Movie starts in 2031 with John Hurt playing a scientist that develops a bomb so powerful it creates a time rift. Him and his (talking) car are whisked back to 1817. There he meets Dr. Frankenstein (Raul Julia) and finds he DID make a monster who wants a mate. He also runs into Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin (Bridget Fonda) who later became Mary Shelley and wrote "Frankenstein", George Byron (Jason Patric) and Percy Shelley (Michael Hutchence).
What a mess! The story lumbers all over the place--I had no idea where this was going. It looks pretty good but has lousy makeup (on the monster) and hilariously terrible special effects. The acting is the sole saving grace. Julia is terrible (as always) but Hurt is good and Fonda, Patric and Hutchence are obviously having a GREAT time. Stiil, it can't save the movie.
This got a lot of notice when it came out in 1990 because it was the first film Roger Corman had directed in about 20 years. All the interest evaporated when people actually SAW the film. I saw it in a totally empty theatre back in 1990! This is a real disaster and has (rightfully) been forgotten. Only the scenes with Fonda, Patric and Hutchence work. Skip this one.
What a mess! The story lumbers all over the place--I had no idea where this was going. It looks pretty good but has lousy makeup (on the monster) and hilariously terrible special effects. The acting is the sole saving grace. Julia is terrible (as always) but Hurt is good and Fonda, Patric and Hutchence are obviously having a GREAT time. Stiil, it can't save the movie.
This got a lot of notice when it came out in 1990 because it was the first film Roger Corman had directed in about 20 years. All the interest evaporated when people actually SAW the film. I saw it in a totally empty theatre back in 1990! This is a real disaster and has (rightfully) been forgotten. Only the scenes with Fonda, Patric and Hutchence work. Skip this one.