History Literature / VicAndFrankNecromancers

* KnifeNut: The Necromancer mentions this as to why he doesn't like using guns.

''Vic and Frank: Necromancers'' is the first novel in the PhantasmagoriaVerse series by author, R.W. Snyder. An homage to classic horror stories like ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'' and ''Literature/HerbertWestReanimator'', the novel explores two scientists who revive an old experiment to bring someone back from the dead, only this time, it actually works.

!! Vic and Frank: Necromancers contains examples of:

* BlandNameProduct: Several examples, like the UV97 video game console, Ubermensch Burger and Fries, and Chat Noir Whiskey.

* ShoutOutThemeNaming: Every. Single. Character. Often as a shout out to the names of fictional characters in {{Frankenstein}} or Literature/HerbertWestReanimator, or the cast in the film adaptations of the two novels.

* YouCanTalk: When The Reanimated Woman speaks, both Vic and Frank are surprised, considering her mental state isn't the best

AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler: Every named character, save for possibly Shelly ends up dead. However, the end implies that not all of them will stay that way.]]

AppliedPhlebotinum: Vic's serum and Frank's mechanism

AxCrazy: The Necromancer [[spoiler: who is revealed to be Frank.]]

BlandNameProduct: Several examples, like the UV97 video game console, Ubermensch Burger and Fries, and Chat Noir Whiskey.

CharacterNameAlias: The Necromancer, whose appearance and name are taken from the painting "Skullface" which in turn was based off a boss from the Dead Walketh video game.

CreepyBasement: Frank's basement, er- lab.

TheDeadHaveEyes: The illusion the Necromancer mask creates.

DeadlyDoctor: [[spoiler: Frank, who is a surgeon and serial killer]]

TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler: After Frank consistently abuses The Reanimated Woman, and she learns that he was the one who originally killed her, she kills him by setting the windmill they're in ablaze.]]

DrFakenstein: Vic and Frank, which is fitting considering that they're scientists raising the dead. Downplayed with Vic's sister, Mary, and [[spoiler: The Reanimated Woman, Shelly]]

EarnYourTitle: [[spoiler: Frank is truly The Necromancer]]

EvilSoundsDeep: The Necromancer is said to have a deep voice.

FlashbackNightmare: [[spoiler: The reanimated woman has a nightmare of her past after playing the Dead Walketh game.]]

TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: When [[spoiler: Mary, Mae, and Shelly, albeit in her dream]] die, they address the reader directly, questioning them for wanting to read about [[spoiler: their]] deaths.

FrankensteinsMonster: The Reanimated Woman is this, as she is a reanimated corpse made from the parts of other corpses. She retains the memories and consciousness of [[spoiler: Shelly Evans]], the "head donor".

GivenNameReveal: The Reanimated Woman's name is [[spoiler: Shelly Evans]]

HauntedHeroine: The Reanimated Woman

KnifeNut: The Necromancer mentions this as to why he doesn't like using guns.

LargeHamTitle: "I am a god! I am the Necromancer!"

MadDoctor: [[spoiler: Frank, The Necromancer, a surgeon and serial killer.]]

MalevolentMaskedMen: The Necromancer.

NameAmnesia: The Reanimated Woman suffers from this, much to her chagrin.

NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: He's not just a Necromancer, he's The Necromancer.

TheMostDangerousVideoGame: Partially subverted with the Dead Walketh game.

NakedOnRevival: Shelly is brought back without any clothes. Frank, being the objectivist that he is, doesn't understand Vic's issue with this.

{{Necromantic}}: Part of Frank's motivation for picking Mary, Vic's sister, as the first test subject.

ResurrectionSickness: Shelly spews a mix of black and green bile out of her mouth during her resurrection.

SecretIdentityVocalSHift: [[spoiler: Frank]] makes his voice deeper when he's dressed as the Necromancer. This is in part to conceal his identity, but also to separate himself from the murders he commits.

ShoutOutThemeNaming: Every. Single. Character. Often as a shout out to the names of fictional characters in {{Frankenstein}} or Literature/HerbertWestReanimator, or the cast in the film adaptations of the two novels.

SpellMyNameWithAThe: The Necromancer.

SpookyPainting: Skullface, the painting Mary made.

SwitchingPOV: Done constantly, some characters only get one chapter to themselves while others get multiple.

TattooAsCharacterType: Mae has a smiley face tattoo on her thigh, that she got with a friend who wanted to make one last bad decision. [[spoiler: Her legs end up getting removed and given to the Reanimated Woman.]]

UnnamedParent: Several characters speak of their parents and their relationships with them incredibly often, as a theme of people's upbringing is often a plot point. Despite this, none of these parents are ever named.

YouCanTalk: When The Reanimated Woman speaks, both Vic and Frank are surprised, considering her mental state isn't the best

TheAdjectivalMan: Gender flipped with "The Reanimated Woman"

AffectionateNickname: Mary calls Frank "Frankie"

AppropriatedAppellation: Downplayed with [[spoiler: Frank]] as The Necromancer. No one gave him the name specifically, but people close to him use the name to describe the character in a painting he designed his look from.

AnachronicOrder: Many chapters take place in the past, and the date and time are listed at the start of each chapter.

Victor Frtiz and Frank Whale get their body parts from a medical college, but the Reanimated Woman starts to remember how she died; she was murdered by a skull-faced serial killer known as The Necromancer. Are Vic, Frank, and The Reanimated woman safe?

FrankensteinsMonster: The Reanimated Woman is this, as she is a reanimated corpse made from the parts of other corpses. She retains the memories and consciousness of [[Shelly Evans]], the "head donor".

TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler: After Frank Frank consistently abuses The Reanimated Woman, and she learns that he was the one who originally killed her, she kills him by setting the windmill they're in ablaze.]]

DrFakenstein: Vic and Frank, which is fitting considering that they're scientists raising the dead. Downplayed with Vic's sister, Mary, and [[spoiler: The Reanimated Woman, Shelly

''Vic and Frank: Necromancers'' is the first novel in the PhantasmagoriaVerse series by author, R.W. Snyder. An homage to classic horror stories like ''{{Frankenstein}}'' and ''Literature/HerbertWestReanimator'', the novel explores two scientists who revive an old experiment to bring someone back from the dead, only this time, it actually works.

BlandNameProduct: Several examples, like the UV97 video game console, and its hit game, Dead Walketh.

TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler: After Frank Frank consistently abuses The Reanimated Woman, and she learns that he was the one who originally killed her, she kills him by sending the windmill they're in up in flames.

''Vic and Frank: Necromancers'' is the first novel in the PhantasmagoriaVerse series by author, R.W. Snyder. An homage to classic horror stories like ''{{Frankenstein}}'' and ''Film/ReAnimator'', the novel explores two scientists who revive an old experiment to bring someone back from the dead, only this time, it actually works.

CharacterNameAlias: The Necromancer, whose appearance and name are taken from the painting "skullface" which in turn was based off a boss from the Dead Walketh video game.

NameAmnesia: The Reanimated Woman suffers from this, much to her chargin.

ShoutOutThemeNaming: Every. Single. Character. Often as a shout out to the names of fictional characters in {{Frankenstein}} or HerbertWestReanimator, or the cast in the film adaptations of the two novels.

ShoutOutThemeNameing: Every. Single. Character. Often as a shout out to the names of fictional characters in {{Frankenstein}} or HerbertWestReAnimator, or the cast in the film adaptations of the two novels.