Movie Review: The Frankenstein Syndrome (2011)

Man, was I happy to see this film. Let me clarify that statement. I'm never really happy at the thought of watching movies that come out of the Phoenix film community. I'm not knocking the whole group of people that works out here, but there have been far more bad films than good made in our fair city. I should know. I'm in many of them. In fact, I'm only really proud of one of my performances. Recently, there has been an upswing, and that can be credited to a few small groups. The product has been getting better, and The Frankenstein Syndrome is the perfect example of what can really be done on a true independent level.

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I don't want you to think that I'm stroking this movie because our own David Hayes is in it. That will never be the case. He and I have collaborated on some turds, and you won't see those reviewed here. I'll just watch them alone in a dark room while "Fade to Black" plays in the background on repeat. What we have here is something the Phoenix film community can be proud of, and I'm proud of Dave for his work here. It's good. In fact, I'd hold this film up to any studio horror film. It's better than most these days.

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Good times and good beverages as usual as Kevin Moyers and Jeff Dolniak talk about the best movie to ever come out of the Phoenix film community, The Frankenstein Syndrome. It co-stars our own David Hayes and Hal Astell.

They also get into a pile of other movies, Netflix's upcoming changes and more television shows than they've ever discussed before.

Jeff and Kevin talk with The Uh-Oh Show producer Andrew Allan about working with legendary director Herschell Gordon Lewis.

This month in the Trade-off, Kevin gets a little revenge by tugging at Jeff's heart strings and Jeff makes Kevin watch the first porno that he couldn't "enjoy."

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