43/37
Chronology
England, 1875
A century after Victor Frankenstein’s doomed experiment, his diaries have traded hands for decades. William and Liza mention Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson – yet the film is set in 1875, 12 years before the first Holmes story was published, but this could be a joking reference to imply that Holmes and Watson are real people.
This is a sequel to Frankenstein??
A woman gets her hands on Dr. Frankenstein’s diary and recreates his experiment on her husband to cure him 100 years after the original Frankenstein’s monster. This diary has been sought after by many, but a secret group is trying to locate the diary and destroy it for good as it goes against nature and God.
It sounds pretty interesting and the general concept is solid
The costumes and sets are believable enough for the period, circa late 1800s. The dialogue is a little wooden but as a stage show I’m pretty sure it’s down to both the writing and the poor way the actors deliver their lines trying to sound authentic to that time. There are some decent experienced actors here but I never felt like they were properly embracing the ideology or the period.
She appears later in the film in a limited role
Phillip Martin Brown does a decent job here but not enough to carry the film. The way it was shot also removed any sense of authenticity and felt like a higher picture quality version of a 90s TV movie. I watched this to see Michelle Ryan as I loved her in Eastenders and the she did Bionic Woman and then her career collapsed.
skip it even if you have Prime, unless you’re a huge Frankenstein fan, but then you might hate it even more4/10
There were quite a few moments while watching this where I laughed at some of the bad dialogue, poor delivery, or facial acting.