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.
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
Reviews for Bride of the Monster
More fun than its ridiculous story and brutal acting and incompetently designed sets would indicate.
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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