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The Frankencast
The Frankencast is a podcast about Frankenstein, and so much more. Join Anthony Bowman and Eric Velazquez every week as they discuss one Frankenstein movie, recapping the plot, analyzing the cultural relevance, and obsessing over Spinning Science Wheels and Flappy Bats. And just generally having a lot of fun along the way.
Episodes
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204. Rock 'N' Roll Frankenstein (1999) dir. Brian O'Hara
Continuing our Elvis coverage(?), this week we're talking about this incredibly late-90s horror comedy. It's an incredibly frustrating film in that it has some…
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203. Jailhouse Rock (with VERY SPECIAL GUEST TIM KIRK!) (1957) dir. Richard Thorpe
When Tim Kirk suggests an Elvis movie might also be a Frankenstein movie, you listen. And so we were delighted to get to talk to Tim again about our first…
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202. Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008) dir. Darren Lynn Bousman
This episode comes in a little glass vial! (A little glass vial?) Wanna get in on this modern cult film before it fully cements its cult classic status? Now's…
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201. Frankenstein: The College Years (1991) dir. Tom Shadyac
We're going back to college with a surprisingly progressive college comedy? Join us for the Weekend at Bernies/Air Bud/Frankenstein mashup you didn't know you…
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200! Frankenstein: National Theatre Live (2011) dir. Danny Boyle
We did it, fiends! 200 episodes! They said it couldn't be done, and here we are. This week, to celebrate the special occasion, we're finally watching two…
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199. The Moreaucast with Rodney Ascher
Okay, so we weren't quite done with Dr. Moreau. This week we're joined by Very Special Guest Rodney Ascher, director of Room 237, The Nightmare, A Glitch in…
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198. The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996) dir. John Frankenheimer (w/ Richard Stanley)
We've reached the final Moreau film (for now, but just wait for our brilliant sequel PLANET OF DR. MOREAU), and we gotta say that this much maligned 1996 film…
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197. The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977) dir. Don Taylor
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196. Island of Lost Souls (1932) dir. Erle C. Kenton
We've got to go back to the island, fiends! We had so much fun at the Blood Island (of Dr. Moreau) that we're returning for another visit. This week, it's the…
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195. Freaked (1993) dir. Alex Winter & Tom Stern
This week, we're getting TOTALLY 90s , as we watch this MTV freak-out from so many of the people behind the Bill and Ted films. It's a weird, wild film that at…
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194. Mistress Frankenstein (2000) dir. Zachary Snygg
Um, we're sorry? This week we're talking about what we can only describe as an anti-comedy/anti-porn surrealist attack on the senses. Join us as we discuss the…
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193. The Cutter's Club (2025) dir. Charles Band
This week's film is a surprise release from Full Moon Features that we could not resist talking about. It's a "lost" film starring Tony Todd that Charles Band…
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192. Lilo & Stitch (2002) dir. Dean DeBlois
In honor of Disney's recent live action reimagining of Lilo & Stitch, we've decided to take a look back at the original, which is TOTALLY a Frankenstein story…
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191. Frankenstein General Hospital (1988) dir. Deborah Romare
This week, Eric takes a break, as we're joined by guest host Hayden Orr (from Last Book on the Shelf) for a tour of Frankenstein General Hospital. Join us as…
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190. The Last Matinee (2020) dir. Maximiliano Contenti
This week, we're going to the movies! And wait, that movie looks awfully familiar... Didn't we just watch that last week? Join us as we discuss awkward first…
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189. Frankenstein: Day of the Beast (2011) dir. Ricardo Islas
The Frankencast is getting back to its roots, baby! We got a movie with Frankenstein in the title, we got the Delacey family, we got Victor and Elizabeth…
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188. Brain of Blood (1971) dir. Al Adamson
This week we're Blood Island dreaming, but technically back in the US. Join us for Al Adamson's bizarre banana republic Frankenstein brain swap freak-out…
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187. Beast of Blood (1970) dir. Eddie Romero
We're still on Island Time over here at the Frankencast, fiends! Join us for the next installment of the Blood Island series, and the first one to actually…
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186. Mad Doctor of Blood Island (1968) dir. Gerardo de Leon
Welcome back to Blood Island, fiends! We're not sure why you just keep arriving and leaving by the same boat, but we're glad to see you again. This week, enjoy…
