Frankenstein's Daughter

1958 "It reaches from the grave to re-live the horror, the terror! More destructive! More terrifying!"
4.3| 1h25m| NR| en
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Dr. Frankenstein's insane grandson attempts to create horrible monsters in modern day L.A.

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Layton Film Productions Inc.

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Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.
GarnettTeenage The film was still a fun one that will make you laugh and have you leaving the theater feeling like you just stole something valuable and got away with it.
Leoni Haney Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.
Brennan Camacho Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.
Leofwine_draca FRANKENSTEIN'S DAUGHTER is a hammy horror B-movie that fits right in at the tail-end of the 1950s. The story is cheesy and amusing and impossible to take seriously for a moment, but there's something irresistable about watching a misshapen beast roaming the town and busting up unsuspecting townsfolk. The film sees a descendant of the original Frankenstein now holed up in small town America, where his nefarious experiments transform a young woman into a snarling, scowling, and very ugly creature (played by a man, oddly enough). John Ashley, later of THE MAD DOCTOR OF BLOOD ISLAND infamy (as well as a producer of THE A-TEAM), plays the clean-cut hero.
Woodyanders Frankenstein's evil and determined grandson Oliver Frank (a spirited and sinister performance by Donald Murphy) works with the kindly Prof. Carter Morton (a winningly sincere turn by Felix Locher) to develop a new drug. Frank uses Carter's niece Trudy (an appealing portrayal by the fetching Sandra Knight) as a guinea pig to test the drug and transforms Trudy's spunky best gal pal Suzie Lawler (a delightfully sassy Sally Todd) into a hideously disfigured monster. This movie gains considerable goofy charm from the fact that both director Richard E. Cunha and screenwriter H.E. Barrie treat the dippy premise with utmost seriousness, thereby ensuring that there's a wealth of unintentional belly laughs to be savored herein. Better yet, the monster that's supposed to be female is obviously played by a bulky guy, which makes the unsightly beast that much more grotesque. The cast have a ball with their colorful roles: John Ashley as smooth dude Johnny Bruder, Harold Lloyd Jr. as amiable hepcat Don, Wolfe Barzell as Frank's flaky assistant Elsu, and Robert Dix as the skeptical Detective Bill Dillon. As a neat-o extra plus, the Page Cavanaugh perform a couple of swingin' songs at a groovy backyard shindig. In addition, this movie warrants extra praise for delivering a few surprisingly rough moments of violence that are fairly bloody and brutal for a 50's fright feature. Both the robust over-dramatic score by Nicholas Carras and Meredith M. Nicholson's crisp black and white cinematography are up to par. A campy hoot.
oscar-35 *Spoiler/plot- Frankenstein's Daughter, 1958. A distant relative of Dr. Frankenstien is a research assistance for another senior scientist. The younger Dr. Frank is busy using the lab for his own experiments with dead female body parts and getting his love life satisfied with several young attractive women.*Special Stars- John Ashley, Sadra Knight, Donald Murphy, Sally Todd, Felix Locher *Theme- Tampering with nature will always be a mistake.*Trivia/location/goofs- B & W. The mask and monster costume design was a mistake because it was to be female and it was made male. So the mask had ladies lipstick and make-up to compensate for the error.*Emotion- This was a truly silly, hard to follow and disappointing film. The direction and plot has huge flaws that are inappropriately funny at all the wrong places of this film. Don't bother to see this, unless you like non-entertainment.
dbborroughs Drive in classic about a decedent of Frankenstein turning a woman into a monster.Painful bad movie used to be a staple on late night TV and in the drive ins across the country. I've seen this film I don't know how many times and every time I do I can't believe I'm actually sitting through it. Don't get me wrong its great fun in a bad movie sort of a way, but at the same time there is no way to get around the fact that the film is a stinker. Its silly and goofy and everything you really don't want in any sort of movie. And yet there is a certain amount of charm that makes this the sort of thing that in the right frame of mind or with a bunch or witty friends can be a great deal of fun.Recommended for bad movie lovers