Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter is as laughably horrible as the title suggests, making it a weird combination of horror and Western.
The Big Picture By now, most people know the story of notorious American outlaw Jesse James, leader of the James-Younger Gang who gained fame through his notorious acts before being gunned down by Robert Ford on April 3, 1882. Or was he? Let's say he survived, and when you're an outlaw that survived his reported killing, one should probably be a little more careful about what their plans are. But this is Jesse James we're talking about here, which means to hell with logic.
"Killers Clash!" in 'Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter' It's the 1880s, and what do you do when there just isn't enough lightning in Europe for you to carry out your scientific experiments? You pack up your lab equipment and kidnapped immigrant children to the American West, where there's prairie lightning storms aplenty. This is exactly what Dr.
As the Lopezes leave town, two gunslingers come in. One is outlaw Jesse James , whose death has been greatly exaggerated, and his henchman, the thick as a brick Hank Tracy . They have come to meet Butch Curry , the leader of a gang of scoundrels known as The Wild Bunch, intending to partner up and stealing a cool $100,000 from the stagecoach. Only one member rats them out, going to the sheriff about the plan for the "Dead or Alive" reward money on Jesse.
'Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter' Doesn't Make Much Sense Needless to say, Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter isn't what one would call quality cinema, but rather something Elvira might have shown on Elvira's Movie Macabre . Jesse James doesn't even meet Frankenstein's daughter, as Maria is his granddaughter. What happened there? Does the evil gene skip a generation? So even before the movie begins it's playing fast and loose with facts.
Perhaps the craziest thing about Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter is the fact that it isn't the only film to feature an iconic Western outlaw against a monster. An equally dead Western outlaw, no less. Filmed back-to-back over the course of eight days with Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter, Billy the Kid Versus Dracula is an equally so-bad-its-good film, but has the distinction of having a big name actor in the cast: John Carradine, who played Dracula.
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