Frankenstein's Daughter (1958)

Director:

Richard E. Cunha

Writer:

H.E. Barrie (screenplay)

Release Date:

15 December 1958 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Romance | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

It reaches from the grave to re-live the horror, the terror! More destructive! More terrifying!

Plot:

Dr. Frankenstein's insane grandson attempts to create horrible monsters in modern day L.A. |

Plot Keywords:

Monster | Reanimation | Revivification | Beautiful Woman | Friend

Cast

John Ashley	...	Johnny Bruder
Sandra Knight	...	Trudy Morton
Donald Murphy	...	Oliver Frank / Frankenstein
Sally Todd	...	Suzie Lawler
Harold Lloyd Jr.	...	Don (Suzie's guy)
Felix Locher	...	Carter Morton
Wolfe Barzell	...	Elsu
John Zaremba	...	Police Lt. Boyle
Robert Dix	...	Det. Dillon
Harry Wilson	...	The Monster
Voltaire Perkins	...	Mr. Rockwell, Chemist
Charlotte Portney	...	Frightened lady
Bill Coontz	...	Dock foreman
George Barrows	...	Mack (dockworker)
Page Cavanaugh	...	Himself (leader, Page Cavanaugh Trio)

Also Known As:

She Monster of the Night

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:16 | USA:Approved (certificate #14897)

Company:

Layton Film Productions Inc.

Trivia:

The exteriors of the house were shot at the home of producer Marc Frederic.

Goofs:

Continuity: During the scene when Sandra Knight as Trudy Morton opens the door and faints because she is frightened by the monster, she falls to the floor. After she is supposedly unconscious she very obviously lifts her arm and places it on her hip. Then once the camera moves off her and returns she is in a completely different position than she was previously (she was originally on her left side with her back to the camera, and she's now shown on her back)!

Quotes:

Oliver Frank aka Frankenstein: You've always treated me as a monster, Trudy. Now you're going to be one.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)

Soundtrack:

Daddy-Bird

Vastly Entertaining!

Well, words are hard to come up with to describe this routine premised monster film of the 50's. A descendant of the late Victor Frankenstein, his son Oliver to be exact, is hiding his identity and working as a lab assistant for a kindly scientist. The scientist is working on something beneficial to mankind, whilst his assistant secretly works his own experiments on his benefactor's niece. These experiments hideously disfigure her face and cause her to walk the streets scaring people at night. But soon we see that all this is really secondary to Oliver's real plans of recreating life...keeping the family tradition alive so to speak. With the aid of a disgruntled gardener related to Igor(or someone like that), Ollie and friend end up killing people and fusing dead body parts with the end result being the creation of a barely woman-like played by man being. Ollie is not just worried about creating life, however. He is a randy sort of chap who has the hots for the delectable niece and then her also delicious friend, played by playmate Sally Todd.

The rest of the film is how he is discovered by the niece and her boyfriend, with some implausible and disgusting music sequences thrown in. The acting is decidedly over the top by most concerned. Donald Murphy terrifically hams it up as Ollie. John Ashley is painful to watch as the boyfriend. Saying he has limited acting ability would be an understatement! Notwithstanding the complicated, highly ridiculous plot, the hammy performances, the cheap sets, the bizarre make-up, this is a fun one to watch. It grabs you early, has some fun sequences, and some lovely, lovely heavenly bodies to feast your eager eyes on.