History YMMV / FrankensteinsArmy

* TooBleakStoppedCaring: Every single character in the entire movie, saves for the trio of German survivors, are complete assholes (it does say something that the Nazis end up being the closest things to good people). The viewpoint Soviet squad is a bunch of hardened war criminals who razed a farmstead at the start of the movie for no reason. The muscle of the squad, Vassili, is a belligerent and bigoted asshat who's always on the verge of flying into a murderous rage, as well as being an unapologetic rapist. The main protagonist, Dimitri, is a ruthless [[ThePoliticalOfficer officer]] who uses his comrades' families as hostages to make sure they go along with his suicide mission. When he gets marooned by the squad for his scumbaggery, any sense of catharsis is ruined by the fact that his comrades are just as bad as he is. The last survivor of the squad, Sasha, seems like a decent enough ButtMonkey at first, but he doesn't bat an eye at the crimes of his comrades and even lets them murder a little boy in cold blood. Oh, and the aforementioned German survivors? They all die horribly, one directly murdered by the squad and the others callously killed in the crossfire as the squad battle the Zombots. A special mention goes to Eva, who gets horribly turned into a Zombot after getting knocked out by a grenade thrown by the squad.

* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: In contrast to the above, the practical effects for the monster designs are quite impressive. They are all visually distinct and striking, as well as repulsively grotesque. Many reviews of the film, even negative ones, have high praise for the monsters and state they are the best part of the film.

* TooBleakStoppedCaring: Every single character in the entire movie, saves for the trio of German survivors, are complete assholes (it does say something that the Nazis end up being the closest things to good people). The viewpoint Soviet squad is a bunch of hardened war criminals who razed a farmstead at the start of the movie for no reason. The muscle of the squad, Vassili, is a belligerent and bigoted asshat who's always on the verge of flying into a murderous rage, as well as being an unapologetic rapist. The main protagonist, Dimitri, is a ruthless [[ThePoliticalOfficer officer]] who uses his comrades' families as hostages to make sure they go along with his suicide mission. When he gets marooned by the squad for his scumbaggery, any sense of catharsis is ruined by the fact that his comrades are just as bad as he is. The last survivor of the squad, Dimitri, seems like a decent enough guy at first, but he doesn't bat an eye at the crimes of his comrades and even lets them murder a little boy in cold blood. Oh, and the aforementioned German survivors? They all die horribly, one directly murdered by the squad and the others callously killed in the crossfire as the squad battle the Zombots. A special mention goes to Eva, who gets horribly turned into a Zombot after getting knocked out by a grenade thrown by the squad.

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoment: Despite his bigotry against non-Russians, Vassiliy eventually warms up to his Polish hug, giving him a hug and working with him to overthrow their nasty commanding officer together.

* TooBleakStoppedCaring: Every single character in the entire movie, saves for the trio of German survivors, are complete assholes. The viewpoint Soviet squad is a bunch of hardened war criminals who razed a farmstead at the start of the movie for no reason. The muscle of the squad, Vassili, is a belligerent and bigoted asshat who's always on the verge of flying into a murderous rage, as well as being an unapologetic rapist. The main protagonist, Dimitri, is a ruthless [[ThePoliticalOfficer officer]] who uses his comrades' families as hostages to make sure they go along with his suicide mission. When he gets marooned by the squad for his scumbaggery, any sense of catharsis is ruined by the fact that his comrades are just as bad as he is. The last survivor of the squad, Dimitri, seems like a decent enough guy at first, but he doesn't bat an eye at the crimes of his comrades and even lets them murder a little boy in cold blood. Oh, and the aforementioned German survivors? They all die horribly, one directly murdered by the squad and the others callously killed in the crossfire as the squad battle the Zombots. A special mention goes to Eva, who gets horribly turned into a Zombot after getting knocked out by a grenade thrown by the squad.

* TooBleakStoppedCaring: Every single character in the entire movie, saves for the trio of German survivors, are complete assholes. The viewpoint Soviet squad is a bunch of hardened war criminals who razed a farmstead at the start of the movie for no reason. The muscle of the squad, Vassili, is a belligerent and bigoted asshat who's always on the verge of flying into a murderous rage, as well as being an unapologetic rapist. The main protagonist, Dimitri, is a ruthless [[ThePoliticalOfficer officer]] who uses his comrades' families as hostages to make sure they fall back in line once morale falters. When he gets marooned by the squad for his scumbaggery, any sense of catharsis is ruined by the fact that his comrades are just as bad as he is. The last survivor of the squad, Dimitri, seems like a decent enough guy at first, but he doesn't bat an eye at the crimes of his comrades and even lets them murder a little boy in cold blood. Oh, and the aforementioned German survivors? They all die horribly, one directly murdered by the squad and the others callously killed in the crossfire as the squad battle the Zombots. A special mention goes to Eva, who gets horribly turned into a Zombot after getting knocked out by a grenade thrown by the squad.

