Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter

1966
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1h 28m

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3.4/10

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John Lupton and Narda Onyx in Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter (1966)

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Dr. Maria Frankenstein transplants an artificial brain of her own creation into the skull of Jesse James' slow-witted friend Hank Tracy and names him Igor.Dr. Maria Frankenstein transplants an artificial brain of her own creation into the skull of Jesse James' slow-witted friend Hank Tracy and names him Igor.Dr. Maria Frankenstein transplants an artificial brain of her own creation into the skull of Jesse James' slow-witted friend Hank Tracy and names him Igor.

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IMDb RATING

3.4/10

2.1K

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Trivia
The laboratory equipment that was used in the film was provided by Ken Strickfaden, who originally used the same equipment in both Frankenstein (1931) and La Fiancée de Frankenstein (1935), as well as years later in Frankenstein junior (1974). This is the first Frankenstein film to feature the equipment in the story in several years and the first of the few times that it was filmed in color.

Goofs
Contrary to the film's title, it is actually Frankenstein's granddaughter that Jesse James meets.

Quotes
Dr. Rudolph Frankenstein: Maria, you've already caused the death of three children and violated the graves of others just to make the experiments.
Dr. Maria Frankenstein: My, you're a humanitarian! You should have stayed in Europe and given pink pills to sweet old ladies.

Connections
Edited into FrightMare Theater: Jessie James Meets Frankensteins Daughter (2016)

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Featured review

4/10

Let Us Be Fair

Legendary outlaw of the Old West Jesse James, on the run from Marshal MacPhee, hides out in the castle of Baron Frankenstein's granddaughter Maria, who proceeds to transform Jesse's slow-witted pal Hank into a bald zombie, which she names Igor.

This film is generally considered to be pretty awful and has a fairly low rating on IMDb (though I have seen worse ratings). I am not going to dispute this by saying it is a forgotten masterpiece, but really... it may not be as terrible as you might want to believe.

The acting is pretty bad and the plot is a bit questionable, but there is something to be said about campy movies. They have their place. And, really, how many horror westerns are there? Not as many as there probably could be. This is a bit of ground breaker.