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Bride of the Monster (1956)

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Reviews Counted:8

Fresh:3

Rotten:5

Average Rating:3.8/10

Runtime: 78 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Synopsis: A howler from Ed Wood, who brought us PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE and consistently reached astonishing new lows in film-making. The grim story of a madman who puts a giant rubbery octopus in a local... A howler from Ed Wood, who brought us PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE and consistently reached astonishing new lows in film-making. The grim story of a madman who puts a giant rubbery octopus in a local streambed gives Lugosi full artistic reign. Great supporting cast includes Tor Johnson as "Lobo," Lugosi's musclebound Swedish bodyguard. [More]

Starring: Bela Lugosi, Tor Johnson, Loretta King, Bud Osborne

Starring: Bela Lugosi, Tor Johnson, Loretta King, Bud Osborne

Director: Edward D. Wood

Director: Edward D. Wood

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Feb 15, 2000

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  • Diabolical! Fiendish! Horrorific! Legendary horror icon Bela Lugosi (Dracula) stars as Dr. Eric Vornoff, who with Lobo (Tor Johnson), a crazed man-beast servant, is conducting flesh-burning radiation experiments in an attempt to create a legion of atomic supermen. Co-written, produced and directed by cult filmmaker Ed Wood, Jr., "Bride of the Monster" includes Ed's infamous stable of players: Dolores Fuller (Glen or Glenda?, Jailbait), Tor Johnson and Paul Marco (Plan 9 From Outer Space). This was Bela Lugosi's last screen performance and one of Ed Wood's best efforts.
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    It quickly descends into [Wood's] signature style: few -- if any -- of the shots match, the acting is atrocious and the dialogue sings with its own unique rhythms of awfulness.

    Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
    10/31/08
    Jeffrey M. Anderson
    Jeffrey M. Anderson
    Combustible Celluloid

    Bela was such a bad actor...

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    10/26/06
    Stefan Birgir Stefansson
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    No review available.

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    No review available.

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    04/16/04
    Carol Cling
    Carol Cling
    Las Vegas Review-Journal

    More fun than its ridiculous story and brutal acting and incompetently designed sets would indicate.

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    12/19/03
    Dennis Schwartz
    Dennis Schwartz
    Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    Ed Wood sucked. He didn't suck so bad he was good, he just sucked.

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    04/11/03
    Alex Sandell
    Alex Sandell
    Juicy Cerebellum

    Even taking his nonexistent budgets into account, there's no getting around the fact that Wood was simply magnificently untalented -- albeit in a glorious way.

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    12/01/02
    Ken Hanke
    Ken Hanke
    Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

    Bad, bad, bad. Have you not yet been introduced to Ed Wood?

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    07/26/02
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