Orgy of the Dead (1965)

Director:

Stephen C. Apostolof

Writers:

Edward D. Wood Jr. (novel)
Edward D. Wood Jr. (screenplay)

Release Date:

1 June 1965 (USA)

Genre:

Fantasy | Horror

Tagline:

A Masterpiece of Erotic Horror!

Plot:

John and his girlfriend Shirley go in search of a cemetary in order to inspire John for writing his next horror story...

Plot Keywords:

Mummy | Cult Favorite | Low Budget Film | Female Nudity | Scream

Cast

Criswell	...	The Emperor
Fawn Silver	...	The Black Ghoul
Pat Barrington	...	Shirley / Gold Girl (as Pat Barringer)
William Bates	...	Bob
Mickey Jines	...	Hawaiian Dance
Barbara Nordin	...	Skeleton Dance
Bunny Glaser	...	Indian Dance
Nadejda Klein	...	Slave Dance (as Nadejda Dobrev)
Coleen O'Brien	...	Street Walker Dance
Lorali Hart	...	Cat Dance (as Texas Starr)
Rene De Beau	...	Fluff Dance
Stephanie Jones	...	Mexican Dance
Dene Starnes	...	Zombie Dance
Louis Ojena	...	The Mummy
John Andrews	...	The Wolfman / Giant

Also Known As:

A.C. Stephen's Orgy of the Dead (USA) (complete title)
Orgy of the Vampires (USA) (alternative title)

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:(Banned) (1966) | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:Unrated

Company:

Astra Productions

Trivia:

The cape worn by Criswell as The Emperor is the same cape worn by Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula in Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948).

Goofs:

Continuity: In the scene in the beginning of the movie, when the couple is driving around before they get to the cemetery, it's supposed to be night, but in the shots where we see the car from a distance, it's daylight, while it's dark in the close-up shots.

Quotes:

[first lines]
The Emperor: I am Criswell. For years, I have told the almost unbelievable, related the unreal and showed it to be more than a fact. Now I tell a tale of the threshold people, so astounding that some of you may faint. This is a story of those in the twilight time. Once human, now monsters, in a void between the living and the dead. Monsters to be pitied, monsters to be despised. A night with the ghouls, the ghouls reborn from the innermost depths of the world.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood Jr. (1996)

Ghoul-Yard Hijinks!

When Ed Wood writes a film that he DOESN'T direct, this is what happens - pointless drivel with some nicely shaped "dancing" girls. Even Pat Barringer's talents are wasted on this mid-60's epic of brazen curiosity. Criswell (reading from cue cards from the looks of it) at least has his persona to carry him through a bleak valley of pointless American pseudo-crypto-post Van Goghian one-set silliness. Crazy stuff..but boring.

A 2 out of 10. Best performance = Pat Barringer. The Wolfman and The Mummy stand around like a Greek chorus on Darvon waiting for their big scene. Semi-nudity. Strange music. Something for the Martians to find someday. Not evil, though, just banal and almost...