The Frankencast

Look at what we do for you people. Yes, we seriously sat down and took notes while watching the 2008 Hustler Munsters parody. It's... surprisingly good? Join us as we get weirded out by Marilyn's mysterious boyfriend, spoil the secret of what's in the tube, and unexpectedly turn into Roxy Deville superfans. Please rate, review, and tell your fiends. And be sure to subscribe so you don&...

This week, we're finally talking about the now award-winning zeitgeisty dark-comedy body-horror sensation, The Substance. And we recruited return guest Alex Heichelbech to help us mansplain this fable on the plight of women in America (and specifically Hollywood) as they age. Join us as we talk about turning the camera on the male gaze, the many mirrors of Frankenstein, and the most unpleasant...

This week, we're getting a little serious with this arthouse drama made during the tail-end of Franco-fascist rule in Spain. It's a bittersweet, slice-of-life drama about a family on the verge of falling apart in a small village on the Castilian Plains. Oh, and it's got a Frankenstein, baby! Join us for one of our most thoughtful discussions yet. Please rate, review, and tell your fien...

Surprise, we're back! And, surprise, this movie is good actually? Somehow this Wild Eye Releasing film about a little person Frankenstein is not at all insensitive and is actually a nostalgic twist on ET, but possibly even better? Gasp! Join us as we gush about Andre Gower, get really mad about jerk boyfriends, and get choked up at a little Frankenstein eating trick or treat candy. It's all very s...

Happy Hanukkah, fiends! This week we're discussing an early silent adaptation of the Jewish folktale of the Golem of Prague. This one is a fun and thoughtful discussion of history, mythology, and representation. Join us as we discuss this surprisingly still effective and impressive film made over 100 years ago! Please rate, review, and tell your fiends. And be sure to subscribe so you don't miss f...

Happy holidays, fiends! All is calm, all is bright. This week, we're discussing the 5th film in this truly bonkers slasher Santa series, but this one is about the Pinocchio we have at home. But also murder. Join us as we get our skulls hollowed out by a toy worm, get put in traction by evil rocket skates, and bang in a car at work for some reason. Please rate, review, and tell your fiends. And be...

You know that incomprehensibly dry British humor you always hear people talking about? Well, we found some. Join us for a Frankenstein comedy from the 80s that kinda feels like it could be from the 70s. We have Donald Pleasence as a pervy Frankenstein, a feminist racecar driver/political protestor, a bunch of nameless bureaucrats in an incredibly out-of-print movie that is thankfully available on...

We're back with a classic drive-in creature feature! Join as for gaslighting boyfriends, the secret sketchy assistant of the sketchy assistant, and, of course, a swimming pool dance party! 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/thefrankenca...

This week we've got another heartwarming story from the '90s, but this time the Frankenstein is more explicit, and yet also more metaphorical? Join us as we get real mad about an evil teacher, fawn over dream sequences for maybe the first time ever, and give into the nostalgia. Please rate, review, and tell your fiends. And be sure to subscribe so you don't miss future installments. Join us on Pat...

Do you have your tissues ready? This week we're going back to the days before Pixar, when a wild kid could let a squirrel loose in a diner, and then stay up late chasing a giant robot through the woods with a BB gun. You know, latchkey kid stuff. Join us as we all cry when Vin Diesel says the word "Superman". Please rate, review, and tell your fiends. And be sure to subscribe so you don't miss fut...

Okay, this might be barely a Frankenstein story. But hear us out. It's a light-hearted little comedy and it works as a really bizarre double feature with last week's film. So join us for wacky hijinks as a real girl pretends to be a robot, and a robot pretends to be a real girl. Join us as we struggle with voice commands, sneak food when the management isn't looking, and try desperately to make a...

2024 has given us so many interesting new takes on the Frankenstein story, and this is another great example, only instead of making a monster out of corpse parts, an unsuspecting dad just buys a really hot robot and things go awry. Join us as we learn we're both members of the Megan Fox Stan Society, try to decide if robots count as cheating, and wonder if polyamory would have fixed this whole "m...

