of famous Dr Frankenstein & assistant to mild professor Felix
Locher. But of course, as a true Frankenstein, he can't but keep up the
family tradition & after several experiments on Locher's niece
Sandra Knight that temporarily turn her into a blue-skinned, bad toothed
monster, he decides to create life again - this time a female monster
though, because - & this is a quote - "women are more
obedient". Of course the monster goes on a rampage, & of course
both the creator (he gets some acid thrown into his face - actually
rather nicely done for its time) & the monster (she accidently
catches fire after for some reason "bullets can't harm her")
are killed in the end. Is this the last we have seen of the
Frankensteins, one wonders. (No, it is not !)
Allegedly, Astor pictures offered $ 80,000 to director Cunha &
producer Marc Frederic if they could shoot them a movie with the title Frankenstein's
Daughter (the title was obviously inspired by the then recent success of both I was
a Teenage Frankenstein & Curse of Frankenstein), so it
was in their best interest to get this movie done on the cheap (they
actually got it made in six days for $60,000) to keep the extra money -
& it somehow shows: The effects are really not that great,
especially Sandra Knight's make-up is pretty laughable, action &
atmosphere are less than tense, the script is somewhat muddled & the
actors more often than not give wooden performances. The movie still
manages to be a great piece of late-50's drive-in fare though, maybe for
precisely these reasons.
Robert Dix is a cop in this one, latter day Eddie Romero-favourite
John Ashley (he was in Romero's Brides of Blood, Mad
Doctor of Blood Island & Beast of Blood, among
others) is one of the teens, as is Harold Lloyd jr (son of the silent
era slapstick comedian) who also sings a song, & Frankenstein's
Daughter actually was a man, veteran bit player Harry Wilson. |