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Overview

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Director:

Edward D. Wood Jr.

Writers:

Edward D. Wood Jr. (original story and screenplay) and
Alex Gordon (original story and screenplay)

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Release Date:

February 1956 (USA) more

Genre:

Horror | Sci-Fi 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
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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

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono

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)


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

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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20 out of 23 people found the following comment useful.
TWILIGHT OF A GOD, 13 November 2004
Author: chrisP-10 from Boston

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.

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