Frankenstein Unbound

Frankenstein Unbound is an American feature film of the horror and science fiction genres. It was written and directed by low-budget monster mogul Roger Corman based on a novel by author Brian Aldiss. The screenplay was co-written by F.X. Feeney. The film was produced by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation and released theatrically in the United States on November 2nd, 1990. The movie stars John Hurt as the time-traveling Doctor Joe Buchanan, Raul Julia as Doctor Victor Frankenstein, Bridget Fonda as Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin and Nick Brimble as Frankenstein's monstrous creation.

Appearances

 * Joe Buchanan
 * Mary Wollstonecraft Godfrey Shelley
 * Victor Frankenstein
 * The Monster
 * Elizabeth Lavenza
 * William Frankenstein
 * George Gordon Byron
 * Percy Bysshe Shelley
 * Justine Moritz
 * Reade
 * Dorrie
 * Werner


 * Switzerland


 * Automobile


 * 1817
 * 19th century
 * 2031
 * 21st century
 * Bride of Frankenstein
 * Burn victims
 * Enhanced vehicle
 * Frankenstein
 * Hangings


 * Heart ripped out
 * Monster
 * Narrator
 * Severed limbs
 * Scientific experimentation
 * Scientist
 * Technician
 * Time travel
 * Village

Fun Facts

 * Another film that presents a live-action variation of author Mary Shelley is the 1986 quasi-biographical movie, Gothic. In that film, Mary Shelley is portrayed by actress Natasha Richardson.


 * Actress Catherine Corman is the daughter of director Roger Corman. This is her first work in film.


 * Actor John Hurt and co-star Michael Hutchence share the same birthday. Hurt was born on January 22nd, 1940 and Hutchence was born in 1960.


 * Actor Michael Hutchence, who plays Percy Bysshe Shelley in this film, is best known as the former lead singer of the pop band INXS. Hutchence committed suicide by hanging himself in his hotel room on November 22nd, 1997. He was thirty-seven years old.