* TooBleakStoppedCaring: Every single character in the entire movie, saves for the trio of German survivors, are complete assholes. The viewpoint Soviet squad is a bunch of hardened war criminals who razed a farmstead at the start of the movie for no reason. The muscle of the squad, Vassili, is a belligerent and bigoted asshat who's always on the verge of flying into a murderous rage, as well as being an unapologetic rapist. The main protagonist, Dimitri, is a ruthless [[ThePoliticalOfficer officer]] who uses his comrades' families as hostages to make them fall back in line once morale falters. When he gets marooned by the squad for his scumbaggery, any sense of catharsis is ruined by the fact that his comrades are just as bad as he is. The last survivor of the squad, Dimitri, seems like a decent enough guy at first, but he doesn't bat an eye at the crimes of his comrades and even lets them murder a little boy in cold blood. Oh, and the aforementioned German survivors? They all die horribly, one directly murdered by the squad and the others callously killed in the crossfire as the squad battle the Zombots. A special mention goes to Eva, who gets horribly turned into a Zombot after getting knocked out by a grenade thrown by the squad.

* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: In contrast to the above, the practical effects for the monster designs are quite impressive. They are all visually distinct and striking, as well as repulsively grotesque. Many reviews of the film, even negative ones, have high praise for the monsters and state they are the best part of the film.
* TooBleakStoppedCaring: Every single character in the entire movie, saves for the trio of German survivors, are complete assholes. The viewpoint Soviet squad is a bunch of hardened war criminals who razed a farmstead at the start of the movie for no reason. The muscle of the squad, Vassili, is a belligerent and bigoted asshat who's always on the verge of flying into a murderous rage, as well as being an unapologetic rapist. The main protagonist, Dimitri, is a ruthless [[ThePoliticalOfficer officer]] who uses his comrades' families as hostages to make them fall back in line once morale falters. When he gets marooned by the squad for his scumbaggery, any sense of catharsis is ruined by the fact that his comrades are just as bad as he is. The last survivor of the squad, Dimitri, seems like a decent enough guy at first, but he doesn't bat an eye at the crimes of his comrades and even lets them murder a little boy in cold blood. Oh, and the aforementioned German survivors? They all die horribly, one directly murdered by the squad and the others callously killed in the crossfire as the squad battle the Zombots. A special mention goes to Eva, who gets horribly turned into a Zombot after getting knocked out by a grenade thrown by the squad.

* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: In contrast to the above, the practical effects for the monster designs are quite impressive. They are all visually distinct and striking, as well as repulsively grotesque. Many reviews of the film, even negative ones, have high praise for the monsters and state they are the best part of the film.

* CompleteMonster: [[MadDoctor Dr. Viktor Frankenstein]], the grandson of [[Literature/{{Frankenstein}} the more famous Frankenstein]], is working to make an army of nightmarish cyborg [[FleshGolem flesh golems]], ostensibly [[StupidJetpackHitler for Germany]] but in reality to [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill purge the world--minus himself--of free will]]. To create his minions he massacres soldiers and civilians alike--even slaughtering a convent of nuns in order to convert their church into a zombie factory--and uses both dead and living subjects--[[WouldHurtAChild including children]]--though he feels fresh meat is more effective, and for no reason other than his own depravity extracts parts from his subjects while they're fully conscious. While he claims efficiency as a goal, most, if not all, of his creations are just twisted amalgamations of flesh and machinery with no apparent purpose beyond inducing terror and slaughtering all in their way.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: Though the film is meant to be amateur 16mm footage shot in the 1940s, a very unsuccessful attempt is made to disguise that it was shot on a modern professional digital camera.

* CompleteMonster: [[MadDoctor Dr. Viktor Frankenstein]], the grandson of [[Literature/{{Frankenstein}} the more famous Frankenstein]], is working to make an army of nightmarish cyborg zombies, ostensibly [[StupidJetpackHitler for Germany]] but in reality to [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill purge the world--minus himself--of free will]]. To create his minions he massacres soldiers and civilians alike--even slaughtering a convent of nuns in order to convert their church into a zombie factory--and uses both dead and living subjects--[[WouldHurtAChild including children]]--though he feels fresh meat is more effective, and for no reason other than his own depravity extracts parts from his subjects while they're fully conscious. While he claims efficiency as a goal, most, if not all, of his creations are just twisted amalgamations of flesh and machinery with no apparent purpose beyond inducing terror and slaughtering all in their way.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: though the film is meant to be amateur 16mm footage shot in the 1940s, a very unsuccessful attempt is made to disguise that it was shot on a modern professional digital camera.

* DesignatedHero: Vassili's a psycho, Dimitri thinks the doctor's freakish zombie cyborgs are awesome, and nobody raises objections to stuffing poor Hans (the boy the squad finds in the CannibalLarder under the church) down a slaughterhouse chute to see what's down it. As one reviewer put it "It's hard to relate to the characters when all they have going for them is 'Oh well. At least they're not Nazis'".

