#Waxworks 2 frankenstein Patch#
#Waxworks 2 frankenstein tv#

Events conclude in a boringly unbelievable anti-climax in which it looks simply like they ran out of money. Drew Barrymore plays a victim in the bed if you can spot her. Thus, we get to see some fun parodies of GODZILLA, DAWN OF THE DEAD (again) and also, by far the best, one of the original NOSFERATU, which is very funny. It's at the end of this tale that the film suddenly picks up, and copies SHOCKER again by having two characters fighting as they jump from location to location. While the plot here is passable stuff, and there are fine supporting turns from Alexander Godunov (excellently nasty as the villain, as he was in DIE HARD) and John Ireland (as King Arthur, no less) nothing much really happens aside from a few more disappointing prosthetic attempts at monsters.

This time Galligan and his girlfriend are sent back to Britain in the medieval period, where they become trapped in the castle of the cruel lord Scarabis. The fourth instalment is by far the longest, and thus the most boring. Disorientating camera-work means that it's damn near impossible to see here what's going on, so the sooner its over the better. Whoever designed these should be shot outright. The third story is a dreadful rip-off of ALIEN, with some really bad special effects in the shape of the lame, rubbery aliens.

Sadly this is over far too quickly, although eagle-eyed fans may spot Marina Sirtis as the woman playing 'Gloria' in the segment. The black and white photography is pleasingly different, if only copied from the first film, and there are some lame-brained yet fun slapstick moments involving Campbell being tortured in a basement. The second episode is probably the most fun, if only for the presence of comic genius and all-round good guy Bruce Campbell playing Richard Johnson's role in THE HAUNTING. The ultra-cheap special effects are reviewed through the 'bird's-eye view' of the brain flying through the air, as the stand on which it sits is plainly visible.

The only highlight of this otherwise nondescript episode comes at the schlocky end, when Kemp's eyeballs pop out followed by his brain. He just isn't cut out for the part, and fails to be the least bit frenzied or frightening. Kemp is definitely slumming it in this film, as he did for most of the early '90s, and it's highly amusing to watch him embarrass himself here.

#Waxworks 2 frankenstein tv#

Playing the mad 'Baron Von Frankenstein' is none other than Martin Kemp, member of Spandau Ballet and more familiar today as a regular on the TV soap EASTENDERS. The first episode is a re-run of the Frankenstein story, with the creature here an unscary straggly-haired beast covered in a prosthetic face.

#Waxworks 2 frankenstein Patch#

It's certainly not a patch on the lively and entertaining original movie. From the first moment that this film opens, you realise the strictly low budget of the production through the poor picture quality and cheap-looking sets. Contrived isn't the right work downright silly would be a better bet. The dumb and inexcusable plot sees Galligan and Schnarre going back through time for more of the same, this time to find a piece of evidence to convince a local court that Schnarre wasn't responsible for the murder of her father. This highly disappointing follow-up to 1989's WAXWORK is more of a slapdash rehash than a sequel.