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.
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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 parts, an unsuspecting dad just buys a really hot robot and things go awry. Join us as we learn we're both members of the Megan Fox Stan Society, try to decide if robots count as cheating, and …
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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 Frankensteinian segments from a number of films in the V/H/S franchise. Specifically, we're looking at "Phase I Clinical Trials" from V/H/S/2, "The Subject" from V/H/S/94, "TKNOGD" from "V/H/S/85, and "D…
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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 jack-o-lantern infested space fast food restaurant, and then nearly cause the end of the universe for some vague reason that seems to have to do with a spooky black hole? We're sorry. Please rate,…
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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. We're welcoming Special Guest Vic Romero, who has played every Frankenstein game he could get his hands on, so he can tell us all about them. Join us for all the 8-bit, 2D action! You can find…
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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 genitals, praise ourselves for understanding the dialogue-less plot, and then right away get confused about if and when a wedding occurs. We're very sophisticated. Please rate, review, and tell your …
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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 quotations, try to understand AI, and lose all concept of what counts as "naked". Please rate, review, and tell your fiends. And be sure to subscribe so you don't miss future installments. Join us …
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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 up, it's Amityville Frankentein, one more film in the increasingly broken series of completely unrelated "Amityville" films. This one is certainly not in anyway related to the Amityville Horro…
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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 this week. And this week, Eric surprised Anthony with so much Warhammer lore to celebrate the new release of Space Marine 2! Join us as we discuss this nearly 40 year-old tabletop miniature war …
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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 join us for our discussion that starts generally and then gets very spoilery. We'll warn you before we do though. Get ready for a surprising number of animal attacks, SO many weddings, and an…
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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? We've certainly never seen anything like this before as the Creature monologues at us for a full 90 minutes, and it's pretty compelling. Join us in the abandoned church for some Very Serious The…
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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 museum, as is tradition.) Join us as we get freaky in a coffin, and on top of a wax dummy, and near the mutilated zombie of Hitler. Oh, to be young again. Please rate, review, and tell your fien…
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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 child-like weirdo monsters to help. Good thing we've kept them sealed away in a nearby cave all these years! Has anyone seen our Wolfie? Please rate, review, and tell your fiends. And be sure to…
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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 decent but not great, and that seems to have mostly been overlooked. But it's definitely worth your time. Join us as we recover Victor Frankenstein's lost journal and then end up just having …
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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 series, but are they Frankenstein stories? Not so much. This one, which tells the story of Rocket Raccoon, however, is a different story. Join us for this heartbreaking, sad and sweet film, where …
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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 movies called Frankenstein, but this week, we're talking about the lesser-known BBC TV movie set in modern (2007-modern) times. Join us as we look at this still quite relevant, melancholy rei…
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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 balloonists (The Doctor, The Preacher, Disco Shirt Guy, and the Other Guy), a whole tribe of Alien Bikini Cave Girls, and an Poe-quoting captive human blood-bag. We bought all of our supplies and…
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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, and then really get into all of the details. And, most importantly for us, we talk about the Frankenstein connection. Please rate, review, and tell your fiends. And be sure to subscribe so you…
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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 Appalachian Desert for this ostensible sequel to Paul Bartel's Death Race 2000, which is really basically a remake with the addition of clever place names. We do get to talk about some pretty int…
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Welcome to the far dystopian future, all the way in the Year 2000! Join us for the horror comedy car race movie you've all been waiting for. We'll obviously be cheering for American Hero Frankenstein! (But also for the Resistance. This is a pro-Resistance Frankenstein podcast, if you didn't know.) Please rate, review, and tell your fiends. And be s…
