Night of the Ghouls (1959)

Phony spiritualist raises the dead.

Director:

Edward D. Wood Jr.

Writer:

Edward D. Wood Jr.

Stars:

Kenne Duncan, Duke Moore, Tor Johnson

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kenne Duncan	...	Dr. Acula
Duke Moore	...	Police Lieutenant Daniel Bradford (as 'Duke' Moore)
Tor Johnson	...	Lobo
Valda Hansen	...	The White Ghost
Johnny Carpenter	...	Police Captain Robbins (as John Carpenter)
Paul Marco	...	Patrolman Kelton
Don Nagel	...	Crandel
Bud Osborne	...	Darmoor
Jeannie Stevens	...	The Black Ghost
Harvey B. Dunn	...	Henry
Margaret Mason	...	Martha
Clay Stone	...	Young Man
Marcelle Hemphill	...	Mrs. Wingate Yates Foster
Tom Mason	...	Foster Ghost
James La Maida	...	Hall

Storyline

Follow-up to Ed Wood's "Plan 9 from Outer Space" about the walking dead, It opens in a cemetery. Criswell, the "real" medium, rises from his coffin to tell us of "monsters to be despised." Dr. Acula (Kenne Duncan) is a phony medium aided by Valda Hansen, a bogus ghost, and big Tor Johnson, wearing rags and horrible scar makeup as Lobo. The doctor swindles people by pretending to contact dead relatives, but then accidentally succeeds in reviving a bunch of corpses that bury him alive! Sat unreleased for 23 years because Wood couldn't pay the lab bill! Followed by "Sinister Urge" in 1961 (Wood's last film).

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Plot Keywords:

cemetery | coffin | ghost | cult film | paranormal investigator | 

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Genres:

Horror

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 August 1996 (Finland)

Also Known As:

Revenge of the Dead

Filming Locations:

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

69 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Tor Johnson reprises his "Lobo" role from _Bride Of The Monster (1955)_. The "Lobo" that Tor plays in The Unearthly is not the same character.

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Goofs

Lt. Bradford recalls the staircase that leads up to the lab from when he was there before to bust Vornoff. In Bride Of The Monster, the lab was actually below ground.

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Quotes

Sheila, the White Ghost: But there's something more! There's something else out there! Something I don't understand. It scared me nearly to death.
Karl: And if you don't stop screamin' out there you'll have us all in the soup.
Sheila, the White Ghost: I tell you I was frightened.
Karl: Of what?
Sheila, the White Ghost: That's what I'm trying to tell you. There's something ELSE out there. I noticed it several times tonight and... suddenly I - I saw it up close.
Karl: Saw what?
Sheila, the White Ghost: I - I... I think ghosts.
Karl: Sheila, you're a fool. I'm the one that creates ghosts around here. Me, me, nobody ...

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Connections

Featured in The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood Jr. (1995)

User Reviews

It's Bad, But I Love it!

I, Humphrey Fish am now going to give my next review on another film directed by the Worst Director of all time, the immortal, infamous, Edward D. Wood Jr!

You want some cheesy, low budget fun? Night of the Ghouls works!

What did I think of this movie? I loved it, I loved it a lot! Why did I love it? Because like Plan 9 From Outer Space, its so bad that it is just plain good, that's why!

This is the sequel to Bride of the Monster that sat unreleased until the 1980's about ten years after Ed Wood's death, because he did not have the money to pay for the lab bill to produce the negatives.

Sure, a lot of what happened in this movie did not make much sense but the film is just great!

This is a must see for all Ed Wood fans!

Whenever I want to see something cheesy and bad, I watch this. I own this on DVD as part of the Ed Wood Box.

10/10