Frankenstein's Daughter

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FRANKENSTEIN'S DAUGHTER The Frankensteins Are Keeping Up the Family Business Calling himself "Oliver Frank," Dr. Frankenstein's grandson (Donald Murphy) is up to the old tricks while developing a wonder drug with kindly Carter Morton (Felix Locher). After using Carter's niece, Trudy (Sandra Knight), as his unwitting guinea pig, secretly transforming her while she sleeps, Oliver graduates to creating a new horror from scratch. Teen idol John Ashley, who later produced and/or starred in a series of lurid, low-budget horror movies shot in the Philippines, appears here as Trudy's boyfriend, Johnny Bruder. Director Richard E. Cunha (Giant from the Unknown) and screenwriter H.E. Barrie also collaborated on two other cult favorites, She Demons and Missile to the Moon, that year. Approximately 85 minutes Black and White

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If this is his daughter, He needs to empty the Gene Pool........2007-06-08

It's a 60's movie, it's made as well as it couyld have been made for the time, it fares much better them some of the other Frankenstein knockoffs that have been made with the likes of Jesse James or others.

It's NOT oscar material, nor is it terrible, it's just an entertaining movie to me, it takes me back to the CHILLER THEATER days where I first saw it.

Check it out, you really can't go wrong for 10 bucks.

Two monsters for the price of one........2007-02-18

A mad scientist builds a female Frankenstein type monster (though it looks male) with the help of the late Dr.
Frankenstein's beautiful teenaged daughter and his former assistant. All the while Frankensteins daughter is being fed a secret formula that transforms her into a hidous Edward Hyde type creature at night. A very weird movie with two mnsters, so you wont get bored. Lots of fun from the 50s. During this period Universal's old classic monster films were being rereleased and shown on TV. So a lot of smaller studios decided to release new
Universal style monster movies. FRANKENSTEIN'S DAUGHTER falls into this catagory. Others were FRANKENSTEIN 1970, INDESTRUCTABLE MAN and THE WEREWOLF

"On the credit side, she's now an Olympic weight-lifter.".......2005-01-19

So, just who is FRANKENSTEIN'S DAUGHTER? Is she the young lady with the uni-brow and the terminal gingivitis who's terrifying a two-block area in Los Angles by running about in her nighties and bikinis? Nah, she's just Frankenstein's Boss' Niece, and her semi-lycanthropic jaunts are a plot point that gets thrown away about 15 minutes into the movie as casually as a used kleenex.

Which allows us to move on the the main event, a creature that Frankenstein's grandson Oliver has been stitching together in his boss' wine cellar (that boss, an elderly scientist with a vaguely Mittel-European accent, is a bit of a loon himself), a creature with the body of a sumo wrestler, the head of the heroine's best friend (run down by Frankenstein in his car, sort of accidentally on purpose), and the heart and soul of every quiet young man who never caused the neighbors any trouble and is later discovered to have the dismembered bodies of 15 missing hitchikers buried in his basement . . .

Needless to say, a number of people get killed, although never the right ones. Still left standing at the end are the heroine, her pointless boyfriend, and worst of all, Harold Lloyd, Jr, who somebody thought could act and sing. They were very wrong.

The final results don't make a single bit of sense, but are entertaining nonetheless, mostly because of the Frankenstein of the title, Donald Murphy, a stage and television veteran and enthusiastic ham. He makes a spectacle of himself, but that means you can ignore the rest of the cast, who either wander through with complete indifference, or are so painfully unfit for public exposure that their very presence on the set of this film is an insult to the movie-going public (yes, Harold, that means YOU).

Tell 'em old Frankie is back!.......2003-03-19

Back in the days when drive-ins still brought in the crowds, you could still make movies for about a buck and a half and have them distributed. Out of that came performers like Jack Nicholson and Dennis Hopper.

Suffice it to say, there ain't nothing like them in here.

