Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter stages an unlikely meeting between outlaw western and laboratory Gothic. The interest lies in how little distance separates the genres once both involve a remote refuge, compromised authority and a threatened body. Watch the change in status of the western hero when he enters a setting where shooting skill cannot explain or solve the central danger. The title promises a collision of brands, while the film's practical task is making their different kinds of menace occupy the same room.