Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter | 
 enlarge | Directors: John Lupton, William Beaudine
Actors: John Lupton, Narda Onyx, Estelita Rodriguez, Cal Bolder, Jim Davis
Studio: Imd Films
Category: DVD
List Price: $12.99
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 128730
Format: Ac-3, Dolby, Color, Full Screen, Original Recording Remastered, Restored, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 88 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
UPC: 827421001092
EAN: 0827421001092
ASIN: B0000B0JJC
Theatrical Release Date: April 1966
Release Date: April 15, 2008
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Description
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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 Loads of Fun with Commentary October 3, 2007
LouisaClark (Mojave Desert, CA United States)
This movie along with "Billy the Kid versus Dracula" is a yearly tradition for my family. We would dust off the ol' VCR and watch the movies recorded from over the years. Having this movie on DVD is great; having it with commentary from Joe Bob Briggs is fantastic. The movie's not for everyone, I guess you could say it's an acquired taste. It's fun, entertaining and perfect for a rainy October afternoon.
Briggs' commentary is hilarious with insightful trivia and facts. He doesn't drone on and on boring us with his knowledge, but enthusiastically shares his passion for the movie. This is not just a campy movie with commentary; it's an entertaining commentary with a campy movie.
So pop the popcorn, corral the family together and enjoy.
 Terrible Movie, Terrific Commentary April 14, 2005
Daniel R. Robichaud II (Worcester, MA United States)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
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! November 15, 2004
Bindy Sue Fronkuenschtein (under the rubble)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
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 September 10, 2004
Lawrance M. Bernabo (The Zenith City, Duluth, Minnesota)
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
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. June 30, 2004
Robert I. Hedges
17 out of 19 found this review helpful
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.
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