Jesse James Meets Frankenstein’s Daughter is a 1965 sci-fi horror Western movie directed by William Beaudine (Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla; Voodoo Man; The Ape Man) from a screenplay by Carl Okay. Hittleman. The Circle Productions film stars John Lupton, Narda Onyx, Cal Bolder and Estelita Rodriguez.
The movie was launched theatrically on 10 April 1966 as a part of a double-bill, together with Billy the Child versus Dracula. The pair had been produced by tv producer Carroll Case for Joseph E. Levine’s Embassy Footage.
Plot:
Maria Frankenstein (Narda Onyx) places a monster’s mind within the physique of Jesse James’ (John Lupton) sidekick (Cal Bolder)…
Our evaluate:
William Beaudine’s swansong – begun only a fortnight or so after Billy the Child… completed taking pictures – is as plodding and nonsensically plotted as its companion piece. The title once more is deceptive: Maria Frankenstein, the eccentric villainess, is definitely the granddaughter of Baron Victor, whose work she pursues fanatically.
Pushed out of Vienna together with her lily-livered (and inexplicably a lot older) brother, Maria has pitched up at a matte portray of an deserted mission in Arizona, attracted by the frequency {of electrical} storms – the higher to energy her experiments. These have resulted in a number of useless kids, however valuable little progress. Then Jesse James arrives (don’t ask – contrived doesn’t start to cowl it), looking for medical assist for his wounded good friend, the muscle-bound Hank, whom Maria sizes up as an ideal specimen.
As in Billy the Child…, the western plot – stagecoach hold-up, ambush, double-cross – is nondescript, however the finale tweaks the tone to one thing approaching hysterical. In her lab filled with buzzing electrodes and bottles marked ‘poison’, Maria transplants Hank’s mind (the distinction is negligible), renames him Igor and turns him on Jesse and Juanita, a Mexican spitfire.
Estonian ex-pat Narda Onyx overplays as Maria, whether or not disparaging peasants or eyeing Hank lustfully, whereas John Lupton as Jesse appears bemused all through. “They had been made for enjoyable,” manufacturing supervisor Sam Manners stated of Beaudine’s low-budget midnight films, which had been focused squarely on the undiscerning drive-in crowd. Enjoyable (and a fast revenue) could have been the goal, however the outcomes are lackadaisical greater than anything.
Kevin Grant, MOVIES and MANIA
Different critiques:
“Although not as flamboyantly terrible as its predecessor (primarily because of the absence of John Carradine), that is nonetheless value a search for trash-movie completists.” All Film
” …capably shot however in any other case completely ludicrous. Perhaps it performs higher on a tiny display screen. Perhaps it performs higher for those who’re half asleep. Perhaps it performs higher for those who’ve simply watched one thing even worse proper earlier than it. Actually it solely has one factor going for it and that’s the very idea of setting a gothic horror film within the previous west…” Apocalypse Later
“With script and course proving equally frail, the movie is simply prevented from turning into the camper’s delight promised by the title by the truth that the forged plod via all of it with a grvity hardly befitting the event.” BFI Month-to-month Movie Bulletin
Admittedly, past its brazen advertising, Jesse James Meets Frankenstein’s Daughter doesn’t have a lot to supply. Hell, it doesn’t have something to supply. Nor does it want to supply anything — that is the uncommon film that has received the battle merely by current. That’s an idea that, for those who actually sit down and give it some thought, is nearly mind-blowing in its simplicity.” Trash Movie Guru
“Maria’s German accent is hilariously overdone, the Frankenstein laboratory is filled with pointless electrical issues, and a personality dies midway via the movie simply to later present up once more with no clarification. It’s that sort of film.” Via the Shattered Lens
Trailer:
Forged and characters:
John Lupton … Jesse James
Narda Onyx … Physician Maria Frankenstein
Cal Bolder … Hank Tracy/Igor
Estelita Rodriguez … Juanita Lopez
Jim Davis … Marshal MacPhee
Steven Geray … Physician Rudolph Frankenstein
Rayford Barnes … Lonny Curry
William Fawcett … Jensen the Pharmacist
Nestor Paiva … Saloon Proprietor
Roger Creed … Butch Curry
Rosa Turich … Nina Lopez
Felipe Turich … Manuel Lopez
Fred Stromsoe … Stacy
Dan White … Pete Ketchum
Web page Slattery … Deputy Andy
Mark Norton … Francisco Lopez
Filming areas:
Paramount Studios – 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
Corriganville, Ray Corrigan Ranch, Simi Valley, California
Technical specs:
1 hour 28 minutes
Facet ratio: 1.85:
Pathécolor
Mono
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