The Frankenstein Syndrome
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by Mary Shelley
- Dustin Lowry
- Tiffany Shepis
- Noah Todd
- Sean Tretta
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| Directed by | Sean Tretta |
| Written by | Sean Tretta |
| Based on | Frankenstein by Mary Shelley |
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| Cinematography | Eve Cohen |
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| Music by | Lawrence Shragge |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Frankenstein Syndrome (originally titled The Prometheus Project) is a 2010 American science fiction-horror film written and directed by Sean Tretta. Scott Anthony Leet stars as a murdered security guard who is reanimated by a research institute in the tradition of Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein. It showed in film festivals in 2010 and then was released directly to DVD.
Researchers are conducting secret and illegal experiments with stem cells. They accidentally discover a serum derived from these stem cells that is capable of reviving dead cellular tissue. When a security guard named David Doyle threatens to sue the research company and wishes to leave the project, he is promptly murdered and used as a test subject.
David returns to life but, in the style of The Reanimator, David is not the same man he once was. Not only are his personality and memory changed, but he is seen to have acquired psychic and telekinetic powers, as well as increased strength and aggression. David begins to act out against the researchers, who all at once are his captors, murderers, and creators.
Cast
- Ed Lauter as Dr. Walton
- Louis Mandylor as Marcus
- Tiffany Shepis as Elizabeth Barnes
- Scott Anthony Leet as David Doyle
- Maya Stojan as Dr. Walton's Nurse
Production
Dread Central reported that it was in post-production in March 2010.[2]