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Feb 17, 2024 · From The Sinister Urge to Bride of the Monster, these movies perfectly highlight the eccentric filmmaking of Ed Wood.
Obviously, most of his movies aren't actually 'good' but they certainly are entertaining in a "So Bad they're good" kind of way and even if the finished products leave a lot to be desired, you do have to admire his passion and dedication to making movies.
- Glen or Glenda. Next to "Plan 9 From Outer Space," eccentric director Ed Wood's most famous film might be "Glen or Glenda," a story with a very clear personal meaning for him.
- Jail Bait. With a name like "Jail Bait" and schlock auteur Ed Wood at the helm as director, you would not be unreasonable to assume this movie is some kind of sleazy adult entertainment, but in fact, it's actually a sleazy crime drama.
- Bride of the Monster. In the 1950s, Ed Wood's friendship with fading Hollywood legend Bela Lugosi helped push him toward horror films. Himself struggling to find work that decade, Lugosi united with Wood for multiple projects, with Wood dreaming up a variety of stories for the former Dracula star.
- Crossroad Avenger: The Adventures of the Tuscan Kid. An attempt to develop a Western for a proposed television series, there's actually two versions of this one, each about a half an hour in length.
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- Sinister Urge (1960) - 2.6
- HT of The Ghouls (1959) - 3.5
- L Bait (1954) - 3.6
- E It Out in Trade (1970) - 3.9
- Plan 9 from Outer Space
- N Or Glenda (1953) - 4.1
- De of The Monster (1955) - 4.1
- Al Curtain (1957) - 4.6
- Young Marrieds (1972) - 4.8
- Oke Up Early The Day I Died (1998) - 5.5
In typical Wood fashion, the 1960's The Sinister Urgeis a nearly-incomprehensible noir thriller that was seemingly made in part to lambast the adult film industry while itself being an adult film. The plot revolves around a hitman working for some sort of adult film racket who becomes homicidal when viewing adult films. He also manages to kill all ...
As unbelievable as it may seem, a collection of Ed Wood's movies could loosely be cobbled together into a sort of trilogy, as they feature recurring characters and reference previously seen places and events. This very loosely strung-together trilogy culminates with Wood's 1959 effort Night of the Ghouls, a "horror" film that sees a charlatan mediu...
When a delinquent son is suspected of stealing a gun from his father, a famed surgeon, a criminal conspiracy begins to unravel, setting in motion a tale of plastic surgery and sub-par noir intrigue. RELATED: Every Jamie Lee Curtis Horror Movie, Ranked From Worst To Best Jail Bait is often forgotten among Wood's filmography, and that may be because,...
Later in his career, Wood turned almost entirely to adult filmmaking, likely as a means to support himself following the total failure of every one of his original films. Much of his work from this era of his career was once considered to be lost, as was the case withTake It Out in Trade. Fortunately, a 16mm print of the flick was found in 2017, al...
The film that would go down as Ed Wood's magnum opus, Plan 9 From Outer Space is a terrific trainwreck of a film that unites the unrelenting ambition of an amateur filmmaker with unbelievable ineptitude and a stunning disregard for continuity or intelligibility. A film about a race of aliens who revive the dead to prevent humanity from constructing...
An oft-discussed aspect of Ed Wood's life was his fondness for dressing in drag. During a time in which such subject matter was deemed to be highly inappropriate, Wood's films offered progressive opinions on then-taboo topics. Or, at least, they would have had they been intelligible in the least. RELATED: 10 Most Sinister Bella Lugosi Roles, Ranked...
The 1950s was a decade rife with B-grade horror cinema which played up pervasive fears of atomic warfare, and Ed Wood's 1955 work Bride of the Monster, the first of his so-called trilogy, was among the lowest of the low-grade. His second film starring Bela Lugosi, Bride of the Monsterconcerns a scientist attempting to create a race of "atomic super...
A relatively short film about the spooky happenings occurring in an empty theater late at night, Ed Wood's Final Curtain plays on the universal fears of being alone in the dark in unfamiliar places. While the director had dabbled in more traditional horror tropes in the past,Final Curtain was perhaps Wood's scariest film. Few would argue thatFinal ...
One of Ed Wood's final films, 1972'sThe Young Marriedsis an adult film that features the sort of wooden acting and shoddy plot one might expect from the genre. It was thought unremarkable when it was originally released and was considered to be lost media until a remaining film reel was uncovered by adult film preservationist Demitrios Otis. While ...
Though Ed Wood did not direct 1998's I Woke Up Early The Day I Died, the film was adapted from a remaining screenplay he had penned, and the filmmakers were careful to craft the film as Ed would have. Extremely low budget, ridiculous, and nearly incomprehensible, it was an Ed Wood project through and through, and it even received the same scorn and...
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Tim Burton and Johnny Depp team up to fete the life and work of cult hero Ed Wood, with typically strange and wonderful results. Because of his eccentric habits and bafflingly strange films ...
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