Mad Scientist is flying solo this week to tell you all about this slight, low budget movie that succeeds in some ways and fails in others. Join me as I talk to myself for an hour. And don't worry, Eric will be back. And in the meantime, I'm bringing in a few ringer guest hosts to help out. But this is a lonely movie set in the isola...

This week, we're revisiting our old friend M3GAN to discuss the killer robot's less-popular sequel. Join us as we discuss EMPs, the movie's real-world analogs, and the killer murphy bed we didn't know we needed. Listen along to find out what we thought. Is this film unfairly maligned? Or just another cynical cash-grab sequel with no heart? Please rate, review, and tell your fiends....

Continuing our Elvis coverage(?), this week we're talking about this incredibly late-90s horror comedy. It's an incredibly frustrating film in that it has some really interesting ideas that are executed so poorly that it's almost indefensible. But join us as we discuss internalized homophobia, some of the worst gay stereotypes of the 90s, obscure rock 'n' roll trivia, and more!...

When Tim Kirk suggests an Elvis movie might also be a Frankenstein movie, you listen. And so we were delighted to get to talk to Tim again about our first times watching an Elvis movie, his brand new book All His Damned Mother's Sons, surprise cameos and much more! All His Damned Mother's Sons is out now! You can purchase it at https://pelekinesis.square.site?cc=FRANKENCAST or just go to p...

This episode comes in a little glass vial! (A little glass vial?) Wanna get in on this modern cult film before it fully cements its cult classic status? Now's your chance! Join us as Pauly from Goodfellas faces off against Giles from Buffy in a battle to the death over a (maybe?) terminally ill teen girl. There's gross face masks, there's Paris Hilton/Bill Moseley sibling rivalry (and...

We're going back to college with a surprisingly progressive college comedy? Join us for the Weekend at Bernies/Air Bud/Frankenstein mashup you didn't know you needed, one with some of the best "Frank N. Stein" gags we've ever seen. Please rate, review, and tell your fiends. And be sure to subscribe so you don't miss future installments. Join us on Patreon at  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

We did it, fiends! 200 episodes! They said it couldn't be done, and here we are. This week, to celebrate the special occasion, we're finally watching two movies we've been wanting to get to since day one. We're discussing the alternating dual-role performances by Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller in the British National Theatre's production of Frankenstein. So join us a...

Okay, so we weren't quite done with Dr. Moreau. This week we're joined by Very Special Guest Rodney Ascher, director of Room 237, The Nightmare, A Glitch in the Matrix, and Ghost Boy (which is currently doing the festival circuit). Rodney has been really digging into the Moreau films lately, so our mutual friend Tim Kirk linked us up. This conversation was an absolute blast, so we're r...