I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Just perfect...

Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Jesse James (John Lupton) and his ridiculously muscled partner Hank Tracy (Cal Bolder) are on the run from the police. Hank gets shot in the arm and needs help. Luckily there's a doctor nearby who will help them. Unfortunately she happens to be Maria Frankenstein (Narda Onyx) who wants to experiment on hunky Hank and make him her slave.This has all the makings of a camp classic--a ridiculous title, a stupid plot, bad acting and campy dialogue. Unfortunately it's also very slow and dull. I kept dozing off during it! The only interesting things about it are seeing Bolder with his shirt off (that man was BUILT) and Onyx's way over the top performance as Frankenstein. Other than those two things this is a snooze. Avoid.

This shallow concept movie isn't really worth the time and energy required to watch it. I actually felt cheated; the title suggests the film might be hilariously bad. Unfortunately for me, there wasn't much in the way of hilarity about it! There are some truly awful performances - John Lupton as Jesse James may look the part, but the character is written as a hero and his portrayal is as bland as can be. Similarly, Narda Onyx appears to have been cast based solely on her looks and not her acting skills; she appears to struggle with the simplest of scenes. I am aware that by this point, William Beaudine was a veteran director. However, it is difficult to tell whether he was attempting something earnest here or some cynical lampooning of Hollywood. Either way, his finished work is an abject failure as a medium of any kind of entertainment. It is also difficult to tell who exactly this movie is aimed at. It doesn't appear to offer anything credible for fans of either Westerns or Horrors. I am surprised this movie actually made it to DVD in the first place. Someone, somewhere clearly loves this movie enough to justify it. That, I am afraid, is not this unhappy viewer.

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.

Thought dead, Jesse James joins the Wild Bunch (!) for a stagecoach robbery. Double crossed, he escapes an ambush and takes his wounded partner Hank (Harry?) Tracy to the house of Frankenstein's granddaughter for treatment. She instead plans on turning the hulking Tracy into the newest Frankenstein monster.Not for all tastes, this is actually pretty good if you catch it in the right mood and if you have a sense of humor.Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter is neither the best Jesse James nor Frankenstein movies ever made. However, it's a lot of kookie fun. Also, it's slightly better than the infamous companion film Billy The Kid Versus Dracula.Under the supervision of of veteran director William Beaudine, this is a pretty even mixture of the old poverty row western and horror films, slathered in a thick coat of 1960's color and shot in widescreen.Giving credit where credit is due - unlike many other Jesse James flicks, this one actually cast an actor that looks like James!