Frankenstein's Army
Set towards the back end of WWII, this film tells the tale of a group of Russian soldiers who discover a secret bunker where a mad doctor (a direct descendant of Dr Frankenstein) is creating some of the most ****ed up monsters I've ever seen in a film, from the bodies of recently dead Nazi's and bits of machinery.
All this is filmed by one of the soldiers on handheld cameras, and I think it breathes life into the already done to death found footage genre, certainly better than this year’s The Bay, which I found boring. I’ve gotta say I thoroughly enjoyed this for what it is, and was extremely surprised by how well the creations looked for such a low budget film; some of them were pretty ingenious.
What’s really scary about this film is the fact that this kind of thing, or certainly very similar, was going on during WWII by such insane lunatics as Josef Mengele and the Japanese “doctors” operating out of Unit 731, and that was in my mind during the film.
Overall, it’s a lot of fun and quite gory in parts and a film I’ll definitely pick up either when the price drops or it gets a UK blu release
8/10