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Bikini Frankenstein
Scarecrow-8823 July 2011
Warning: Spoilers
Fred Olen Ray is keeping his lights on by directing this silly Frankenstein spoof about a reanimated corpse (the statuesque and stunning porn actress Jayden Cole, primarily known for her lesbian hardcore work) brought back to life by the shunned scientist Victor Frankenstein (the hunky Frankie Cullen, perhaps the most miscast Frankenstein ever conceived) who was sent packing from America to his castle in Transylvania because he was screwing the dean's daughter in the classroom!

Yep, I imagine Mary Shelley was rolling over in her grave once this film was presented for late night Cinemax television. Brandin Rackley steals the film as Victor's Transylvanian "lab assistant", playing off of Terri Garr's character from "Young Frankenstein" (her accent while in the throes of passion with Victor really had me going, that's for sure), a dim-bulb ditz who hadn't really set foot in Frankenstein's lab prior to giving life to the undead body of "Eve" (Cole's given name via Frankenstein). At first not showing signs of life, Eve is considered another set back in Frankenstein's ultimate goal of successfully bringing the dead back to life, but what he doesn't know is that she is in fact alive—as evident when Ingrid (Rackley) is kissed on the mouth by a rejuvenated Eve before the two women engage in sex!

Anyway, Frankenstein is told by Ingrid that he has did it and so the scientist decides to head back to America to gloat in the faces of Professor Van Sloane (Ted Newsom), his rival Clive (Billy Chappell, a softcore regular of the Busty Cops films, among other Cinemax midnight porn), and Dr. Waldman (Ron Ford) who all considered him an embarrassment to the college. Fact is that Clive just wanted all the girls and Frankenstein was in the way of his total conquest of the female species!

Essentially, "Bikini Frankenstein" is all about the sex. There are plenty of quality Frankenstein films out there and this movie is a titillating diversion with gorgeous women and studly men shagging to their hearts content. My favorite sex scene, no surprise here, is between Rackley and Cole, but I love Brandin's work with men and women because she shows an enjoyment and bliss whenever she is in bed with a lover. Christine Nguyen, one of my favorite softcore workers (not necessarily from an acting standpoint, although she can really play a seductive heel when the part is right), has a smaller part than usual as Clive's assistant, Claudia. Claudia is told by Clive to fish information from Frankenstein about the successful experiment he plans to unveil to them (Frankenstein doesn't elaborate right away that Eve is the experiment, wanting to surprise his colleagues when the time is right) so the two obviously have sex when heading back to his hotel room. The film even has Clive getting Eve off in his "lab" (which looks like a fax room) with the two getting it on practically once they enter the room.

I love the dog collar Eve wears (Frankenstein has this on her so he can keep her under his control), well mainly because for some reason it is a turn on for me. I imagine that was the point from the beginning—perhaps a kinky joke, but one that I found considerably hot.

The movie's poster disturbingly resembles a Hammer film, "Revenge of Frankenstein", but the two couldn't be more different. Olen Ray, I have to admit, shoots sex scenes well, not allowing too much explicitness, yet providing enough for the audience for which "Bikini Frankenstein" is intended. Cole is a porn worker I will be keeping an eye on, her tall figure is impressive, especially barely covered in fabrics (more like scraps to just cover up her goodies), lying on Frankenstein's lab table.
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7/10
Typically well-done Fred Olen Ray movie...
JeffAHayes14 June 2010
A movie would have to be "Gone with the Wind" (and it would have to be 1939) to get much more than an 8 out of me -- especially if it's simply a campy sex romp, like this. For the type of movie this is, this is about as good as it gets.

Many of the cast members, such as Christine, are old hands in these sort of softcore flicks (she seems to be a regular on Cinemax "productions"). A lot of his earlier films even featured him as one of the chief (or bit) players -- quite often making some sort of comment about "the new Fred Olen Ray movie that's coming out," which I usually got a kick out of -- usually talking about how this guy made "Hollywoood blockbusters," lol.

My sole complaint about his movies is that so far as I know, he hasn't made any hardcore versions of these films, whereas some softcore movies are adaptations of hardcore movies (although if they're not done well, and just out-takes of something shot just for hardcore, the softcore version is usually a real disappointment, because of how they have to cut to make it a softcore). Fred's work is so well-done in softcore -- just barely avoiding things that would push it over the limit -- I think he could easily continue some of those scenes a bit longer and just leave that footage out of his softcore versions, and market a hardcore version...

Since the opening sex scene featured hardcore superstar Alexis Texas, that was an excellent example of a scene where he could have capitalized on a few extra camera angles and a few extended scenes that just got cut from the softcore version. This movie is good enough I might actually BUY a hardcore version of it (and I don't buy many, lol).

When you look at the industry's new trend towards true hardcore flicks with actual acting and story, most still aren't as well done as this, even though there are quite a few talented actors and actresses in the adult entertainment industry.

Oh well. This is still a fun, campy, and HOT flick to watch. Jeff
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9/10
Best of the batch
stalking-divinity17 March 2011
I really enjoyed this one in particular out of this year's batch of Retromedia softcore releases. The storyline was amusing, and the casting choices were just great.

Frankie Cullen playing as an egg headed scientist was so against type that it added a lot to the humor level of the entire production. In a reversal of the typical "girl with glasses is secretly hot but no one notices until she takes them off at the end" trope that appears in far too many romantic comedies and teen sex comedies, Frankie Cullen as the mad scientist works here, and he does one of his better acting jobs as well.

Brandin Rackley is awesome as his assistant and is the definite stand out in the film. Her accent is just goofy enough to be funny and a little sexy both, and she, as usual, has the best acting skills.

Jayden Cole is a great Frankenstein's monster type, being so statuesque. She's deliciously busty, and did a pretty good job acting physically despite her lack of lines.

Christine Nguyen was her typical self, sexy and cute and fun, and Tony Marino showed a bit more range than usual here.

I love the way these cheesy softcores get creative and funny with horror/sci-fi inspired knockoffs, way more than the boring erotic drama/thriller type ones, and this was a great example of being campy and still sexy.
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