Happy Halloween, fiends! We're kinda breaking the format again this week. In honor of the recent release of V/H/S/Beyond, we're discussing several Frankensteinian segments from a number of films in the V/H/S franchise. Specifically, we're looking at "Phase I Clinical Trials" from V/H/S/2, "The Subject" from V/H/S/94, "TKNOGD" from "V/H/S/85, and "Dream Girl" and "Fur Babies" from V/H/S/Beyond. Joi...

Has a movie ever more fully lived up to the promise of its title? This one's bad, fiends. Like, really bad. Join us as we go into outer space, eat at the jack-o-lantern infested space fast food restaurant, and then nearly cause the end of the universe for some vague reason that seems to have to do with a spooky black hole? We're sorry. Please rate, review, and tell your fiends. And be sure to subs...

Do you want to play a game?? How about 85 of them? Join us this week as we step out of the movie screen, and then step right back into the video game screen. We're welcoming Special Guest Vic Romero, who has played every Frankenstein game he could get his hands on, so he can tell us all about them. Join us for all the 8-bit, 2D action! You can find Vic's YouTube channel, NoiseLand Co here: https:/...

This week, we're getting a little classy. We're putting on our finest attire and going to the ballet! Join us as we instantly talk about the Monster's genitals, praise ourselves for understanding the dialogue-less plot, and then right away get confused about if and when a wedding occurs. We're very sophisticated. Please rate, review, and tell your fiends. And be sure to subscribe so you don't miss...

This week we're headed to the ominously modern estate of our tech bro boss and surely nothing bad could happen there, right? Join us as we reuse cliched quotations, try to understand AI, and lose all concept of what counts as "naked". Please rate, review, and tell your fiends. And be sure to subscribe so you don't miss future installments. Join us on Patreon at  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Things are getting chaotic over here at the Frankencast Labs! Join us as we watch two low-budget movies and have very different feelings about the two. First up, it's Amityville Frankentein, one more film in the increasingly broken series of completely unrelated "Amityville" films. This one is certainly not in anyway related to the Amityville Horror, nor is it really all that much of...

It's been awhile since we've shared what we've been getting up to over on Patreon here on the main feed, so we thought we'd share a full episode with y'all this week. And this week, Eric surprised Anthony with so much Warhammer lore to celebrate the new release of Space Marine 2! Join us as we discuss this nearly 40 year-old tabletop miniature war game, complete with the dozens...

IT'S SHOWTIME! As soon as we saw something even slightly Frankensteiny in the new Beetlejuice, we knew we couldn't resist the chance to talk about it here. So join us for our discussion that starts generally and then gets very spoilery. We'll warn you before we do though. Get ready for a surprising number of animal attacks, SO many weddings, and an inevitable puppeteered dance number....

This week, the Frankenstein Monster does his most monstrous deed yet: he invites us to attend his one-man show. (One-monster show?) But it's good actually? We've certainly never seen anything like this before as the Creature monologues at us for a full 90 minutes, and it's pretty compelling. Join us in the abandoned church for some Very Serious Theatre! Please rate, review, and tell yo...

Alright, fiends, we've had just about enough of your teen trope behavior. We'll see you in DETENTION. (Which of course will be held at the local spooky wax museum, as is tradition.) Join us as we get freaky in a coffin, and on top of a wax dummy, and near the mutilated zombie of Hitler. Oh, to be young again. Please rate, review, and tell your fiends. And be sure to subscribe so you don&#3...

Uh-oh, fiends, we've got to raise exactly $1,238,463.38 before the weekend is over, or else the town is in trouble! We better call on our favorite group of child-like weirdo monsters to help. Good thing we've kept them sealed away in a nearby cave all these years! Has anyone seen our Wolfie? Please rate, review, and tell your fiends. And be sure to subscribe so you don't miss future in...

This week, we're discussing another new release, but one you may not have heard of. We've got a decent example of a direct-to-streaming legacy sequel, this is decent but not great, and that seems to have mostly been overlooked. But it's definitely worth your time. Join us as we recover Victor Frankenstein's lost journal and then end up just having to deal with a bunch of rude jerks...

This week, your favorite Horror Hosts are traveling to outer space with the MCU's wackiest bunch of galactic misfits. Sure, there are other movies in the series, but are they Frankenstein stories? Not so much. This one, which tells the story of Rocket Raccoon, however, is a different story. Join us for this heartbreaking, sad and sweet film, where we discuss good dogs, divorce, and our old fri...