The Frankenstein Theory does something rather impressive: it finds a new angle with which to address Mary Shelley's classic and oft cinematically told tale. However, don't get excited as the execution of the film completely negates this initial originality, to dismal effect. If the film had just simply told the story of a group of investigators trying to track down a real Frankenstein's monster, then this film would have worked, but the creatives unfortunately opt for the found footage approach (and why not? The Blair Witch Project only established the dubious subgenre 14 years earlier - it's still hip!), and kill the concept stone dead (to the extent that even a lightning bolt couldn't revive it). Suffice to say, there is a lot of characters endlessly talking to the shaky camera, druggy yokel witnesses, and some off-camera howls and is-it-or-isn't-it Frankenstein's Monster activity, until an ultimate (SPOILER!!!!) "Oh, it IS Frankenstein's Monster!" revelation at the very last minute. Consequently, a great idea becomes a thoroughly moribund filmic experience (if you think that the cover image of said monster will ever be realized on screen, then prepare to be very, very disappointed), and the neat move of presenting Shelley's tale as a 'true story' becomes both boring and uninspiring, and that is a shame given the overall premise.

Good idea runs out of steam.This builds really well, until the mad scientist states his motive: to make his dream real. The rest of the team should have done the same, and then we could figure out the characters and enjoy the story.But they didn't, and after that the annoying clowns take over. Karl is interesting, but he gets wasted cheaply, and then it's just wheezing scares in the half light. And they didn't even pick up the rifle. Pfff.The landscape is amazing. The creature not - looks like arthritis in the knees, and the idea of him being capable of reason isn't given a chance.Another case of found-footage focusing too much on the camera man.

First thing to say is that I was attracted to this movie by the premise; that Frankenstein's monster is real! The idea of tracking down old Frankie in modern day times and what it meant was fascinating to me, however the delivery was somewhat of a disappointment.In fairness, I cannot criticise the acting, it was pretty good (especially Murphy's character) though I would say that our protagonist played by Chris Lemche, I personally felt was a little young for the watcher to take him seriously as a university professor. I also felt the cinematography was very good.My final point is that there was a lot of potential for the story that to my mind, wasn't even thought about; at the end of the day you could replace Frankenstein with any 'mythical' monster and it would have worked just as well. In that respect, I find the movie quite disappointing.A lot of reviews have scored this movie a lower than I think it deserves, there are (by far) much worse movies out there and whilst this one doesn't set the world on fire, I can think of worse ways of spending 87 minutes!

The Frankenstein Theory is a sequel to the book and not any of the movie adaptations. Jonathan, an obsessed scholar who mirrors the original Antagonist Victor Frankenstein, leads an exposition into northern Canada in search of The Creature.There have probably been a hundred Frankenstein movies, but this one is a love letter to the original story. If you've read the book (and you should, it's probably the best Science Fiction book ever written.) you will see that they've done their homework. That said there is some simple exposition in the beginning to explain what is at stake, and more about halfway through to raise the stakes.Technically the movie is much more watchable than other found footage movies, I'm looking at you Paranormal Activity. There is very little shaky cam, and you aren't going to get sick halfway through. The acting is mostly fair with a stand out in Timothy V. Murphy as their guide Carl.I liked how the story unfolded, good build up to the ending. By no means is this "art" but it's a good, entertaining effort.