Frankenstein's Daughter is a very guilty pleasure. Clearly made for the price of dinner for four at Sizzler, this demented flick throws everything it can think of at you- not one, but two monsters, bathing-suit clad teens bopping to the song "stylings" of Page Cavanaugh and his trio, and Harold Lloyd, Jr (who is noted as the liner notes as being a masochist. I heard the boy sing. I am here to tell you, that boy is a sadist.) The idea is that Mr. Frank (enstein, get it?), the infamous doctor's grandson, has weasled his way, lock, stock, and Igor into a plum gig as the assistant for Dr. Morton, who keeps a convenient lab in his west LA home, complete with stadium sized wine cellar and loads of arcing electrical equipment. (The good doc, may not notice all of the bodies being wheeled around behind his back, but won't he notice the Edison bill?) Mr. Frank, you see, is determined to keep up with Grandad's work- he's going to make his own monster, if he can just find a head for it. While he has his version of Igor scuttling about accident sites looking for one, Mr. Frank whiles away the hours by alternately trying to seduce and turing into a monster his employers comely neice. Though the doctor comes across as fey as Liberace, he tries jumping both the niece AND the nieces busty blonde friend. Mr. Frank isn't a guy to take no for an answer- when the niece slaps him, he gives her drugged "fruit punch" turning her into a blue faced unibrowed monster, and when busty rejects him, he mows her down with his car! Making the best of things, he decides to use busty's head to complete his monster, who promptly runs amuk causing much (cheaply done) havok. The Mr. Frank decides the monster can be used to destroy those who oppose him, leading to another one of those "Johnnie, my uncle's been killed by the mad scientist who tried to kill me and killed my best friend who's now a murderous monster and the policemen guarding the house are all missing and the door to the lab is ajar so let's go investigate" Which lets Mr. Frank (now happily calling himself Frankenstein) get to actally say the line "you meddling kids" Which means that he is immediately dispached with a face full of acid- thrown accidentally, of course, so that the monster can mourn his passing (talk about co-dependant!) by catching herself on fire. Which paves the way for another pool party where they can cook more scarily huge kebabs and have a reprise of "Daddy Bird" (aieee!)

These down-at-heel shockers are incredibly fun- innocent, schlocky and hammy, they beat hands-down most of the calculated sceamfests foisted on the screen today. Buy this one right now.

...isn't she lovely?.......2002-07-25

"Frankenstein's Daughter" is a guilty pleasure of mine. It was shown frequently on the Zacherley-hosted "Chiller Theater" TV show in the early 1960s, and yours truly was actually frightened by it! (I was only about 7 years old at the time) The film is ludricous and cheaply produced, and helmed by Richard Cunha, who also directed "Missile to the Moon" (a remake of "Cat Women of the Moon"), "Giant From the Unknown", and another personal favorite of mine, "She Demons", starring the late Irish "Sheena" McCalla. "Frankenstein's Daughter" has "Oliver Frank", a descendant of Dr. You-know-who, living in southern California! He is assistant to Dr. Carter Morton. Together, they are experimenting with a dangerous drug called DiGenerol. Slimy Oliver uses Morton's niece Trudy as an unwitting guinea pig for the DiGenerol, by way of his homemade "fruit punch". Trudy turns into a crackle-faced demon, prowling around the neighborhood clad in a bathing suit, frightening the neighbors. And that's only the first part of the film! Oliver has also been carrying on in the family tradition, creating his own monster, unknownst to Dr. Morton. All he needs is a brain, and he gets one from Trudy's girlfriend Susie Lawlor, a bleached blonde in a tight black cocktail dress (he runs her over with his car-some date!) The result is the strangest-looking female monster in cinema history. The monster is played by Harry Wilson, who used to bill himself as "The ugliest man in Hollywood". Mr. Wilson's most notable screem appearance (other than this opus) is as one of George Raft's henchmen in "Some Like it Hot" ("Hey! Join us!"). "Frankenstein's Daughter" is typical, 1950s drive-in fare, replete with misunderstood "teenagers", laughable dialogue, tinsel sets, and outrageous monster makeups. The cast is a hoot. Donald Murphy is appropriately smarmy as Oliver (You'd expect to meet him in a "Swingin' Singles" bar), Dr. Morton is floridly overplayed by Felix Locher, father of Jon Hall, Susie is played by Mamie Van Doren clone Sally Todd, Trudy is played by pretty Sandra Knight (the future Mrs. Jack Nicholson), and her boyfriend Johnny is played by the late John Ashley (he was Troy Apollo on "The Beverly Hillbillies", and appeared in numerous beach party flicks). The supporting players include Harold Lloyd Jr., Wolfe Barzell, and Voltaire Perkins (he was the judge on TV's "Divorce Court" in the 1960s). There is also the obligatory "barbecue" sequence, featuring the songs "Daddy Bird" and "Special Date", performed by Page Cavanaugh and his trio. Move over, Bill Haley! The picture quality on the DVD is remarkable, with razor-sharp detail and rich greys (I don't think the restored "Citizen Kane" looks this good!), so you can see the seams in the sets, and the sound is very good. There is also a picture gallery on the disc as an added bonus. "Frankenstein's Daughter" is sweetly dumb, and holds very pleasant memories for me, of a far less complicated, innocent time. A long time ago in a galaxt far, far away...

Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter

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"I want no credit for the terrible things we are doing here, Maria!"
The other half of the "Billy the Kid vs. Dracula" twin-bill

Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
Starring: Raymond Barnes , Cal Bolder , Jim Davis , William Fawcett , and Steven Geray
Director: William Beaudine
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ASIN: B000286RS4
Release Date: 2004-07-27

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"I want no credit for the terrible things we are doing here, Maria!".......2006-11-08

Interestingly enough the line of dialog I used for the title of this review could very easily apply to the film itself as I doubt anyone involved in making this movie was particularly proud once it was released. I had read Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter (1966) was released on a double bill with the film Billy the Kid versus Dracula (1966), both of which were written by writer/producer Carl K. Hittleman (The Return of Jesse James) and directed by William Beaudine (Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla). Now I have yet to see Billy the Kid versus Dracula, but if it's anything like Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter, which I watched last night, I can see why the western/horror hybrid genre never really took off as this film bites it big and bites it hard. Appearing in the film is John Lupton (Man with the Gun), Narda Onyx, Estelita Rodriguez (The Fabulous Senorita), Steven Geray (Spellbound), Cal Bolder, Rayford Barnes (The Three Stooges in Orbit), and Jim Davis (The Big Sky), probably best know as the character `Jock' Ewing from the television series "Dallas".

As the movie begins we learn Maria and her brother Rudolph Frankenstein, played by Onyx and Geray respectively, both of whom are doctors and grandchildren to the original Frankenstein, have taken up residence in an abandoned Spanish mission somewhere in the American southwest for two reason, the first being they were chased out of Europe for their questionable experiments, and the second being the abundance of lightning storms in the area are conducive to their experiments (apparently they've picked up where their grandfather left off, sort of...). Anyway, the experiments aren't going so well as their test subjects, culled from the Hispanic population in the area, keep croaking, eventually driving off the superstitious and fearful peasants (Maria attributes the failures to the lack of good, strong body to work with). Now we switch gears and meet legendary outlaw Jesse James (Lupton) and his muscle bound, meathead companion Hank (Bolder), during a seemingly low point in their careers. Jesse and Hank get an offer from a group called The Wild Bunch (three men, two of them pushing into old age, hardly makes a bunch much less a `wild' bunch, in my opinion) to join them and rob a bank shipment, but the double cross is in and Hank gets wounded. With the help of a spicy senorita name Juanita (Rodriguez), whose brother died under mysterious circumstances at the hands of the Frankensteins, Jesse takes Hank to the mission, presenting Maria Frankenstein with just the test subject she needs. There's some lovey, dovery junk between Juanita and Jesse (Maria ends up getting the hots for Jesse which develops into a severe case of jealously as Jesse only has eyes for Juanita), and eventually Maria and Rudolph get around to performing some brain salad surgery on Hank (none of which is shown), whom they now refer to as Igor...geez...anyway, Jesse gets double crossed again, the law begins snooping around, and things come to a head once Jesse realizes what Maria and Rudolph did to his friend...actually, I didn't see the big deal as they turned Jesse's friend from a mindless, moronic, monosyllabic hulk named Hank into a bald, mindless, moronic, monosyllabic hulk named Igor.

First off I think it's worth mentioning the very title of this film is flawed in that the character in the film wasn't Frankenstein's daughter, but his granddaughter, at least if you're following the plot. Seems a pretty obvious error, but given the shoddy nature of the feature, I suppose it doesn't really matter much as a cruddy film is a cruddy film, no matter what its called. Going into this film my expectations were pretty low as I was mainly hoping for some schlocky fun, but what I got was an extreme exercise in the tedious. Seriously, this film is incredibly boring, exacerbated mainly by the fact the filmmakers took roughly twenty minutes of material and stretched it out to nearly an hour an a half. I'm sure whomever came up with the idea to blend horror elements with western elements together was probably pretty pleased with himself thinking it'd be pure gold, but the execution here leaves a lot to be desired. In reality this film is two parts western film, one part monster movie (we have to wait for an hour before actually seeing the monster), the two never quite meshing together. The performances weren't all that great (Cal Bolder, who played the character Hank, could have easily been substituted with a tree stump), but then again the material was thoroughly rotten so I can't really fault the actors too much. Some of the actors tend to get quite hammy, Ms. Onyx for one, but there was never an over the top aspect I was hoping for to at least spice up the tedium. As far as the directing, the action sequences, what few of them there were, were as dull as dishwater. I think my favorite aspect of the story came early on, when Maria Frankenstein reveals her less than lofty motive behind trying to duplicate her grandfather's experiments. Where her grandfather had visions of creating life from where there was none, Maria seems only interested in creating a hulking minion she can order about, I guess to perform various menial tasks she wouldn't do herself (empty the garbage pails, sweep the floors, kill the occasional intruder, etc.). All in all this is a flavorless, uninteresting feature, one that's about as much fun as a rectal examination with a rusty salad fork.

