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| Kenne Duncan | ... | Dr. Acula | |
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Duke Moore | ... | Lt. Daniel Bradford (as 'Duke' Moore) |
| Tor Johnson | ... | Lobo | |
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Valda Hansen | ... | The White Ghost |
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Johnny Carpenter | ... | Captain Robbins (as John Carpenter) |
| Paul Marco | ... | Kelton | |
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Don Nagel | ... | Crandel |
| Bud Osborne | ... | Darmoor | |
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Jeannie Stevens | ... | The Black Ghost |
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Harvey B. Dunn | ... | Henry |
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Margaret Mason | ... | Martha |
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Clay Stone | ... | Young Man |
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Marcelle Hemphill | ... | Mrs. Wingate Yates Foster |
| Tom Mason | ... | Foster Ghost | |
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James La Maida | ... | Hall |
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). Written by alfiehitchie
Ed Wood rounds up the usual suspects for this craptastic shocker. Lt. Moore is hot on the trail of shyster medium Dr. Acula (Uh huh, Dracula I get it) who sets up his show in the good old Dr. Vornoff's (Bela Lugosi's lair in 'Bride of the Gorilla' (1955)) old lair to bilk little old ladies hard earned social security by channeling their love ones with floating sheets and phantom trumpet players who couldn't hold a tune even if they had pockets.. This guy couldn't talk to the dead with a two cans connected by string.
The Woodmeister really outdoes himself with 'Ghouls'. I was laughing my butt off during the good doctor's séances. Oh great swami salami please raise the dead. 'Night of the Ghouls' is badly acted with horrible dialogue and some of the cheesiest effects in all his films. I had a great time with this one. 4/5