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Director:
Writers:
Edward D. Wood Jr. (original story and screenplay) and
Alex Gordon (original story and screenplay)
Release Date:
February 1956 (USA) more
Tagline:
The Screen's Master of the WEIRD in his NEWEST and MOST DARING SHOCKER! more
Plot:
Dr. Varnoff captures twelve men for his experiment: to turn them into supermen using atomic energy.... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
TWILIGHT OF A GOD more (77 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Bela Lugosi | ... | Dr. Eric Vornoff |
 | Tor Johnson | ... | Lobo |
| Tony McCoy | ... | Lt. Dick Craig |
| Loretta King | ... | Janet Lawton |
| Harvey B. Dunn | ... | Capt. Tom Robbins |
| George Becwar | ... | Prof. Vladimir Strowski |
| Don Nagel | ... | Det. Marty Martin (as Don Nagle) |
| Bud Osborne | ... | Lafe 'Mac' McCrea |
| John Warren | ... | Jake Sloane |
| Ann Wilner | ... | Tillie |
| Dolores Fuller | ... | Margie |
| William 'Billy' Benedict | ... | Newsboy (as William Benedict) |
| Ben Frommer | ... | Drunk |
| Paul Marco | ... | Officer Kelton |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Bride of the Atom
Monster of the Marshes (USA) (working title)
The Atomic Monster (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
69 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Spain:T | USA:Approved | Netherlands:12 (2007) (DVD) | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Italy:T | UK:PG (DVD rating) (2005) | UK:X (original rating) | Finland:K-18 (2004)
Filming Locations:
Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA more
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Edward D. Wood Jr. credited Alex Gordon with co-writing the story and screenplay as thanks for giving him the idea. Gordon actually contributed nothing to the script. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Lt. Dick Craig's clothes are clean and dry immediately after he climbs out of the quicksand. more
Quotes:
Lt. Dick Craig: This swamp is a monument to death. Snakes, alligators, quicksand... all bent on one thing: destruction. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Sinister Urge (1960) more
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AS others have commented on, BOTM is indeed a competent B-movie. After
seeing it on public domain video I was glad to buy the Image DVD which has
very good image quality. You can see the movie the way Ed Wood intended it.
The lighting is competent; the camera work is competent.
But what elevates BOTM to film nirvana is Bela Lugosi's performance as Dr. Eric Vornoff (sp?). To those who say that Ed Wood exploited Bela (including Bela Jr), I say, at least he didn't put Bela in white plastic go-go boots and give him no dialogue, like the director of The Black Sleep did.
Without exception Bela's performances are hypnotic. His strange intonation, his deliberate facial gesture, his gravitas -- he is always the magnetic center of his films. And BOTM gives a summary of his career -- the Dracula hands, the White Zombie hands -- and the pathos of his "I have no home" speech -- give his
performance a dimension most of his roles (though check out "Invisible Ghost" for another excellent role) lacked.
"Nuff said. I enjoy the delirium of Glen or Glenda? and Plan 9, but Bride of the Monster is Bela's show ALL THE WAY.