▁and ▁real istic , ▁and ▁serves ▁as ▁a ▁useful ▁counter - bal ance ▁to ▁the ▁extreme ▁nature ▁of ▁the ▁story ." ▁▁ ▁The ▁director ▁said ▁the ▁film ▁was ▁his ▁" big gest ▁disappoint ment ▁... ▁because ▁of ▁our ▁mon ster ▁cre ator ; ▁I ▁can ' t ▁bl ame ▁anyone ▁for ▁that , ▁we ▁just ▁didn ' t ▁have ▁enough ▁money ▁to ▁create ▁a ▁mon ster ▁that ▁would ▁represent ▁S ally ▁Tod d ". ▁ ▁Currently , ▁the ▁film ▁has ▁a ▁ 3 . 8 / 1 0 ▁rating ▁on ▁the ▁Internet ▁Movie ▁Database , ▁with ▁ 6 4 7 ▁ratings , ▁ 3 6 ▁user ▁reviews ▁and ▁ 1 2 ▁external ▁reviews . ▁At ▁the ▁film ▁review ▁aggreg ator ▁website ▁Rotten ▁Tomatoes , ▁there ▁are ▁no ▁ratings ▁from ▁professional ▁critics ▁and ▁only ▁ 1 4 ▁reviews ▁from ▁the ▁general ▁audience . ▁ 2 0 ▁percent ▁of ▁the ▁audience ▁says ▁it ▁lik es ▁Fran ken stein ' s ▁D augh ter ▁and ▁gives ▁the ▁film ▁an ▁average ▁rating ▁of ▁ 2 . 5 / 5 , ▁based ▁on ▁ 3 1 5 ▁view ers . ▁ ▁Music ▁Page ▁Cav an augh ▁and ▁His ▁T rio ▁performed ▁the ▁song ▁" Special ▁Date " ▁on - screen ▁during ▁the ▁film ▁and ▁with ▁Harold ▁Lloyd ▁Jr . ▁providing ▁the ▁vocals , ▁a ▁second ▁song , ▁titled ▁" D addy ▁Bird ". ▁The ▁latter ▁was ▁released ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 8 ▁by ▁Sur f ▁Records ▁as ▁the ▁A - side ▁of ▁a ▁ 4 5 -