World War II, Steampunk, and Frankenstein… what else could anyone ask for? Coming soon to home video after a short run in select theaters, this horror story set in the twilight of WWII from director/creator Richard Raaphorst is more than a just another zombie Nazi flick. Perhaps the biggest thing to grab people’s attention has been the amazing design of the patchwork monsters by Art Director Milena Koubkova and crew. Both truly terrifying and awe inspiring, Frankenstein’s Army is sure to be a fall favorite and just in time for Halloween.
Check out the trailer below and reserve a copy. There won’t be enough of these to go around…
Official Synopsis:
In the dying days of World War II, a battalion of Russian soldiers find themselves lost in enemy territory in eastern Germany. One soldier (Alexander Mercury, The Golden Compass) has been ordered to make a propaganda film as the squadron makes its way across the wintry landscape, and what follows is a thrilling mix of found-footage shocks and classic horror. Stumbling upon a village decimated by an unseen terror, the Russians are lured into the secret lab of deranged scientist Viktor (Hellboy’s Karel Roden). Viktor has unearthed the journals of the legendary Dr. Victor Frankenstein and has used them to assemble an army of supersoldiers stitched together from the body parts of fallen Germans – a desperate Hitler’s last ghastly ploy to escape defeat.
Leaderless and faced with dissension in their dwindling ranks, the Russians must find the courage to face down this fearsome new brigade of flesh-and-metal “zombots” – or die trying. A nightmarish fantasy thrill ride unlike any other, Richard Raaphorst’s Frankenstein’s Army, which was filmed at abandoned World War II sites in Prague and throughout Europe, is a delirious plunge into the darkest depths of insanity.
Street date: September 10, 2013
SRP: $34.98 (Blu-ray), $27.98 (DVD)
Running time: 84 minutes
Rated R