Leave it to Andy Warhol to make Frankenstein an artsy, homoerotic ode to the male body. Maybe that was actually what Mary Shelley intended anddirector Paul Morrisseyis just the only person who really got it right. Let's throw it back to the super sexy Flesh for Frankenstein.
In this 1974 version, Baron Frankenstein animates a female corpse, but she's lonely. He now tries to put together a man for his reanimated corpse to copulate with, but there's a big twist. Srdjan Zelenovic plays Frankenstein's manly monster who doesn't seem to have any interest in his new bride.Baron discovers that his male monster isn't into the undead brides. He prefers dudes!
Joe Dallesandro plays a hot stableboy who shows off his rugged manliness and the manhood between his legs and provides some sexual pleasure for a woman who feels deprived of male affection. Watching this scene makes me feel deprived, too! If only I had a Joe Dallesandro to come over.
This movie was rated X and presented originally in 3-D, which allegedly was an idea that came from Roman Polanski who thought Morrissey would be the perfect person to direct a 3-D Frankenstein movie. Morrissey took that to heart and came to Italy to film this. At first, the movie barely had a script and relied on the actors to improvise, but that proved to be difficult for some actors like Udo Kier, so Morrissey wound up writing the dialogue day-by-day. The dialogue barely matters to me! I'm too busy staring at Joe Dallesandro's hot bod.
