Blackenstein
by William A. Levey
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Actor: Andrea King, Ivory Stone, Joe De Sue, John Hart, Roosevelt JacksonDirector: William A. Levey
Brand: Universal Studios
Cinematographer: Robert Caramico
Editor: William A. Levey
Producer: Frank R. Saletri
Writer: Frank R. Saletri
Producer: Ted Tetrick
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Full Screen, NTSC
Running Time: 87 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-10-21
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Xenon
Movie Reviews of Blackenstein
Movie Review: A Movie With Everything You Could Want--As Long As It Isn't Good
Summary: 5 Stars
Want to recreate a night of ultra late-night 1970s TV in your very own home? Just slip in a copy of "Blackenstein" and you'll feel as if you're tripping back to that groovy time when you crashed on the couch in your parents' basement rec room and really got into some midnight movie or other. "Blackenstein" has it all--including a flawlessly scratched and grainy print transferred right onto the DVD.
You want bad acting? You got it. Factual/continuity/technical errors? Yep. Plot holes that an 18-wheeler could be driven through? Sure. REALLY bad dialogue ("since the doctor won the Nobel Peace Prize for medicine....")? It abounds. Scenes in which someone appears to have forgotten the camera running and, for no apparent reason, decided to include the resulting footage in the film? You bet. You name it--if it can be done wrong, it was done wrong in this movie.
And for all that, I thoroughly enjoyed this film, because I was laughing my head off most of the way through. "Blackenstein" is ALMOST, but not quite, what the Wayans Brothers would have made as a student film. Seen as a bad joke, it's one of the best guilty pleasures ever put on cinema. If you're expecting a legitimate monster movie, however....just forget it.
Some things are truly so bad they're good, and "Blackenstein" fits the bill as well as any other cinematic oopsie I've ever seen. And it's short enough at 87 minutes that if it does leave a bad taste in your mouth, you'll still have time to put in a "real" movie and possibly salvage your evening.
Summary of Blackenstein
Eddie, a Vietnam vet who has lost his arms and legs, is restored by DNA expert Dr. Stein. But the results turn monstrous when a rival for Eddie?s fiancée gives him the wrong medication.Similar DVD Movies
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