Just trying to wrestle and mind his own business but Frankenstein's Daughter is a hot leopard print and go-go boot wearing blonde and wants to stay young despite her advanced age, and needs Santo's blood to do it because - reasons. She kidnaps his sexy redheaded girlfriend, and so Santo and her sexy roommate go after her, and while the girls get kidnapped, freed, kidnapped, freed, and then kidnapped, Santo wrestles his way through a bunch of literal redshirts, a Gorilla man, and a Frankenstein's monster (both played by the same actor, which made me confused as to if they were supposed to be two different characters or not), while Frankenstein's daughter threatens to throw acid, cut out eyeballs, and any number of other atrocities. Her henchman are real loyal, though - turns out they're all 100 years old too and she gives them her same formula so they all stay young. In this context, amid the wobbly sets and nonsensical plot points, the laboratory lever that you pull to blow everything up, first seen in Bride of Frankenstein, finally makes sense.
Horror Hunt #50 (August 2022)1. Horror film that turned 50 years old today---------------------------------------------------------------------------Say what you want about those nasty villains.. At least they were decent enough to leave a little note for Santo after they kidnapped his girlfriend :) It's even funnier in the film, because the henchman who leaves the note is so gentle with it. I love these Santo films.On the surface Santo vs. Frankenstein’s Daughter is quite similar to Santo and Blue Demon vs. Dr. Frankenstein. Both films are centered around Santo taking on a direct descendant of Dr. Frankenstein, who naturally wishes to use Santo in order to create the ultimate life form. And of course, the villains kidnap Santo's girlfriend in order to control him. But the films are quite different in many other ways.First of all, this is a far less colorful film. But that doesn't mean that there is a lack of style. Frankenstein's cavernous lair looks deliciously gothic with all it's crooked hallways and random skeletons scattered about. We also get a graveyard with some seriously sexy fog. I'd be buried in that place, no question about it!And Frankenstein's Daughter ( or Dr. Freda) is a formidable opponent, perhaps the most vicious opponent Santo has ever faced. Freda rules her evil laboratory with an iron fist, with nobody daring to overthrow her. She also managed to create two monstrous creations that push Santo to his limits. Indeed, in an unusually cruel fight scene Santo is forced to drop his suave manners as he beats a monster into bloody submission with an iron chain. And what is perhaps even more formidable, Freda gets a look at Santo's face! Usually reserved to only his most trusted allies, a villain getting behind the mask is no small feat! In conclusion, Freda (and her fashionable hair) can comfortably take a spot on the Mount Rushmore of Santo villains! But it must be said that her putting a destroy-my-evil-lair-switch right next to the main power switch is a bit silly. You're just asking for an accident to happen with that!This is one of the better Santo films! The darker tone coupled with the formidable dangers that Santo has to put up with here make this a little less silly and easygoing than many of the other Santo outings. It's a pretty decent horror film when you put everything together!
What a great reminder of how watching something with an audience can totally affect how you perceive a movie. Loved seeing this remastered on a big screen with an audience at The Frida Theatre. I think if I’d watched a poor-quality version of this by myself, on my laptop, I wouldn’t have had quite as much fun with it, and there’s a lot of fun to be had here.Santo is here up against the twisted daughter of Dr. FRAKESTEIN (LB correctly spells the title, but the poster and logo leave off that first N). She’s basically Demi Moore in The Substance but Latina, a genius scientist and with way more control issues. She’s been alive for a long time with the use of some serum she developed, but it doesn’t have the same kick it used to, so she needs to infuse it with Santo’s blood because he basically has midichlorians or something.Santo is the star of the show obviously, but you gotta give it up for Dr. Freda Frankestein. She invented an anti-aging serum and apparently a special enzyme that helps you digest scenery at an alarming rate. Doctora Freda Frankestein, you’re my favorite demented doctor of all time.
