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Bride of the Monster
Dr. Eric Vornoff, with the help of his mute assistant Lobo, captures twelve men for a grisly experiment; His goal to turn them into supermen using atomic energy. Reporter Janet Lawton, fiancée of the local lieutenant, vows to investigate Vornoff's supposedly haunted house.
Release : | 1955 |
Rating : | 4.1 |
Studio : | Rolling M. Productions, |
Crew : | Property Master, Set Decoration, |
Cast : | Bela Lugosi Loretta King Tony McCoy Tor Johnson Harvey B. Dunn |
Genre : | Horror Science Fiction |
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Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.
Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.
The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.
Rumours abound about what may go on at a creepy mansion just out of town. The house is owned by Dr. Eric Vornoff who is conducting experiments to turn people into super-beings through the use of atomic power. Reporter Janet Lawton decides to look into what is going there and its possible connection to men that have disappeared in the area. Bride of the Monster is another ridiculous Ed Wood film that hardly makes any sense both in terms of story but also in terms of it's title as a whole plus the whole octopus thing was annoying admit it. (0/10)
Bela Lugosi gives magnificently hammy performance as a mad scientist Eric Vornoff whose only intention is to create an 'atomic super beast'. This was the last time horror master played charismatic villain and it was Lugosi's last speaking role in general. This Ed Wood directed science-fiction horror piece is by the numbers genre film with Cold War paranoia theme of the 1950's. Except this one has Wood's inept directing, editing and ingenious use of stock footage. Overall 'Bride of the Monster' is above usual Wood's camp, as again the screenplay was written together with Alex Gordon who probably had much more knowledge about structuring the screenplay. Most of the cast did the best they could with such tedious lines, so one can say 'Bride of the Monster' is probably best acted Ed Wood film, well, at least not so woodenly acted. The film uses almost every genre clichés from that era, and it does it with such a proud appearance like every idea and plot device had been genially original. The pathetically unmovable octopus has become one of the greatest golds of unintentional comedy when actors roll themselves over the rubber puppet while screaming.Some people claim that Ed Wood was behind his times, but no one cannot say that his movies doesn't have that certain charm and feeling of filmmaker's warm heart to it. Wood was untalented, but he was determined to create these wonderfully awful movies with aplomb and artistry that only disillusioned madman certain in his own talents can produce.
BRIDE OF THE MONSTER is one of the sci fi/horror outings from cult filmmaker Edward D. Wood, Jr., commonly called "the worst director of all time". That moniker isn't anywhere near true, of course, as although his films are all low budget and cheesy, they're consistently entertaining, unlike many hack directors working today and throughout history.This film is more fun than PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE, less inept and more tightly put together. Bela Lugosi stars in one of his last roles and while it's a shock to see him looking so aged and frail, he has a ball with this role and he's a barnstorming delight; he reminded me of Tod Slaughter a little. Tor Johnson is also a great presence as the zombie-like henchman and if the rest of the cast are a little bland, that's no real problem. BRIDE OF THE MONSTER has a giant killer squid, a mad scientist, scientific apparatus, murder, death, action, and plenty more besides. B-movie fans will be in their element.
I don't think that most of Ed Wood's films are as bad as some people make them out to be - they are entertaining. No, they are not the greatest films but they do have entertainment value and a fan following for a reason. Bride of the Monster might be Wood's best film.We have the great Bela Lugosi as Dr. Eric Vornoff - a mad scientist out to create atomic creatures... and he echos his hand gesture from White Zombie (a nod in that direction).We also have Tor Johnson as Lobo - Lobo is very much like Johnson's character's from Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959) and The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961).Bride of the Monster really is worth watching if you are into the classic sci-fi horror and like a good B Horror film.7/10