The picture on this Alpha Video DVD release, presented in fullscreen (1.33:1), looks decent, for an Alpha Video release (the company seems to specialize in releasing public domain features inexpensively onto to DVD and the quality, in terms of presentation, generally stinks). The audio comes across a bit better, at least enough to hear most of the dialog with few problems. As far as extras there's the usual visual listing of Alpha Video DVD releases along with a slew of trailers for some low budget, independent releases, none of which appear very interesting or worthwhile. There are a number of different DVD releases for this film including one with a commentary track with Joe Bob Briggs, released by Elite Entertainment. If you're interested in seeing this film, I'd suggest seeking that version out, as watching the movie with his commentary has to be better than watching it straight up, as I did...

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The other half of the "Billy the Kid vs. Dracula" twin-bill.......2005-08-31

I think it is safe to say that many more people have heard about "Billy the Kid versus Dracula," the 1966 drive-in flick that had John Carradine hamming it up as the vampire count who is involved in a love triangle with the infamous American outlaw suddenly turned good guy, than have actually seen the film. But somehow I managed to remain ignorant of "Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter," made by the same writer (Carl K. Hittleman) and same director (William Beaudine) that same year (1966). Part of the reason that this film has seeped through the cracks of pop culture history is that it lacks the redeeming campy nature of the other film, which was at least laughably bad. This one will just make you wince.

"Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter" flips the situation of "Billy the Kid versus Dracula" with the cowboy coming to the monster this time around. Jesse James (John Lupton) is being pursued by Marhsal MacPhee (Jim Davis; that is right, Jock Ewing himself), so he hides out in Baron Frankenstein's hacienda, which is now being run by his granddaughter Maria (Narda Onyx) and her brother Rudolph (Steven Geray), both of whom have pretty bad fake German accents. She is a chip off the old mad scientist's block, and promptly turns Jesse's less than intelligent sidekick, Hank Tracy (Cal Bolder), into a bald zombie now named Igor. She has been experimenting with brain transplants on the local young boys and that has not been working out so well.

Believe it or not "historically" this film takes place between the disastrous James gang attempt to rob a bank in Northfield, Minnesota and Jesse's death (Jesse even calls himself "Mr. Howard"). There is also the Wild Bunch, led by Butch Curry, so that a large part of this film is a relatively straightforward western. It is only when Hank needs a doctor that Jesse ends up over at the Frankenstein place; however, I defy you to explain why Juanita (Estelita Rodriquez) would take anybody back there now that she has finally succeeded in getting away from the crazy sibling tag team. This film is literally a collision between these two genres, like Hittleman wrote two scripts for two different genres and then mixed them together.

If for some reason you feel compelled to watch this film, then I would strongly suggest you check out the DVD version, which benefits from being presented by Joe Bob Briggs. That alone has got to double the entertainment value of watching "Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter." If you decided to do a drive-in double feature by screening both this one and "Billy the Kid versus Dracula," the order in which you view the two films is pretty much irrelevant (i.e., I have no opinion on which order would either provide the most fun or result in the least amount of harm to your cinematic sensibilities).

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Santo to the rescue!
Superheroes from South of the Border
En la lucha libre...BOOM!
Where is John Carradine When You Need Him?
santo forever

Santo Contra la Hija de Frankenstein
Starring: Santo , Gina Romand , Anel , Roberto Cañedo , and Carlos Agostí
Director: Miguel M. Delgado
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ASIN: B000095J5S
Release Date: 2003-07-29

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Dr. Fred Frankenstein and her assistant, Dr. Yanco, are going to bring one of their experiments to life in Santo Vs. Frankenstein's Daughter. She intends to use a monster named Ursus to do her evil bidding. Using a youth serum to retain their vitality, the doctors set their sights upon none other than El Santo. They need his super human blood to regenerate a stronger youth serum. They kidnap Santo's goddaughter, Norma and lure him into Dr. Frankenstein's lab where he is captured and enslaved. Will Santo make it out alive? The Best of El Santo, English Subtitles, Rise Above Trailers, Photo Gallery, Santo Collection Trailers, Collectible Liner Notes.

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Santo to the rescue!.......2007-08-08

Goofy luchador fun with husky wrestler/superhero Santo squaring off against Dr. Frankenstein's daughter, her monster and an apeman. Whew! The plot makes no sense but watch it for the laughable acting and special effects. You'll enjoy the flick if you don't take it seriously. Would have been better if it were in widescreen but I wouldn't hold my breath for that.