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185. Brides of Blood (1968) dir. Gerardo de Leon
This week, we return to our new favorite vacation spot, Blood Island, for the second (or first) film in the Blood Island series/trilogy/cycle/etc, Brides of…
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BONUS: Donald F. Glut's "Frankenstein: A Poem"
Hey fiends! We're running a little late with this week's episode. It should be out later this weekend. But, in the meantime, to hold you all over, please enjoy…
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184. Terror is a Man (1959) dir. Gerardo de Leon
Alright fiends, summer's almost here. It's time for an island getaway. Let's go to Blood Island! Pay no mind if you happen to notice the taped-up Blood Island…
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183. April Fool's Fright (2020) dir. Tim Sherman
We enjoy a good April Fool's Day prank as much as the next podcast, but this year, we've decided to skip the pranks and just enjoy a little bit of…
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182. Companion (2025) dir. Drew Hancock
This week, we're discussing the newest zeitgeisty sexbot film. Not our first sexbot film, and almost certainly not our last. Join us as we spoil the dozens of…
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181. The Fly II (1989) dir. Chris Walas
It's time for 2 Fly 2 Furious, baby! Join us as we get a classic '80s sequel that loses basically the entire original cast for what would seem like a lazy…
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180. The Fly (1986) dir. David Cronenberg
Wait, didn't we just watch The Fly? Uh-oh, looks like episode 177 teleported all the way to episode 180... and it got, like, REALLY messed up in the process…
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179. Curse of the Fly (1965) dir. Don Sharp
And so the saga of the Delambre family ends with more teleportation, so much generational trauma, an uncomfortable amount of gaslighting, and, surprisingly…
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178. Return of the Fly (1959) dir. Edward Bernds
Cue up The Misfits, fiends! It's time for The Fly to return, baby! Join us as we hang out with Vincent Price (for the fourth time... oops!), his nephew…
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177. The Fly (1958) dir. Kurt Neumann
Before Hot Girl Summer comes Weird Fly Spring? Uh, sure, we'll go with that. Join us as we teleport into the cat ether, drink a bowl of milk and rum, and get…
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176. Leena Meets Frankenstein (1993) dir. Scotty Fox
Happy Valentines, fiends! We decided to celebrate the season of love with some cheap adult trash from 1993. You're welcome? Join us as we learn what a cross…
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175. House of the Wolf Man (2009) dir. Eben McGarr
We're getting retro this week, fiends! Join us as we go to an Old Dark House, and meet a cast of Haunted Hill style trope characters, who are all being menaced…
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174. This Ain't The Munsters XXX (2008) dir. Anton Slayer
Look at what we do for you people. Yes, we seriously sat down and took notes while watching the 2008 Hustler Munsters parody. It's... surprisingly good? Join…
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173. The Substance (2024) dir. Coralie Fargeat
This week, we're finally talking about the now award-winning zeitgeisty dark-comedy body-horror sensation, The Substance. And we recruited return guest Alex…
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172. The Spirit of the Beehive (1973) dir. Victor Erice
This week, we're getting a little serious with this arthouse drama made during the tail-end of Franco-fascist rule in Spain. It's a bittersweet, slice-of-life…
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171. Baby Frankenstein (2018) dir. Jon Yon Kondy
Surprise, we're back! And, surprise, this movie is good actually? Somehow this Wild Eye Releasing film about a little person Frankenstein is not at all…
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170. The Golem: How He Came Into This World (1920) dir. Paul Wegener
Happy Hanukkah, fiends! This week we're discussing an early silent adaptation of the Jewish folktale of the Golem of Prague. This one is a fun and thoughtful…
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169. Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker (1991) dir. Martin Kitrosser
Happy holidays, fiends! All is calm, all is bright. This week, we're discussing the 5th film in this truly bonkers slasher Santa series, but this one is about…
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168. Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie (1984) dir. Myron J. Gold
You know that incomprehensibly dry British humor you always hear people talking about? Well, we found some. Join us for a Frankenstein comedy from the 80s that…
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167. Frankenstein's Daughter (1958) dir. Richard E. Cunha
We're back with a classic drive-in creature feature! Join as for gaslighting boyfriends, the secret sketchy assistant of the sketchy assistant, and, of course…
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166. Frankenstein & Me (1996) dir. Robert Tinnell
