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Night of the Ghouls (1959)

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User Rating: 2.6/10 (838 votes)
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Overview

Director:
Edward D. Wood Jr.
Writers:
Edward D. Wood Jr. (novel)
Edward D. Wood Jr. (screenplay)
Genre:
Horror more
Plot:
Phony spiritualist raises the dead. full summary | add synopsis
User Comments:
Legendary, for the wrong reasons perhaps but still legendary. more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)
Kenne Duncan ... Karl / Dr. Acula
Duke Moore ... Lt. Daniel Bradford (as 'Duke' Moore)
Tor Johnson ... Lobo
Valda Hansen ... Sheila, the White Ghost
Johnny Carpenter ... Capt. Robbins (as John Carpenter)
Paul Marco ... Patrolman Paul Kelton
Don Nagel ... Sgt. Crandel
Bud Osborne ... Mr. Darmoor
Jeannie Stevens ... The Black Ghost / Mannequin
Harvey B. Dunn ... Henry
Margaret Mason ... Martha
Clay Stone ... Gigolo
Marcelle Hemphill ... Mrs. Maude Wingate Yates Foster
Tom Mason ... Wingate Foster's Ghost
James La Maida ... Patrolman Hall
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Dr. Acula (USA) (original script title)
Revenge of the Dead
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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 (Certificate # 19275) | UK:PG | USA:Unrated | Italy:T | Finland:K-18 (2004)
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The single photo on the police station wall is that of Edward D. Wood Jr.. more
Quotes:
Henry: Oh, it was a nightmare of horror! more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Mau Mau Sex Sex (2001) more

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5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
Legendary, for the wrong reasons perhaps but still legendary., 19 June 2003
Author: reptilicus from Vancouver, Canada

How can you not like a picture that opens with a man (Criswell)sitting up in a coffin and warning that the story you are about to see may make you faint. Then the credits come on and you see the director is Edward D. Wood Jr. Yes, you may indeed faint . . .but from laughing too hard. This sequel to BRIDE OF THE MONSTER is fun on many levels. It offers unrelated footage from the unfinished movie HELLBORN (some of which later turned up in THE SINISTER URGE) which narrator Criswell tries to tie into the plot: there is also footage of Duke Moore that was shot for a 1/2 hour TV show that is woven in also. What was called "the old Willows house on Lake Marsh" is now "the house on Willow's Lake" and everyone remembers it used to be lived in by "the mad scientist who made monsters". The giant octopus is long gone but Lobo (Tor Johnson) has somehow survived and is now employed by Dr. Acula (Kenne Duncan) a phony medium. Lobo is supposed to be the "monster" in the plot but one look at him makes you think otherwise. Dressed in rags, badly burned, half blind, groaning like he is in constant pain, Lobo inspires more pity than fear. In one scene Lt. Bradford (Moore) does not even seem to notice Lobo when he is standing right next to him! Well this is still a fun movie. The ineptness of an Ed Wood movie is compensated by the sincerity that he put into every production. Ed really believed he was contributing to the movie genre and making his mark. He sure did! Not quite in the way he expected, but look how many people are still watching his movies to-day!

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