* NightmareFuel: Loads of it, but the crowning example has to be [[spoiler: a woman's severed head...attached to a ''teddy bear.'' [[AndIMustScream And it twitches.]] ]]

* CompleteMonster: [[MadDoctor Dr. Viktor Frankenstein]], the grandson of [[Literature/{{Frankenstein}} the more famous Frankenstein]], is working to make an army of nightmarish cyborg zombies, ostensibly for [[StupidJetpackHitler the Nazis]] but in reality to [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill purge the world--minus himself--of free will]]. To create his minions he massacres soldiers and civilians alike--even slaughtering a convent of nuns in order to convert their church into a zombie factory--and uses both dead and living subjects--[[WouldHurtAChild including children]]--though he feels fresh meat is more effective, and for no reason other than his own depravity extracts parts from his subjects while they're fully conscious. While he claims efficiency as a goal, most, if not all, of his creations are just twisted amalgamations of flesh and machine parts with no apparent purpose beyond inducing terror and slaughtering all in their way.
* DesignatedHero: Vassili's a psycho, Dimitri thinks the doctor's freakish zombie cyborgs are awesome, and nobody raises objections to stuffing poor Hans (the boy the squad finds in the CannibalLarder under the church) down a slaughterhouse chute to see what's down it. As one reviewer put it "It's hard to relate to the characters when all they have going for them is 'Oh well. At least they're not Nazis'". Granted they're also Soviet soldiers, who were responsible for many of their own atrocities during the war, some of which rivaled the Nazis.

* CompleteMonster: [[MadDoctor Dr. Viktor Frankenstein]], the grandson of [[Literature/{{Frankenstein}} the more famous Frankenstein]], is working to make an army of nightmarish cyborg zombies, ostensibly for [[StupidJetpackHitler the Nazis]] but in reality to [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill purge the world--minus himself--of free will]]. To create his minions he massacres soldiers and civilians alike--even slaughtering a convent of nuns in order to convert their church into a zombie factory--and uses both dead and living subjects--[[WouldHurtAChild including children]]--though he feels fresh meat is more effective, and for no reason other than his own depravity extracts parts from his subjects while they're fully conscious. While he claims efficiency as a goal, most if not all of his creations are just twisted amalgamations of flesh and machine parts with no apparent purpose beyond inducing terror and slaughtering all in their way.

* CompleteMonster: [[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate Dr.]] Viktor Frankenstein, the grandson of [[Literature/{{Frankenstein}} the more famous Frankenstein]], is a true MadDoctor working to make an army of [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot nightmarish cyborg zombies]], ostensibly for [[StupidJetpackHitler the Nazis]] but in reality to [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill purge the world (minus himself) of free will]]. To create his minions he massacres soldiers and civilians alike (even slaughtering a convent of nuns in order to convert their church into a zombie factory) and uses both dead and living subjects ([[WouldHurtAChild including children]]), though he feels fresh meat is more effective, and for no reason other than his own depravity extracts parts from his subjects while they're fully conscious. While he claims efficiency as a goal most if not all of his creations are just twisted amalgamations of flesh and machine parts with no apparent purpose beyond inducing terror and slaughtering all in their way.

* DesignatedHero: Vassili's a psycho, Dimitri thinks the doctor's freakish zombie cyborgs are awesome, and nobody raises objections to stuffing poor Hans (the boy the squad finds in the CannibalLarder under the church) down a slaughterhouse chute to see what's down it. As one reviewer put it "It's hard to relate to the characters when all they have going for them is 'Oh well. At least they're not Nazis'". Granted they're also Soviet soldiers, who were responsible for many of their own atrocities during the war, some of which rivaled the Nazis.

* DesignatedHero: Vassili's a psycho, Dimitri thinks the doctor's freakish zombie cyborgs are awesome, and nobody raises objections to stuffing poor Hans (the boy the squad finds in the CannibalLarder under the church) down a slaughterhouse chute to see what's down it. As one reviewer put it "It's hard to relate to the characters when all they have going for them is 'Oh well. At least they're not Nazis'".

* CompleteMonster: [[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate Dr.]] Viktor Frankenstein, the grandson of [[Literature/{{Frankenstein}} the more famous Frankenstein]], is a true MadDoctor working to make an army of [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot nightmarish cyborg zombies]], ostensibly for [[StupidJetpackHitler the Nazis]] but in reality to [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill purge the world (minus himself) of free will]]. To create his minions he massacres soldiers and civilians alike (even slaughtering a convent of nuns in order to convert their church into a zombie factory) and uses both dead and living subjects ([[WouldHurtAChild including children]]), though he feels fresh meat is more effective, and for no reason other than his own depravity extracts parts from his subjects while they're fully conscious. While he claims efficiency as a goal most if not all of his creations are just twisted amalgamations of flesh and machine parts with no apparent purpose beyond inducing terror and slaughtering all in their way.