Superheroes from South of the Border.......2005-04-19

It is not an easy task to explain to the average North-American raised on over-priced Hollywood cheese how great these movies are. Don't get me wrong I love Hollywood cheese (I just can't stand waiting in line to get processed food of any kind). That said, Santo, Blue Demon, Mil Mascaras are the three powerhouse icons of this misunderstood genre. It's misunderstood partly because it really isn't a genre, but a clever blending of genres. Only the likes of Quentin Tarantino would be bold enough to explore the novelty of combining genres several years later. It's had a huge payoff.
Mexican Masked Wrestler movies were influenced by Hollywood B-movies of the shlock sci-fi variety of the 1950's. Production values were low because many of these features were independent ventures. There were no Corporate Studios willing to fund such a strange mix. I am not a fan of Wrestling, especially the "WWF smackdown" stuff, but Mexican Lucha Libre (freestyle fighting) was fun to watch. It did not pretend to be real. The masks were clues that these were staged events. It was only a matter of course that fantastic movies would be the next step.
There is a bit of nostalgia tied to many of us who remember growing up with these films. They were made in the language of our Fathers. We could be Superheroes too. Superman was the first. And while I loved Superman for his universal appeal I once read that the Nazis reputedly said he was Jewish. Now don't get me wrong, but I also read that the creators of Superman were Jewish. I still love Superman, but he was supposed to be from Krypton, which rhymes with cryptic, which implies a hidden message. So much for universal appeal. Oddly enough we have come to identify ourselves with Men in masks fighting against impossible odds. That's a whole other sociological issue.
Above all these films are funny. Whether they are intentionally funny or not is a moot point. The reality is that making a movie about a Mexican masked wrestler battling Hollywood monsters is FUNNY. It's not high drama, it is "kitsch". For example: In "Santo & Blue Demon Vs the Monsters" (not in this collection) there is a carchase where the heroes are being pursued by the Monsters. What's so funny about that? The Frankenstein monster is driving! I immediately thought of the late comedian Phil Hartman doing his "Fire baad!" routine in Frankenstein makeup on Saturday Night Live.
These films are not only funny and exciting but pertinent to our sense of being in the world. Larga Vida a Santo, Blue Demon, Mil Mascaras y Huracan Ramirez Tambien!!

En la lucha libre...BOOM!.......2004-05-22

Being from Puerto Rico, I was exposed to wrestling all my life, from these mexican wrestlers to the WWF/WCW wrestlers and also to the local wrestling federations (owned by Vince McMahon). Anyway, because of my exposure to wrestling, these films have a great place in my heart. The pure cheesiness of the movies, the terrible acting, the excellent action scenes and wrestling matches, these four movies are entertaining all the way through. A must have for wrestling fans and b-movie fans.

Where is John Carradine When You Need Him?.......2004-02-21

For those of you not familiar with the genre, Santo is a very famous Mexican wrestler and quasi-superhero, who has numerous adventures filled with excitement and suspense. At least that's the theory, anyway. What the Santo movies actually contain is a hysterical combination of bad dialogue and silly plot devices only serving to amuse in a kind of John Carradine vs. Hulk Hogan sort of way.

In this film, Santo is pitted against the daughter of Dr. Frankenstein, Freda Frankenstein, and her minions of evil. Mayhem prevails when Santo faces her monster, Ursus, and her plan to enslave him and use his blood for her own diabolical purposes.

I am seriously hoping that the Santo films are not representative of Mexican cinema, in that they are unintentionally hilarious to watch, kind of like "Plan 9 From Outer Space" in Spanish (English subtitles are provided.) As a bonus, every Santo movie has scenes of him wrestling in a no holds barred format, and this is no exception, with two 'championship' matches spliced into the film so poorly that the jump cut will make your neck hurt.

Four stars, for the most wrestler vs. bad guy action since Jesse Ventura became Governor of Minnesota!

santo forever.......2004-01-26

Sería labor de un trabajo filológico o de un estudio sociológico de cultura de masas rastrear la génesis del término "superhéroe". Pero obviando las dificultades intelectuales, el término suele aplicarse a ese clase de hombres extraordinarios, poseedores de toda clase de poderes y fuerzas sobrehumanas y de una moral justiciera incorruptible.
¿Es el Santo un superhéroe? La imagen mítica del Rudy Guzmán (su verdadero nombre) fue creada en celuloide a través de sus entrañables películas de los años 60 y 70 donde el luchador de la máscara plateada se enfrentaba a seres extraterrestres y de ultratumba, hombres lobo, traficantes, mercenarios y mujeres vampiro. Películas que a pesar de ser de bajo presupuesto, o más bien, por ello mismo, son parte ya de la memoria de la cultura popular mexicana como verdadero íconos de la cinematografía.
¿Qué superhéroe norteamericano, europeo o japonés puede regocijarse de haberse enfrentado al hombre lobo, a Frankenstein y a Drácula en el mismo film? ¿Cuándo Batman, el Hombre Araña o Goku han salvado a la humanidad de un ataque masivo de momias asesinas? El Santo, sin embargo, no es ningún superhéroe, porque no poseía ningún superpoder o habilidad mayor que las que tiene un atleta, ni tampoco vivía una doble personalidad, pero sobre todo, porque él fue real: fue un luchador cuyas mejores y auténticas batallas fueron libradas arriba del cuadrilátero, cuyo heroísmo (si es que pudiera aplicarse este término, ya en sí ambiguo) fue mostrado al enoontrarse cara a cara, mano a mano con el Cavernario Galindo, con el Médico Asesino, con la Tonina Jackson o con su archinémesis, el genial Blue Demon. Larga vida al Santo.

