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- 'Plan 9 from Outer Space' Released: 1957. "Can your heart stand the shocking facts about graverobbers from outer space?" Plan 9 from Outer Space represents the pinnacle of Wood's anti-genius.
- 'Bride of the Monster' Released: 1955. Bride of the Monster, an over-the-top sci-fi horror, begins with 12 people having gone missing from a small town.
- 'Glen or Glenda' Released: 1953. "YOU ARE SOCIETY — JUDGE YE NOT…” Glen or Glenda tells the story of Glen/Glenda (Wood), a transvestite who keeps his cross-dressing a secret, even from his fiancé Barbara (Dolores Fuller).
- 'Jail Bait' Released: 1954. Jail Bait is a tragic noir film about Don Gregor (Clancy Malone), the ne'er-do-well son of famous plastic surgeon Dr. Boris Gregor (Herbert Rawlinson).
- 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.
Ed Wood is a 1994 American biographical comedy-drama film directed and produced by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp as Ed Wood, the eponymous cult filmmaker. The film concerns the period in Wood's life when he made his best-known films as well as his relationship with actor Bela Lugosi, played by Martin Landau.
- The Sinister Urge (1960) - 2.6. In typical Wood fashion, the 1960's The Sinister Urge is a nearly-incomprehensible noir thriller that was seemingly made in part to lambast the adult film industry while itself being an adult film.
- Night of the Ghouls (1959) - 3.5. 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.
- Jail Bait (1954) - 3.6. 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.
- Take It Out In Trade (1970) - 3.9. 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.
Plan 9 from Outer Space. 1957 1h 19m Approved. 3.9 (41K) Rate. 56 Metascore. Evil aliens attack Earth and set their terrible "Plan 9" into action. As the aliens resurrect the dead of the Earth, the lives of the living are in danger. Director Edward D. Wood Jr. Stars Gregory Walcott Tom Keene Mona McKinnon. 3.
Apr 2, 2022 · Robot Monster. The Room. Pretty much any dubbed Godzilla film. Amongst them all, the movies of Ed Wood stand above the pack. Horrible special effects, random use of stock footage,...
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Oct 7, 1994 · Played with warmth and enthusiasm by Johnny Depp, Wood is a guy who simply must make movies - and who is so bedazzled by Hollywood legend that he mistakes poor Bela Lugosi, long past his prime and mired in drug addiction, as a star.
