Saw this film and it pretty much stuck to the basic Frankenstein formula with some deviations. I just found myself getting a bit restless as this one could have shaved fifteen minutes off its running time and still told the story it wanted to tell. I do not mind a film with a long running time mind you, but when a lot of it is pointless filler it makes the film very dull and at times stupid as this thing turns into a rocking teen musical during a cookout near the end of the film as it seemingly keeps going and going...
The story, a woman is making out and then refuses to go farther. The man drives away angrily and suddenly an ugly woman runs up to the blond and we have our title sequence! Seems there is an uncle doing experiments at his home; however, his assistant seems to know more about the experiments than does the uncle and seems to be doing his own thing including turning the uncle's niece into the strange monster! That is not all as he kills the blond from the beginning to create his very own daughter who has no resemblance to the blond whose head is supposedly used. The cops could put a stop to the madness, but let things play out as they know sooner or later that monster will be engulfed in flames!
About the only things that make this film any different than other Frankenstein movies is the strange inclusion of the cookout party and two songs. We go from a rather serious film to Horror at Party Beach and back again in the blink of an eye. Meanwhile, the blond's boyfriend seems to care little that his girlfriend is missing and cares even less when they know she is dead as they go back to swinging teen movie there at the very end.
The film did have some good effects for the time as the monster did look quite monstrous and the good doctor died in very epic fashion, hit by a very badly aimed vial of chemicals. Still, too often we are watching police speculate, the doctor speculate and the Johnny kid flirting and sort of believing Trudy, the niece, and then sort of not. Surprised Johnny got top billing as he did not really seem that important through most of the film, though I guess he really knows how to use a gurney to keep a monster at bay!
The story, a woman is making out and then refuses to go farther. The man drives away angrily and suddenly an ugly woman runs up to the blond and we have our title sequence! Seems there is an uncle doing experiments at his home; however, his assistant seems to know more about the experiments than does the uncle and seems to be doing his own thing including turning the uncle's niece into the strange monster! That is not all as he kills the blond from the beginning to create his very own daughter who has no resemblance to the blond whose head is supposedly used. The cops could put a stop to the madness, but let things play out as they know sooner or later that monster will be engulfed in flames!
About the only things that make this film any different than other Frankenstein movies is the strange inclusion of the cookout party and two songs. We go from a rather serious film to Horror at Party Beach and back again in the blink of an eye. Meanwhile, the blond's boyfriend seems to care little that his girlfriend is missing and cares even less when they know she is dead as they go back to swinging teen movie there at the very end.
The film did have some good effects for the time as the monster did look quite monstrous and the good doctor died in very epic fashion, hit by a very badly aimed vial of chemicals. Still, too often we are watching police speculate, the doctor speculate and the Johnny kid flirting and sort of believing Trudy, the niece, and then sort of not. Surprised Johnny got top billing as he did not really seem that important through most of the film, though I guess he really knows how to use a gurney to keep a monster at bay!