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Summary: Ed Wood's Best Film and Lugosi's Last Hurrah
Review: Released in 1956, "Bride of the Monster" is an enjoyable schlock-fest from Grade-Z auteur Edward D. Wood, Jr. However, the film rises above its low-budget shortcomings -- thanks to a bravura performance by an aging Bela Lugosi. Regardless of his personal and professional misfortunes, Bela plays Dr. Eric Vornoff to the hilt, as though it were the performance of his life. Sadly, it would be Lugosi's last starring and speaking role. Despite the amateurish supporting cast and obvious production flaws (who can forget that rubber octopus), "Bride of the Monster" has a comic-book charm that's hard to resist. It's certainly on par with most of Bela's Monogram programmers from the 1940s, and it's definitely superior to Wood's "Glen or Glenda" (1953) and "Plan 9 From Outer Space" (1959). In retrospect, Hollywood has managed to surpass Ed Wood's cinematic ineptitude on a larger scale (remember "Heaven's Gate," "Showgirls" and, more recently, "Battlefield Earth"?). For once, let's give the Master of Bad Cinema his due.
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Summary: A terrible film that is still compelling to watch!
Review: This is a terrible film, no doubt about it...,but it's an absolute delight to watch. It is probably Ed Wood's best film from a directoral point of view... "Plan 9" is actually not up to this film technically, but of course, that is not saying much.A MUST for your collection if you loved the movie "Ed Wood", because this is the actual film where some scenes in "Wood" were re-created. The best part of this film is the speech made by Bela Lugosi about "having no home"... though poorly written, Lugosi delivers the lines with such conviction and emotion, HOW he says it is far more important than what he is actually saying .... he was wonderful in this film. The transfer on this DVD is clear and sharp and sound is superb. I love this odd movie but I know I will enjoy it again and again. I recommend this one highly for the camp and unintentional comedy it contains, but also for being one of the purest examples of truly bad 50s horror.
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Summary: A terrible film that is still compelling to watch!
Review: This is a terrible film, no doubt about it...,but it's an absolute delight to watch. It is probably Ed Wood's best film from a directoral point of view... "Plan 9" is actually not up to this film technically, but of course, that is not saying much. A MUST for your collection if you loved the movie "Ed Wood", because this is the actual film where some scenes in "Wood" were re-created. The best part of this film is the speech made by Bela Lugosi about "having no home"... though poorly written, Lugosi delivers the lines with such conviction and emotion, HOW he says it is far more important than what he is actually saying .... he was wonderful in this film. The transfer on this DVD is clear and sharp and sound is superb. I love this odd movie but I know I will enjoy it again and again. I recommend this one highly for the camp and unintentional comedy it contains, but also for being one of the purest examples of truly bad 50s horror.
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Summary: Camp Classic!
Review: This movie is so intensely campy I cannot believe it. Drunk this is by far the best movie you will ever see. I know he's acheived a cult status at this point, but Ed Wood was an intense man with an extreme passion for this medium, and this film should be watched by everyone. Lugosi is so amazing, he tries so hard. Watch Ed Wood by Burton and Depp, and then watch this movie. It'll break your heart.
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