Double Dose of Joe Bob Briggs: The Double-D Avenger/Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter

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Teutonic Feminist Techno-Performance With Chicken Effects!

Double Dose of Joe Bob Briggs: The Double-D Avenger/Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
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ASIN: B0002EJ8IY
Release Date: 2004-08-17

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America's greatest drive-in movie critic, Joe Bob Briggs, tackles two celluloid masterpieces of the cult kind. First, busty Chastity Knott (Russ Meyer favorite Kitten Natividad) uses her new superhero abilities as a super-stacked crime fighter, The Double-D Avenger, to stop a villainous bikini bar owner and his sexy, murderous dancers. Also featuring a bevy of Russ Meyer starlets including Haji (Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!) and Raven De La Croix (Up!). Then Cuban spitfire Estrelita and Dallas' Jim Davis square off in a western-monster bash that'll make your head spin: Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter! Both titles feature hilarious, fact-filled commentaries from Joe Bob, plus original trailers, behind-the-scenes goodies and more! One of the most widely-read and seen critics in the U.S., Joe Bob has corrupted minds on TNT's Monstervision, The Movie Channel, and many more popular outlets. Joe Bob's latest book, Profoundly Disturbing, now haunting bookstores near you.

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Teutonic Feminist Techno-Performance With Chicken Effects!.......2004-09-21

Joe Bob does it again! This is a wonderful, surreal, and almost unbelievable twin pack of B-movie fun hosted by the world's greatest drive-in movie critic. "Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter" was released earlier by itself, and since I have previously reviewed it I will pause here only to mention that it features John Carradine in William "One-Shot" Beaudine's next to last film, and that it is as awful and laugh inducing as that would lead a you to believe.

The focus of this review will be on the second feature which is newly released with the two pack, "The Double-D Avenger", starring Kitten Natividad and her enormous talents in what is the only buxom, geriatric, superhero action-comedy that I am aware of. This was the brainchild of Director William Winckler, who made it on a shoestring, and makes you wonder (sometimes out loud) "What was he thinking?" I watched the film with the Joe Bob commentary track off, then again with it on, which I recommend (this doesn't take too long, the movie only lasts 77 minutes.)

The plot is wildly all over the place but essentially involves Kitten, playing a character named "Chastity" (pause for long laughter) becoming the "Double-D Avenger" after receiving superhuman strength subsequent to licking the "crockazilla fruit" (you won't believe this part) as part of a medical procedure. Chastity tries to avenge her boyfriend's death and in the process gets to battle three other washed up dancers Haji, Mimma Mariucci, and Sheri Dawn Thomas and their boss, "Al Purplewood." Along the way we see action, comedy, silly sound and special effects, and the least talented dancing ever recorded on film. Without question my favorite part of the film is a little sequence that Joe Bob refers to as "Teutonic feminist techno-performance art scene, with chicken effects." This may be the unintentionally funniest scene in movie history. I must have gone back ten times to watch it over. I won't describe it (honestly, I can't) but trust me: it will be the highlight of your week.

I love this two pack, and endorse it highly. I like everything Joe Bob has ever done, but this one is the best yet. I hope he keeps the series going, but I can't imagine him topping "The Double-D Avenger." Although the movie is one big adolescent joke, it is amazing in that there is essentially no nudity in it. The movie is much funnier with Joe Bob's commentary on, but your do owe it to yourself to watch it "straight" once before cheating with the commentary, if for no other reason than to hear Raven de la Croix snort like a pig.

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Terrible Movie, Terrific Commentary
Ripped From The Pages Of Yesterday's Headlines!
The other half of the "Billy the Kid vs. Dracula" twin-bill
William Beaudine Made Over 500 Films. This Is One Of Them.
Great movie? No. Great commentary? Of course!

Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
Starring: John Lupton , Narda Onyx , Estelita Rodriguez , Cal Bolder , and Jim Davis
Director: John Lupton , and William Beaudine
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ASIN: B0000B0JJC
Release Date: 2003-07-01

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Legendary outlaw of the Old West, Jesse James (John Lupton), joins a small gang and attempts to pull a stagecoach robbery. When things go wrong, he finds himself on the run from Marshal MacPhee. With MacPhee on the hunt, Jessie hides out in a castle with a very peculiar tenant - Baron Frankenstein's granddaughter Maria (Narda Onyx), who, after killing just about everyone in the surrounding town, proceeds to transform Jesse's slow-witted pal Hank (Cal Bolder) into a bald zombie, which she lovingly names Igor.

