In the final days of World War 2, a group of Soviet soldiers find themselves lost in enemy territory and answer a distress call from Soviet soldiers.  They stumble across this village which opens up to all types of undead monsters cobbled together with body parts and weapons.  They find the undead things were created by the grandson of Dr. Frankenstein.  They must complete their mission and come out alive.

 

FRANKENSTEIN’S ARMY is shot in the style of a found footage movie as a soldier films the journey these soldiers go through.   The film is a unique blend of found footage, World War 2, monster movie, and grindhouse as director Richard Raaphorst takes us on a trip into horror as the creations keep coming.   I really liked this movie, but sometimes the film seems a little too clean and betrays it as a film shot on digital and not a movie that was chronicled on film by a soldier.  The creature designs are very cool and very detailed (with some steampunk elements) as they are the best designed creatures since the first two Hellraiser films or anything you would see in a Guillermo del Toro movie.

 

SPECAIL FEATURES:

The MAKING OF featurette first starts off as a standard EPK with the cast and director from the set and locations, but it thankfully gains focus and shows location scout footage, the promos they shot first, he production, a talk about how the creatures were variations of the same design, and editing.

 

Rounding out the extras are creature spots for six of Frankenstein’s main creations and the theatrical trailer in addition to previews for other releases for Dark Sky Films including HATCHETT 3.  I wish they included the full length promo spots on the disc.

 

FINAL ANALYSIS:   It is a unique blend of monster movie, Frankenstein, grindhouse, war movie, and found footage.   It makes me wish they could make a sequel or prequel to FRANKENSTEIN’S ARMY.

 

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