Frankenstein: Day of the Beast

I like the concept of Frankenstein's monster but movies using the story very rarely manage to entertain me. The last one that came close was The Frankenstein Theory (2013) and even that failed to live up to my expectations.

Day Of The Beast see's Victor Frankenstein enjoying his wedding day right up until the moment that his monster crashes the party and goes on a killing spree.

I see what they were doing here but for over 1 million dollars this should have looked a great deal better.

Marred by a dire cast including an outstandingly beautiful lead who still couldn't act to save her life.

Questionable sfx (The fire was laughable) pitiful acting, some weak moments in the script and an odd looking monster ruined what should have by all rights been better.

The Pet Cemetery (1989) inspired ending did nothing to change my opinion either.

The Good:

Some nice ideas

Leading lady was very distracting

The Bad:

Dreadful acting

Weak sfx

All looks so very cheap

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

I found myself wondering why they gave the monster a penis when building him, is that wrong?

Horatio Sanz has a freakishly similiar down to his man mannerisms twin this film

I have seen some great horror movie that were best on the book Frankenstein. Unfortunately this is not one of them. Frankenstein is one of the greatest horror stories ever told. And it was ruined by bad acting. And bad writing. This movie is very d.i.s.a.p.p.o.n.t.i.n.t.i.n.g. It has an awful ending. See one from 1931 it's great. Or the one from 1994 that one is also great. This one as an awful ending. It is pooh pooh. I can believe a Frankenstein movie could such pooh pooh. Most of the time Frankenstein movies are great. They are the best in horror most of time. The book is great. But this is stinky pooh.

This movie isnt great but it's better than the ratings. Yeah, I'll put it on a rating curve, it doesn't have a Conjuring sized budget but damn if it doesn't have heart and soul. Honestly this concept is cool as hell. I love this story idea. Just a ragtag suicide squad trying to hold off an unstoppable, regenerating Frankenstein monster during Victor's wedding night. Even with a low budget if theyd just have polished the audio it would have been really good. The kills are brutal and well executed, the gore factor is actually pretty impressive. The tension is decent but decreased by the novice acting. Though our lead is very acceptable. The monster is intimidating but is flawed by a weird sound design, their audio is very easily mistaken for dog growling lol So this movie has several flaws and really needed a good once over. But I was genuinely entertained and interested the entire time. I've seen MUCH worse from companies with far larger budgets and much more resources. This is the horror genre at it's raw core

This is a low budget horror, like shot-on-video kind of low budget. However, this does not mean it isn't well done. This film successfully revamps the Frankenstein story while keeping fairly faithful to the spirit (if not full scenes) from the novel. Partly a stalk-and-slash type killer film, partly a siege film (yup! You heard me!), this movie reinvents the Frankenstein story in inventive and entertaining ways.

But LOW budget it is. Bad acting. Questionable directing and editing choices. The monster is best when you cannot see him. The humor is (I hope) intended but sporadic. It isn't perfect.

I have seen many (most?) Frankenstein adaptations and this may be the most original take in years. Thoroughly entertaining to the open minded.

Also...connect this to The Last Matinee and...well you'll see!