Bikini Frankenstein
A soft-core take on Mary Shelley's classic.
Bikini Frankenstein is a 2010 American made-for-cable erotic film directed by Fred Olen Ray under the pseudonym Nicholas Juan Medina. Based on Mary Shelley's novel, it was broadcast on Cinemax and later released on DVD. The film blends horror and sexploitation, with a plot involving a disgraced professor who revives a female corpse.
Quick Facts
- Based on
- Frankenstein, Mary Shelley
- Writer
- Fred Olen Ray
- Theme music
- Anthony Francis
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Producer
- Dan Golden
- Runtime
- 81 minutes
- Company
- Retromedia Entertainment
Facts from the source article.
Plot
The film opens with credits stating it is based on Mary Shelley's novel. Dr. Victor Frankenstein, a science professor at State University, is discovered having sex with his student Debbie Sloane by his rival Clive. The dean, Professor Van Sloane—Debbie's father—fires Frankenstein. Five years later, Frankenstein has moved to Transylvania with his assistant Ingrid. After sleeping with her, he uses lightning to revive the body of a deceased woman named Eve. Eve kisses Ingrid, and the two become intimate in the lab. Frankenstein, Eve, and Ingrid travel to America, where Frankenstein presents Eve as Ingrid's sister to impress Van Sloane, Dr. Waldman, Clive, and Clive's wife Claudia. When the group reconvenes, Frankenstein reveals Eve's true nature and shows her death certificate. Ingrid and Claudia prepare Eve for a physical examination, but during an erotic ceremony involving the three women, Eve explodes from an overdose of excitation. Frankenstein remains undeterred, vowing to continue his experiments with another corpse.
Production
Fred Olen Ray wrote and directed the film, which was produced by Retromedia Entertainment. It aired on Cinemax in summer 2010 and was released on DVD on January 19, 2010. The title first appeared in the film Bikini Airways, but was dismissed as a hoax until Cinemax demand revived it. The film was shot simultaneously with Twilight Vamps. BayView Entertainment released it on DVD on December 11, 2012, and Full Moon Empire later acquired the rights through its purchase of New City Releasing's Torchlight Pictures.
Reception
Leslie Klinger, in The New Annotated Frankenstein, called the film 'soft porn, about an evil doctor who creates an undead sex kitten.' Shane Denson's 2014 book Postnaturalism placed it within horror/porn or horror/sexploitation. Nightmare Movies described it as video 'product.' The Oklahoma Gazette noted the film retains the core idea of 'man creates monster' but recommended readers watch Weird Science instead. JoBlo.com called it 'dumb as a box of hammers' but said viewers 'might get a chuckle' from it. Tarstarkas.net rated it 8 out of 10. Obscure Horror found it fun and entertaining with plentiful soft-core sex scenes. HK and Cult Film News praised its allusions to earlier Frankenstein films, music, and cinematography. Will Pfeifer awarded it 'best title of the week.' Chace Thibodeaux highlighted the female cast, especially Alexis Texas, Brandin Rackley, Jayden Cole, and Christine Nguyen.
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