Rating: NR
Genre:
Horror
Release Date: 06/26/2007
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: Japanese/English
Sound: DD1/DD5.1
Run Time: 94 Minutes
Flags: Questionable for Children
Distributor/Studio: Tokyo Shock
This hilarious monster mess from the makers of the
Godzilla series (including director
Inoshiro Honda) essentially recruits
Mary Shelley's classic creature into the ever-growing ranks of Japanese city-stomping behemoths -- albeit with a less colorful costume. The only nod to the original
Frankenstein involves the monster's reanimated heart, rescued from Nazi Germany and blasted with radiation in the Hiroshima blast. When the heart is accidentally eaten (don't ask) by a Japanese youth, the poor kid bulks up to titanic (though hardly
Godzilla-esque) proportions, apparently presenting a threat to Mount Fuji's current guardian, the lizard-monster Baragon. The two duke it out
Toho-style while token yank
Nick Adams comments on the proceedings. The plot originally pitted the colossal
Frankenstein monster against a giant sea creature (the film's original title was
Frankenstein vs. the Giant Devilfish), but the alternate opponent was edited out of the final print.
~ Cavett Binion, All Movie Guide
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