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Well, fiends, we may have gotten a little lost last week, but we've finally made it to the beach. Just be on the lookout, because we heard some mad scientists down the road have misplaced their mutant sea monster. Join us as we get very analytical about "gentlemen's magazines", meet the ACTUAL Ghost of Frankenstein and question his makeup choices, …
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Well, we got fooled this time, fiends. Not since Frankenstein's Bloody Terror have we come across a more deceptively titled film. Join us for this late period softcore comedy from one of Full Moon Features' classic era directors. But don't bother bringing your beach attire. Please rate, review, and tell your fiends. And be sure to subscribe so you …
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We thought we'd start sharing the first few minutes of our Patreon episodes here on the main feed to give everyone a taste of what you can expect if you join us at patreon.com/thefrankencast. Well, we've made it through the first seasons of both versions of The Munsters at this point. Jo…
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Just when you thought it was safe to go into your podcast platform of choice, it's... Sharkenstein! Join us we follow the exploits of a puppet shark, a clipart submarine, and the most horrifying non-Euclidean MS Paint shack you will ever see. Please rate, review, and tell your fiends. And be sure to subscribe so you don't miss future installments. …
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Step right up, step right up! Ladies and gentlemen and queerfolk of all kinds, feast your ears on the cursed episode of the Frankencast. We had so many glitches when recording this episode, that it's a miracle we have a full episode to give. So, yeah, I guess you could say we beat the Devil. Join us for some murderous family fun, Great Depression G…
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We thought we'd start sharing the first few minutes of our Patreon episodes here on the main feed to give everyone a taste of what you can expect if you join us at patreon.com/thefrankencast. I don't know why it's taken us so long to get to this one. This play is basically the ur-text of F…
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If this week's movie isn't a Frankenstein story, it is at the very least a Frankenstein Monster of a story, mashing Faust, Picture of Dorian Gray, Phantom of the Opera, Dracula, and (yes, even) Frankenstein together into something that's also kind of the Rocky Horror Picture Show? It's the best kind of crazy mess. Join us at the Paradise where you …
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We thought we'd start sharing the first few minutes of our Patreon episodes here on the main feed to give everyone a taste of what you can expect if you join us at patreon.com/thefrankencast. I recently recovered an old box of childhood books from my mom's garage. It was mostly Goosebumps bo…
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It's the most 1980s movie ever to be set in the 1800s! Join us as the "Every Breath You Take" guy makes monsters out of the Kurgan and the Flashdance girl. We were actually pleasantly surprised by the depth and resonance of this spiritual sequel to James Whale's Bride of Frankenstein that sort of paved the way for last year's Poor Things film. Plea…
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We thought we'd start sharing the first few minutes of our Patreon episodes here on the main feed to give everyone a taste of what you can expect if you join us at patreon.com/thefrankencast. It's our penultimate episode of The Munsters Today season 1, and we have two very werewolf-centric epi…
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This week we're looking at an overlooked modern-day low-budget Frankenstein story. Join us as we vape out of an Army surplus gas mask, get humiliated by the ghost of Mary Shelley, and get decapitated just in time for the romantic happy ending. Please rate, review, and tell your fiends. And be sure to subscribe so you don't miss future installments.…
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We thought we'd start sharing the first few minutes of our Patreon episodes here on the main feed to give everyone a taste of what you can expect if you join us at patreon.com/thefrankencast. Seems like there's new Frankenstein related news coming every day, and we thought it would be nice to ju…
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"Do you think we're robot clean/ Does this face look almost mean/ Is it time to be an android not a man?" This week, it's time for some 60s space-age nonsense. So join us for bikini babes on the beach, a guy in a gorilla suit, rock-n-roll dance parties, and a bald little freak from space. And SO much archival B-roll. Please rate, review, and tell y…
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We thought we'd start sharing the first few minutes of our Patreon episodes here on the main feed to give everyone a taste of what you can expect if you join us at patreon.com/thefrankencast. We're getting ever nearer the end of season one of The Munsters Today and this week, we've got two absolut…
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Do you hear that sound? Like glass cracking? I'm sure it's nothing. Join us as we celebrate the month of May with some untreated mental illness, a Central Casting 80s punk, and a dog that definitely (probably) had all four legs last time we checked. Please rate, review, and tell your fiends. And be sure to subscribe so you don't miss future install…
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We thought we'd start sharing the first few minutes of our Patreon episodes here on the main feed to give everyone a taste of what you can expect if you join us at patreon.com/thefrankencast. So, I accidentally stumbled upon this delightful abridged interpretation of Frankenstein performed with pape…
