' s ▁a ▁toss - up ▁whether ▁[ Fran ken stein ' s ▁D augh ter ▁or ▁its ▁co - feature ] ▁Miss ile ▁to ▁the ▁Moon ▁is ▁the ▁che aper , ▁d ull er ▁piece ▁of ▁cla pt rap . ▁Both ▁are ▁horror ▁mov ies , ▁being ▁simply ▁hor rible ▁b ores ' ." ▁gross ▁magazine ▁in ▁its ▁" Re view ▁Dig est " ▁for ▁the ▁ ▁February ▁ 9 , ▁ 1 9 5 9 ▁issue ▁gave ▁the ▁film ▁a ▁rating ▁of ▁" f air " ▁and ▁recorded ▁a ▁" po or " ▁rating ▁from ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁Daily ▁News . ▁ ▁Modern - day ▁critics ▁generally ▁think ▁poor ly ▁of ▁the ▁film . ▁Hard y ▁calls ▁it ▁" a ▁decided ly ▁sh od dy ▁te en age ▁mon ster ▁movie ▁... ▁we ighed ▁down ▁by ▁the ▁usual ▁scenes ▁of ▁te en age ▁part ying " ▁and ▁eventually ▁ending ▁with ▁a ▁" rout ine ▁confl agr ation ▁when ▁the ▁required ▁running ▁time ▁has ▁been ▁reached ". ▁Also ▁taking ▁note ▁of ▁the ▁" teen age ▁part ying " ▁segments ▁of ▁the ▁film , ▁critic ▁Robert ▁H orton ▁writes ▁that ▁the ▁pool - party ▁song - and - d ance ▁numbers ▁give ▁view ers ▁a ▁" Z - movie ▁view ▁of ▁Eisen h ower ▁America " ▁and ▁that ▁" Fran ken stein ' s ▁D augh ter ▁bl ends ▁early ▁rock ▁movie ▁devices ▁( lo ver ' s ▁l ane , ▁night club ▁com bo ) ▁with ▁an ▁old - school ▁mon ster