MPI and Dark Sky Films have announced the Blu-ray release of Richard Raaphorst's
Frankenstein's Army, starring Alexander Mercury, Karel Roden, Joshua Sasse, Andrei Zayats, Luke Newberry and Robert Gwilym. The well-received horror-comedy arrives on Blu-ray on September 10th.
Official Synopsis: In the dying days of World War II, a battalion of Russian soldiers find themselves lost in enemy territory in eastern Germany. One soldier (Alexander Mercury,
The Golden Compass) has been ordered to make a propaganda film as the squadron makes its way across the wintry landscape, and what follows is a thrilling mix of found-footage shocks and classic horror. Stumbling upon a village decimated by an unseen terror, the Russians are lured into the secret lab of deranged scientist Viktor (
Hellboy's Karel Roden). Viktor has unearthed the journals of the legendary Dr. Victor Frankenstein and has used them to assemble an army of supersoldiers stitched together from the body parts of fallen Germans - a desperate Hitler's last ghastly ploy to escape defeat. Leaderless and faced with dissension in their dwindling ranks, the Russians must find the courage to face down this fearsome new brigade of flesh-and-metal "zombots," or die trying.
Filmed at abandoned World War II sites in Prague and throughout Europe,
Frankenstein's Army was an Official Selection at the Tribeca Film Festival and features make-up effects from the team who worked on the
Lord of the Rings and
Hobbit films.
The Blu-ray release of
Frankenstein's Army features 1080p video, lossless audio, and the following extras:
- Making-Of Featurette: Revealing all facets of the filmmaking process, this 31 minute featurette uncovers everything from Richard Raaphorst's creature designs, to the film's pre-production process, to the actual creature creation by the Unreal FX team.
- Interviews: Director Richard Raaphorst, Cinematographer Bart Beekman, Production Designer Jinrich Koci, Unreal FX Team, The Frankestein's Army Actors
- Five Creature Spots:
- Burnt Match Man Creature Spot
- Mosquito Man Creature Spot
- Propellerhead Creature Spot
- Teddy Bear Woman Creature Spot
- Razor Teeth Creature Spot