Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Breakneck
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Graphic
- frantic
- gory
- darkly playful
- midnight movie night
- horror marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film energetic and visually inventive, praising its creature effects and atmosphere while judging its plot and found-footage presentation underdeveloped.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The Nazi laboratory and engineered soldiers combine rusted machinery, mechanical parts, and stitched corpses into a deliberately rough industrial design.
A Russian unit's camera documents its advance into eastern Germany, with damaged film and documentary-style framing shaping the presentation.
The desperate Nazi regime turns Frankensteinian experimentation and fallen soldiers' body parts into a final super-soldier project.
The film foregrounds an army of stitched, mechanically enhanced corpses whose designs drove its cult reputation and makeup recognition.
Films like Frankenstein’s Army, and why
Overlord
found-footage horror, wartime survival, and grotesque creature design
The Mutant Chronicles
steampunk-inflected body horror, inventive practical creatures, and frantic action
REC 2
found-footage monster horror, military peril, and escalating claustrophobic tension
Dead Snow
stylized Nazi horror, pulp violence, and cult midnight-movie energy
Movie Details
- Director
- Richard Raaphorst
- Release Date
- 2013-01-24
- Runtime
- 84 min
- Rating
- 6.1 / 10 (300)
Cast
- Karel Roden
- Joshua Sasse
- Robert Gwilym
- Alexander Terentyev
- Luke Newberry
- Hon Ping Tang
- Andrei Zayats
- Mark Stevenson
- Cristina Catalina
- Jan de Lukowicz
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Bloodstream
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Frankenstein’s Army about?
- Russian soldiers uncover a Nazi Frankenstein laboratory and face a grotesque mechanical army forged from the dead.
- What is Frankenstein’s Army like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Frankenstein’s Army as breakneck, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as simple.
- Is Frankenstein’s Army violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Frankenstein’s Army as graphic.
- What did critics think of Frankenstein’s Army?
- Critics broadly found the film energetic and visually inventive, praising its creature effects and atmosphere while judging its plot and found-footage presentation underdeveloped.
- Which films are like Frankenstein’s Army?
- Films with a similar feel include Overlord, The Mutant Chronicles, REC 2, and Dead Snow.
- How long is Frankenstein’s Army?
- Frankenstein’s Army runs 84 minutes.
- Where can I watch Frankenstein’s Army?
- In United States, Frankenstein’s Army streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Bloodstream.
