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A dead handyman and a comatose psychic walk into a revenge bar...
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Return from Death: Frankenstein 2000 (1991)

sleazy Italian schlockFrankenstein fanficpsychic rape-revenge

Overview

Horror

When a woman is beaten into a coma and saved from being raped by her handyman (Donald O'Brien), the local security force does a cover-up to save the town's reputation and frames the saviour. After he hangs himself, the woman's strange comatose psi-powers revive him from the dead to exact revenge.

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raperevitalization

Standout Aspects

Practical Effects

Gloriously grotesque zombie makeup on a shoestring budget.

Direction

D'Amato's sleazy atmosphere saturates every grimy frame.

Best for:Solo: When you want to feel morally compromised alone at 2am.·Rewatch: D'Amato completists tracking his late-career decay.
Heads up:Sexual Content: Rape is central to the plot; multiple assault scenes.·Violence: Gratuitous police brutality and hangings.
Joe D'Amato

Director

Joe D'Amato

ReleasedJan 1, 1991
Runtime1h 33m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Paceslow
Intensityhigh
Tonedark
Feelheavy
Filmirage

Top Cast

Donald O'Brien

Donald O'Brien

Rico

Cinzia Monreale

Cinzia Monreale

Georgia

Maurice Poli

Maurice Poli

Hoffner

Massimo Pittarello

Massimo Pittarello

Malder (as Joe Pittsberg)

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Trivia

D'Amato directed this under his real name Aristide Massaccesi, not his famous pseudonym, perhaps embarrassed by how far he'd fallen from Anthropophagus.

Cultural

This represents the sad final phase of Donald O'Brien's career—once a spaghetti western staple, reduced to lumbering through cheap Italian exploitation until his death in 2018.

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