*Spoiler/plot- Jesse James meets Frankenstien's Daughter, 1966. Jesse James and a muscle builder side-kick arrive in a small frontier town. The side-kick gets shot and needs medical attention, after a confrontation with the local sheriff. Unfortunately, the only doctor in this area is Doctor Von Frankenstien's grand daughter and her lab assistant, Dr. Frankenstien's brother. They have been doing experiments on the locals for years and now wish to do a brain transplant on Jesse's large and healthy side-kick. *Special Stars- Jim Davis, John Lupton, Narda Onyx, Steven Geray. DIR-William 'One Take' Beaudine.*Theme- It not nice to tamper with Mother Nature.*Trivia/location/goofs- Color. Location: Corriganville Movie Ranch, Santa Susana, CA. Contrary to the film's title, it's actually Frankenstein's granddaughter that Jesse meets. Produced as part of a double feature with Billy the Kid Versus Dracula (1966) which was also directed by William Beaudine. The lab equipment was provided by Ken Strickfaden, who used the same gadgets in the Frankenstein films made by Universal, as well as Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein (1974). This is one of the few times the equipment was filmed in color. Shot in eight days and final film of director William Beaudine. *Emotion- An interesting idea, badly done. A really cheesy wild drive-up movie with a twist of western and horror. Laughable and you can see the plot coming for miles in this film. Not very memorable. The double feature of 'Billy the Kid Versus Dracula' shot at same place and has the same poor looks.*Based on- Mary Shelley's novel and some Western outlaw myths.

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.Believe it or not, the guy who plays Jesse James in this flick has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Very low budget. Some of looks like it was filmed in a room with cardboard walls!It's a weird movie that has a cult following. But the premise is absurd. A dungeon in the middle of the dessert complete with all kinds of lab equipment and a brain in 120 degree heat and no air conditioning!If you can get past that you might like it. I didn't much.

Just watched this what I'm sure was a "Drive-In"-type B/Z-grade movie directed by the one and only William "One-Shot" Beaudine. Technically, the woman of the title is the late doctor's granddaughter but never mind. Anyway, in this hybrid western/horror movie, Jesse James is once again on the run from the marshal and stumbles on a Mexican gypsy family whose grown daughter decides to ally herself with Jesse. Jesse himself has a friend who got wounded in the gun battle with the marshal so he comes to an abandoned mission where a couple of doctors have the cure. Guess who one of them is? Anyway, while what I just described was indeed ridiculous, the way it was presented was pretty entertaining especially whenever certain lines or deliveries of them were enacted as either too much on emphasis or just too straight. Anyway, one of the players, Jim Davis, acquits himself quite nicely as the marshal with that familiar authoritative voice that served him well previously in those Republic oaters and later on as Jock Ewing on the original "Dallas". So he definitely gets a pass here even though he was obviously slumming. So, yeah, Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter is worth a look if you're looking for a real howler. P.S. I previously saw Davis as Frank James in Bob Hope's comedy Alias Jesse James. Obviously, that would be the only connection these different movies would have in common with each other.

I was looking for zombie films and came across this. I couldn't resist the title. A film from a director that gave us such classics as Billy the Kid versus Dracula and Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla. I can't wait to see those.The sound on my copy was terrible. Lips moved out of conjunction with words, and sometimes it sounded as if a woman was speaking when it was a man. When the sound got better, it was out of sync with the picture by several minutes. Terrible, but I suffered through it for art's sake.Jesse's (John Lupton) friend (Cal Bolder) gets shot and he is searching for a doctor, while running from the Marshall (Jim Davis). Guess who he finds? What it's the granddaughter of Dr. Frankenstein (Narda Onyx).Also stars Cuban-born spitfire Estelita Rodriguez as Juanita. She dies mysteriously a month before the film was released. She and Maria Frankenstein are both after Jesse's affections.After sending Jesse on a wild goose chase, Maria kills his friend and turns him into Igor (the zombie part).A sad ending for a truly horribly funny picture.