2/10
It was just the choice of body parts that went wrong the first time
24 May 2011
Joseph Cotten takes his turn as the Baron Von Frankenstein in Lady Frankenstein. He's been given a grownup daughter this time in the person of Sara Bay who assists in his experiments. She's educated in the sciences so she can take over in a moment's notice.

Which she has to, because the main reason for watching this film Joseph Cotten is killed by his creation when the current is left on and burns his experiment as well as giving it life again. So as in the original classic Frankenstein, the creature is out running amuck doing all kinds of bad things. He seems to love catching folks en flagrato as it were.

In the meantime Bay's noticed that dad's assistant Paul Muller has taken a shine to her for years. But he's old and it's more than implied past his prime. There's this retarded guy, who is simple minded, but a real physical specimen. Now if we can transplant Muller's brain into the Adonis body of this young man...........

I think you can see where I'm going here. Lady Frankenstein does offer a few nice nude scenes for the prurient and I'll bet at the drive-ins it offered some nice stimulation.

But I'll bet Joseph Cotten longed for the Mercury Theater troupe.
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