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Joe Bob Briggs Presents “Jesse James Meets Frankenstein’s Daughter”

 

Picture: C     Sound: C     Extras: C+     Film: C-

 

 

William Beaudine was one of the most enduring journeyman director’s ever, staring in the early silent era of filmmaking before the dawn of Hollywood and was also a major TV director.  He made some good films, some forgettable ones and some very bad ones.  His last picture was Jesse James Meets Frankenstein’s Daughter, his 1966 coda that constantly shows up on worst of all-time lists in celebratory fashion.  Now, the great drive-in guru himself (some one this site can really appreciate) Joe Bob Briggs teams up with Elite Entertainment to present the film like never before.

 

The famous cowboy outlaw is in town, but little does he know the (grand) daughter of the most infamous monster maker of all time and her new plot to revive her father’s legacy monstrously with a new lab (on a real low budget) and all hell will break loose, if enough sets and locations can be found to shoot the film.  Jim Davis is the only known name here thanks to the hit TV series Dallas, but he was one of the few to continue a career after this.  You have to see it to believe it.

 

The anamorphically enhanced 1.85 X 1 image has color poor issues (originally from Pathé) and detail troubles, but that makes this funnier.  The Dolby Digital 2.0 Sound is also dated, more so than it would be for a film of the period except that this was such a low budget production.  That leaves the extras, the real reason to catch this version of the film.  Besides the trailer, Briggs offers a terrific full-length audio commentary track with as many great facts as there are great jokes.  I hope this is the beginning of a new relationship of bad B-movie/drive-in cinema.  Jesse James Meets Frankenstein’s Daughter was the last of over 500 features.  At least he went out with something memorable… memorably bad.  Don’t miss this.

 

 

-   Nicholas Sheffo


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