This week we've got another heartwarming story from the '90s, but this time the Frankenstein is more explicit, and yet also more metaphorical? Join us as we…
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165. The Iron Giant (1999) dir. Brad Bird
Do you have your tissues ready? This week we're going back to the days before Pixar, when a wild kid could let a squirrel loose in a diner, and then stay up…
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164. The Perfect Woman (1949) dir. Bernard Knowles
Okay, this might be barely a Frankenstein story. But hear us out. It's a light-hearted little comedy and it works as a really bizarre double feature with last…
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163. Subservience (2024) dir. S.K. Dale
2024 has given us so many interesting new takes on the Frankenstein story, and this is another great example, only instead of making a monster out of corpse…
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162. V/H/S/Frankenstein
Happy Halloween, fiends! We're kinda breaking the format again this week. In honor of the recent release of V/H/S/Beyond, we're discussing several…
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161. Frankenstein Ruins Halloween (2021) dir. Chip Bryant
Has a movie ever more fully lived up to the promise of its title? This one's bad, fiends. Like, really bad. Join us as we go into outer space, eat at the…
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160. FrankenGames with Vic Romero of NoiseLandCo
Do you want to play a game?? How about 85 of them? Join us this week as we step out of the movie screen, and then step right back into the video game screen…
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159. Frankenstein from the Royal Ballet (2016) dirs. Ross MacGibbon and Liam Scarlett
This week, we're getting a little classy. We're putting on our finest attire and going to the ballet! Join us as we instantly talk about the Monster's…
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158. Ex Machina (2014) dir. Alex Garland
This week we're headed to the ominously modern estate of our tech bro boss and surely nothing bad could happen there, right? Join us as we reuse cliched…
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157. Frankencast Double Feature!: Amityville Frankenstein/Las Vegas Frankenstein
Things are getting chaotic over here at the Frankencast Labs! Join us as we watch two low-budget movies and have very different feelings about the two. First…
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PATREON BONUS: Frankenstein & Warhammer 40K
It's been awhile since we've shared what we've been getting up to over on Patreon here on the main feed, so we thought we'd share a full episode with y'all…
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156. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024) dir. Tim Burton
IT'S SHOWTIME! As soon as we saw something even slightly Frankensteiny in the new Beetlejuice, we knew we couldn't resist the chance to talk about it here. So…
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155. Frankenstein's Creature (2018) dir. Sam Ashurst
This week, the Frankenstein Monster does his most monstrous deed yet: he invites us to attend his one-man show. (One-monster show?) But it's good actually?…
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154. Frankenstein's Hungry Dead (2013) dir. Richard Griffin
Alright, fiends, we've had just about enough of your teen trope behavior. We'll see you in DETENTION. (Which of course will be held at the local spooky wax…
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153. Franky and His Pals (1991) dir. Gerald Cormier
Uh-oh, fiends, we've got to raise exactly $1,238,463.38 before the weekend is over, or else the town is in trouble! We better call on our favorite group of…
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152. Frankenstein: Legacy (2024) dir. Paul Dudbridge
This week, we're discussing another new release, but one you may not have heard of. We've got a decent example of a direct-to-streaming legacy sequel, this is…
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151. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) dir. James Gunn
This week, your favorite Horror Hosts are traveling to outer space with the MCU's wackiest bunch of galactic misfits. Sure, there are other movies in the…
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150. Frankenstein (2007) dir. Jed Mercurio
It's episode 150, so it's time we finally talked about the movie called Frankenstein! No, not that one. No, not that one either... Okay, so there are a lot of…
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149. Frankenstein Island (with Very Special Guest Tim Kirk!) (1981) dir. Jerry Warren
Prepare yourself... for the Power the Power the Power! We're headed for an island vacation with friend of the show, Tim Kirk. Join us as we meet a team of…
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148. Longlegs (2024) dir. Osgood Perkins
This week we're putting our Longlegs on to discuss possibly the most zeitgeisty horror film of the year so far. Join us as we start with a spoiler-lite chat…
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147. Death Race 2050 (2017) dir. G.J. Echternkamp
We're back with more Death Race! And when I say more Death Race, I mean we basically watched the same movie two weeks in a row. Join us here in the future…