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Terrible Movie, Terrific Commentary.......2005-04-14

To begin with, this one shot wonderless piece of hackneyed film-flam is not worth the time it takes to rent it from Netflix. Until you listen to Joe Bob Briggs, that is.

The commentary is a redeeming factor. In fact, it is the only saving grace. Hilarious, informative and full of the questions most normal viewers ask while watching this movie (Why???? WHAT?).

The story is pretty complex (that's called sarcasm). Jesse James and his bohunk buddy fail to rob a wagon train of loot, and bohunk gets shot. Jesse then hooks up with a Spanish/Cuban honey, who suggests they go to the local mad scientist's lab for medical aid. There, Jesse gets macked by two girls, while bohunk gets turned into a servile zombie. Can Jesse James stop Frankenstein's (Grand)Daughter's nefarious plot to create bare chested, brainless killing machine hunks? Can we care? The move gets 1 star (if that).

Skip the normal audio track. Go for the commentary. That's the real treasure, here. It's a hoot. Adjusts the rating to 4 stars.

Check it out.

Ripped From The Pages Of Yesterday's Headlines!.......2004-11-15

Yessiree, this here is just how it all happened. Jesse James (John Lupton) and Hank Tracy (towering behemoth Cal Bolder) were minding their own business, robbing a stagecoach, when, -BAM!- They were double-crossed by one of the notorious wild bunch! Sheriff MacPhee (Jim "Monster From Green Hell" Davis) attempted a capture, but Jesse and Hank got away. Sadly, Hank was shot and didn't have long to live. Thankfully, our "heroes" came across a friendly mexican family willing to help out. Beautiful daughter Juanita (Estelita) told Jesse of a doctor who could fix poor Hank. Yep, doctor Maria "Narda Onyx" Frankenstein M.D. (Mad Doctor). She and her brother Rudolph had fled their european homeland, settling down in Arizona to continue the family tradition of cranial implantation. Unfortunately for Maria, Rudolph had been poisoning her subjects faster than she could re-animate them! Then, along came Jesse James with loveable lummox Hank Tracy, the perfect specimen; and it's out with the old brain-in with the new, artificial brain! Just like in the history books! The only problem with JJMFD is it's length. At nearly 90 minutes, it tends to drag on a bit (like pulling a cast-iron cactus behind a square-wheeled wagon). It could have easily been cut down to about an hour or so without losing anything close to important. Actually, it might have made a great 15 minute short film...

The other half of the "Billy the Kid vs. Dracula" twin-bill.......2004-09-11

I think it is safe to say that more people have heard about "Billy the Kid versus Dracula," the 1966 drive-in flick that had John Carradine hamming it up as the vampire count who is involved in a love triangle with the infamous American outlaw suddenly turned good guy, than have actually seen the film. But somehow I managed to remain ignorant of "Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter," made by the same writer (Carl K. Hittleman) and same director (William Beaudine) that same year (1966). Part of the reason that this film has seeped through the cracks of pop culture history is that it lacks the redeeming campy nature of the other film, which was at least laughably bad. This one will just make you wince.

"Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter" flips the situation of "Billy the Kid versus Dracula" with the cowboy coming to the monster this time around. Jesse James (John Lupton) is being pursued by Marhsal MacPhee (Jim Davis; that is right, Jock Ewing himself), so he hides out in Baron Frankenstein's hacienda, which is now being run by his granddaughter Maria (Narda Onyx) and her brother Rudolph (Steven Geray), both of whom have pretty bad fake German accents. She is a chip off the old mad scientist's block, and promptly turns Jesse's less than intelligent sidekick, Hank Tracy (Cal Bolder), into a bald zombie now named Igor. She has been experimenting with brain transplants on the local young boys and that has not been working out so well.

Believe it or not "historically" this film takes place between the disastrous James gang attempt to rob a bank in Northfield, Minnesota and Jesse's death (Jesse even calls himself "Mr. Howard"). There is also the Wild Bunch, led by Butch Curry, so that a large part of this film is a relatively straightforward western. It is only when Hank needs a doctor that Jesse ends up over at the Frankenstein place; however, I defy you to explain why Juanita (Estelita Rodriquez) would take anybody back there now that she has finally succeeded in getting away from the crazy sibling tag team. This film is literally a collision between these two genres, like Hittleman wrote two scripts for two different genres and then mixed them together.

If for some reason you feel compelled to watch this film, then I would strongly suggest you check out the DVD version, which benefits from being presented by Joe Bob Briggs. That alone has got to double the entertainment value of watching "Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter." If you decided to do a drive-in double feature by screening both this one and "Billy the Kid versus Dracula," the order in which you view the two films is pretty much irrelevant (i.e., I have no opinion on which order would either provide the most fun or result in the least amount of harm to your cinematic sensibilities).

