My opinion has shifted in the 72 hours since I saw it. I really hated all the tiny things that broke me out of suspension of disbelief (cameras of the time don’t work like this movie thinks they do, the staginess of some of the effects, the awful Boris Badenov accents the characters talk in), BUT I do find myself drawn to it in hindsight. There’s some extremely successful imagery in there. The film drags until Dr. Frankenstein shows up, but once he’s there, it goes into overdrive and really works. The weird little creature effect touches like the Bride of Frankenstein field medic nurse and the bizarre gonk-droid Igor creature were really fun. It’s a film that jams A LOT of bonkers ideas into a tight space. It could use a good editor to cut out the dragging first act, but any movie that proposes to put half a Nazi brain into a Soviet soldier’s skull gets points for raw tasteless genius.

Ok, you two convinced me to look this one up on Amazon Prime. I watched it and enjoyed it. As a historical realism stickler, I too was a little off-put by the camera thing and some of the details, but it was a fun movie overall.

I enjoyed the practical effects and the guy who plays Frankenstein is a real treat. Its a shame he's not it more of the movie.