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Here at the Frankencast, we've spent a lot of time talking about the Mother of Frankenstein, Mary Shelley, but we haven't really talked much about the Father of Frankenstein, James Whale. It's high-time we remedied that, so here we are talking about the Academy Award winning fictional retelling of the last days of Whale's life. Join us as we talk a…
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We thought we'd start sharing the first few minutes of our Patreon episodes here on the main feed to give everyone a taste of what you can expect if you join us at patreon.com/thefrankencast. As we near the end of season one of the Munsters Today, the timeline is getting very confusing. We had some go…
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The Frankencast finally meets exploitation legend Roger Corman! And things get... unbound? Join us as we use up an entire talking car printer cartridge, make the worst time traveler choices ever, and use the most futuristic technology imaginable: The Clapper™️ (As Seen on TV). Please rate, review, and tell your fiends. And be sure to subscribe so y…
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We thought we'd start sharing the first few minutes of our Patreon episodes here on the main feed to give everyone a taste of what you can expect if you join us at patreon.com/thefrankencast. We did an April Fools a few weeks ago, and we kinda wanted to take the bandages off and talk about the process. Wh…
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This week we're doing a somewhat overlooked late 80s action/revenge flick, and things get surprisingly deep. Join us as we sound 1,000 years old while talking about courtroom sketch artists and beepers and other rad classics of the 1980s. But there's a lot of really cool gory deaths? Please rate, review, and tell your fiends. And be sure to subscri…
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The Frankencast boys are back! We may have had to fight off a mummy to get here, but these are the lengths that we go to just to bring you all the Frankenstein content you crave. Join us at the Production Value Factory as we learn chloroform phonics, collect a big ol' pile of Chekhov's callbacks, and have a good old fashioned MONSTER FIGHT! Please …
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We thought we'd start sharing the first few minutes of our Patreon episodes here on the main feed to give everyone a taste of what you can expect if you join us at patreon.com/thefrankencast. What are the Munsters up to Today? Seems like mostly hurting each other's feelings and then learning valuable lesson…
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We thought we'd start sharing the first few minutes of our Patreon episodes here on the main feed to give everyone a taste of what you can expect if you join us at patreon.com/thefrankencast. Doctor Who? We just watched Ken Russell's Gothic, so we thought it seemed appropriate to take a look at the time that …
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It's time to Take Care of Business with the King! Join us as we take a trip to a little nursing home in scenic Mud Creek, TX. Pick your favorite historical figure, fact or fiction, dress the part, and join us in the dining hall for some appropriately soft dinner, say around 4:00pm? We'll bring the stolen dessert, you bring the Battle Bed Pan. Oh, a…
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Sorry for making things weird. Join us this week as we see what Ken Russell imagines it was like at Villa Diodati as Mary Shelley was inspired to write Frankenstein. Turns out it's mostly like a bad drug trip with some horny moments in there to keep things interesting. Join us as we dance with a robot stripper, talk to our leeches, and finally get …
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We thought we'd start sharing the first few minutes of our Patreon episodes here on the main feed to give everyone a taste of what you can expect if you join us at patreon.com/thefrankencast. Well, they can't all be winners. This week we join the Munsters as they're forced to open a bed and breakfast and (of co…
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Oh, hey, we found some footage. Wanna take a look at this footage that we found? Join us as we go on a hunt for the Blair Wi... uh, Frankenstein. It's basically a whole, uh, "project". Along the way, we'll meet a guy who is totally NOT Chekhov's Pedestrian, a guy who was just kickin' it with Frankenstein (and definitely NOT doing any meth), and a c…
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We thought we'd start sharing the first few minutes of our Patreon episodes here on the main feed to give everyone a taste of what you can expect if you join us at patreon.com/thefrankencast. What a nostalgia trip this was! Join us for this silly Frankensteinian claymation comedy special from the guys behind the …
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This week we're taking a bit of a departure as we discuss this philosophical three-act chamber play that is somehow way more compelling than it has any right to be. Join us as the government steals our hard drives, we find the best desk to rage-smash, and we literally knock over the metaphorical bishop! Please rate, review, and tell your fiends. An…
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We thought we'd start sharing the first few minutes of our Patreon episodes here on the main feed to give everyone a taste of what you can expect if you join us at patreon.com/thefrankencast. What are the Munsters up to today? Looks like Herman accidentally finds himself the spokesmonster for a really bad cereal af…
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