William Beaudine Made Over 500 Films. This Is One Of Them........2004-06-30

This is an amazing film. It is the last film ever made by William "One Shot" Beaudine, and was a real resume killer for almost everyone in the cast as well. This is the sequel to "Billy The Kid Versus Dracula" (Beaudine's second to last film) which starred John Carradine. Carradine said that "Billy The Kid Versus Dracula" was the worst movie he ever made. That is saying something coming from John Carradine. Now imagine that this film is the sequel. I have seen both, and I think that "Billy The Kid Versus Dracula" is marginally worse, but I can't imagine seeing these on a double bill, which is how they were typically shown.

The thing that makes this DVD special is the commentary track by Joe Bob Briggs. Joe Bob is a genius in his own right, and is super knowledgeable about any type of Grade B movies. Here he gives us the rundown of the cast and location history, and points out continuity gaffes which are so numerous that some of them would probably escape notice due to sheer volume without his help.

In the film Jesse and his gang have a rendezvous with fate with Dr. Frankenstein's granddaughter (Yeah, I know the title is inaccurate. It isn't the only thing in the film, either.) There are several subplots, most of which don't make sense, and possibly the single most stupefying ending in cinema history. The only thing really well done here is Igor's skull scar. Prepare yourself to laugh at everything else.

I watched the film without the commentary once, and with the commentary once. My advice is to just watch it with the commentary. Joe Bob makes sure you listen in whenever anything important happens (which isn't often) and provides plot summation throughout the film anyhow. Another reason is that sometimes the sound is poor and some of the cast (especially Narda Onyx and Estrelita) have bad accents and diction problems.

The movie gets five stars with Joe Bob's commentary turned on. With the commentary turned off it would get two simply as a lifetime achievement award for William Beaudine.

Great movie? No. Great commentary? Of course!.......2004-06-18

I can't speak for anyone else, but I bought this DVD solely for the Joe Bob Briggs commentary. I would watch him late at night on MonsterVision and always thought he was hilarious, and could also improve a film by interjecting interesting facts about it. He's a very well educated and talented writer and has a fantastic screen and voice presence. That makes him great on stuff like this.

Customer Reviews:

Terrible Movie, Terrific Commentary.......2005-04-14

Ripped From The Pages Of Yesterday's Headlines!.......2004-11-15

The other half of the "Billy the Kid vs. Dracula" twin-bill.......2004-09-11

William Beaudine Made Over 500 Films. This Is One Of Them........2004-06-30

The movie gets five stars with Joe Bob's commentary turned on. With the commentary turned off it would get two simply as a lifetime achievement award for William Beaudine.

Great movie? No. Great commentary? Of course!.......2004-06-18

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In the words of Bugs Bunny, "Monsters lead such interesting lives." That they do. And when they're not drinking blood, rising from the dead or trashing Tokyo, they seem to be doing what comes naturally: getting hitched and having a crop of kids. In "Frankenstein's Daughter," the Doctor's grandson continues with his infamous grandad's experiments and creates a hideous she-monster, a cross between a sumo wrestler, a porterhouse steak and the "brain" of a blonde bimbo, complete with a permanent wave down to her toes. An exploitation movie milestone in the monster offspring subgenre, "Frankenstein's Daughter" is the third of four drive-in classics crafted by producer Marc Frederic and director Richard Cunha in their late-'50s moviemaking heyday.

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If this is his daughter, He needs to empty the Gene Pool........2007-06-08

Two monsters for the price of one........2007-02-18

"On the credit side, she's now an Olympic weight-lifter.".......2005-01-19

Tell 'em old Frankie is back!.......2003-03-19

Suffice it to say, there ain't nothing like them in here.

These down-at-heel shockers are incredibly fun- innocent, schlocky and hammy, they beat hands-down most of the calculated sceamfests foisted on the screen today. Buy this one right now.

...isn't she lovely?.......2002-07-25

The Screaming Skull / Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter

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The Screaming Skull / Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
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ASIN: B000A7DVTA
Release Date: 2005-09-13

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The Screaming Skull(1958, B & W, 68 MINs.)Starring John Hudson and Peggy Webber Horror tale of a newly married husband and wife who find screaming human skulls all around their house. The terror mounts when the ghost of the husband's first wife appears. Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter(1966, B & W, 88 MINs.)Starring John Lupton, Narda Onyx and Estelita Rodriguez In this campy, sci-fi western, infamous outlaw Jesse James takes a detour from a robbery and finds himself in the midst of horrific experiments by a descendent of Dr. Frankenstein, setting up a showdown of legendary proportions.

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Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter

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ASIN: B000BOBFZO

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Cult Classic: In this campy, sci-fi western, infamous outlaw Jesse James takes a detour from a robbery and finds himself in the midst of horrific experiments by a descendent of Dr. Frankenstein, setting up a showdown of legendary proportions.

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