This is a must-see for those who have watched Tim Burtons biopic of Ed Wood Jr, you can see just how close Tim got with his portrayal of Eddies stable of crap actors and wobbling sets. It's almost spot on! While not the worst movie Ed Wood made, it certainly ranks as a rotten B movie by anyone else's standards, and consists of bad actors mouthing bad dialogue in front of cardboard sets.
The film is saved by top man Bela Lugosi, whose gravitas and screen magnetism mean the rest of the cast and plot just revolve around him like a mini solar system. Paired with the amazing Tor Johnson as his evil sidekick, they steal the movie completely from the nobodies that fill the rest of the cast.
All the usual Ed Wood signature traits are here; the crap acting, the banal dialogue, the other worldly editing, the use of stock footage even though it stands out a mile, etc. Fans of Ed will love it as a classic example of his work, Fans of the Ed Wood biopic will love it as it shows just how accurate the movie was in that respect, and B-movie fans will love it because it doesn't get any more B than this.
The film is saved by top man Bela Lugosi, whose gravitas and screen magnetism mean the rest of the cast and plot just revolve around him like a mini solar system. Paired with the amazing Tor Johnson as his evil sidekick, they steal the movie completely from the nobodies that fill the rest of the cast.
All the usual Ed Wood signature traits are here; the crap acting, the banal dialogue, the other worldly editing, the use of stock footage even though it stands out a mile, etc. Fans of Ed will love it as a classic example of his work, Fans of the Ed Wood biopic will love it as it shows just how accurate the movie was in that respect, and B-movie fans will love it because it doesn't get any more B than this.