Horror Bites - Lady Frankenstein

The basic premise of this film is that Frankensteins' daughter comes home from surgeon school and plans on joining her father in an attempt to create life from the bodies of the dead. He denies her help and then succeeds on his own only to be murdered by the hulking beast of a monster. She then takes up the mantel of Doctor Frankenstein, vowing to create her own monster to combat the one that her father made.

I really liked the Lady Frankenstein character and the Rosalba Neri, who portrayed her as well. She was smart and conniving, getting what she wanted using her brains, and her body. Lady Frankenstein felt like a villain and a hero at different times. You wanted to route for her to succeed but knew the madness of her father existed in her. As for her idea to make a bigger, better monster to combat the first one, well, that needed a bit more workshopping. While her father's monster rampages through the town and countryside murdering willy nilly, Lady F marries her father's assistant, Dr.Charles Marshall. They use their brainpower to convince the police they didn't murder her father, and also sit around and wait for a thunderstorm. During this time, Lady Frankenstein uses her more alluring body parts to convince Dr. Marshall that he should die. Thus, allowing her to place his brain in the body of the sexy man meat of a servant. A servant who is also mentally handicapped, but muscled up. She tells him that this will give her the best of both worlds, brains, and penis. It's goofy and doesn't really work, but the movie stays entertaining, mostly due to Rosalba Neri.

Sex changing the main character in this works very much in its favor. It's not a drastic change but lets the film stand apart from other Frankenstein competitors. It can be a bit sleazy and also goofy, but overall it was a lot of fun to watch. Sadly, there is apparently no full copy of the film. At least according to the Shout Factory DVD, I have it on, and some of the footage is replaced with scenes taken from TV archives. If you are a fan of classic monsters, and light sleaze made in Italy, Lady Frankenstein will be up your alley.