![]() ![]() But it all starts very subtly, which is why it works so well. Bits of the story leak out as they watch the film together, as well as old grudges and hints of blame. “I cannot begin to explain how brilliant this set up is,” says Bears Fonté, OWA Founder and Artistic Director, “because as the writer and director discuss the film’s notoriety it becomes very clear that most people’s interest in the film stems not from what’s on screen, but from a series of gruesome murders and a lengthy public trial of one of the cast members. Featuring Clu Gulager as the director of the 1977 original who is happily exploiting the unmentioned tragedy linked to the film, the recording session unravels a mystery as he clashes with the screenwriter (Zack Norman) and, ultimately, its star (Leon Vitali from Stanley Kubrick's EYES WIDE SHUT and BARRY LYNDON, playing himself.) TERROR OF FRANKENSTEIN is MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 by way of Sartre, an icy satire of the monsters onscreen, behind the camera, and in the audience. Presented as the commentary track of a rushed reissue of a forgotten (but 100% genuine) Frankenstein film's DVD (because of unspecified 'recent events'), this project transforms the film into an entirely new, very human horror story. TERROR OF FRANKENSTEIN is an exercise in extreme meta-fictional tragicomedy. Featuring BARRY LYNDON star Leon Vitali as himself, and Frankenstein in the actual THE TERROR OF FRANKENSTEIN. As the director and writer discuss the images on the screen, it becomes apparent that the horror behind the camera was far more disturbing than what they filmed. For some reason, you click on the commentary track. ![]() Co-writer/Director Tim Kirk will do a Q&A via Skype after the screening.Ī long-forgotten horror film somehow makes it into your DVD player. As part of its Orbiter Year-Round Series, Other Worlds Austin SciFi Film Festival is proud to present the Texas premiere of DIRECTOR’S COMMENTARY: THE TERROR OF FRANKENSTEIN on Thursday, August 25 (9:00pm) at Flix Brewhouse. ![]()
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