▁available ▁in ▁the ▁U . S . ▁for ▁individual ▁home ▁view ing ▁since ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁when ▁V int age ▁Video ▁released ▁it ▁on ▁V HS . ▁Both ▁Eng le wood ▁Entertainment ▁and ▁Image ▁Entertainment ▁released ▁it ▁on ▁DVD . ▁Syn er gy ▁Entertainment ▁distributed ▁the ▁film ▁world wide ▁on ▁DVD ▁starting ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁and ▁it ▁has ▁been ▁available ▁in ▁France ▁on ▁DVD ▁from ▁Bach ▁Entertainment ▁since ▁ 2 0 0 9 ; ▁It ▁has ▁been ▁available ▁in ▁Spain ▁on ▁DVD ▁from ▁L ' At el ier ▁since ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁and ▁in ▁Germany ▁on ▁DVD ▁from ▁Ed el ▁Media ▁& ▁Entertainment ▁since ▁ 2 0 1 3 . ▁ ▁Re ception ▁ ▁Crit ical ▁The ▁reviews ▁written ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 8 ▁and ▁ 1 9 5 9 ▁appear ▁to ▁show ▁that ▁critics ▁did ▁not ▁like ▁Fran ken stein ' s ▁D augh ter . ▁According ▁to ▁Warren , ▁the ▁film ▁was ▁" g reet ed ▁by ▁the ▁few ▁who ▁review ed ▁it ▁with ▁the ▁cont empt ▁it ▁des erved ". ▁He ▁notes ▁that ▁" the ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁Ex am iner ▁called ▁the ▁film ▁' a ▁dis mal ▁cl unker ,' " ▁while ▁critic ▁" Paul ▁V . ▁Beck ley ▁in ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁Her ald - T rib une ▁felt ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁' a ▁little ▁better ▁[ than ▁Miss ile ▁to ▁the ▁Moon ], ▁although ▁much ▁more ▁confusing ". ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁critic ▁Howard ▁Thompson ▁wrote ▁that ▁"' it