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starring: Bela Lugosi, Tor Johnson, Tony McCoy, Loretta King, Harvey B. Dunndirected by: Edward D. Wood Jr.
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786303861272
Format: Black & White, EP, HiFi Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 630386127X
Label: Rhino / Wea
Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Rhino / Wea
Release Date: March 12, 1996
Running Time: 68 minutes
Sales Rank: 55835
Studio: Rhino / Wea
Theatrical Release Date: 1956-02
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Amazon.com:
For years, conventional wisdom has had it that Ed Wood Jr.'s Plan 9 from Outer Space is the ultimate 'bad movie,' a sort of Holy Grail of cinematic ineptitude. Often lost in the shuffle, though, is Bride of the Monster (fans of Tim Burton's biopic Ed Wood will already be familiar with it and the offscreen misadventures that went along with it). Bela Lugosi plays Dr. Vornoff, a mad scientist working on a race of superbeings in his lab. His process of clamping a metal lampshade onto the heads of his subjects and zapping them with radiation usually kills them, but the monstrous Lobo (Tor Johnson) survives and becomes Vornoff's assistant. Vornoff's plans go awry, though, when he tries to get a nosy reporter to mate with Lobo and winds up being given the atom treatment himself. Suffice it to say that there's a grappling match between Vornoff and Lobo until the evil doctor falls into a pit and wrestles a rubber octopus. Stock footage of lightning and an atomic explosion round things out for a great non sequitur of an ending. Knowing Bela Lugosi's sad state by the time that he and Ed Wood had teamed up makes it hard to watch this movie without feeling a pang of pathos for the 73-year-old actor; indeed, Bride was his last speaking role. Still, any movie with as many obvious gaffes in direction, editing, set design, narrative (heck, take your pick) as Bride is a must for any connoisseur of bad movies. And of course, the gargantuan Tor Johnson gets to utter the deathless line: 'Time for... go to bed.' --Jerry Renshaw
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Ed could make a decent film when he wanted to
Outside of the occasional continuity error (usually the fault of some special effect), this is a really good little programmer. Great pacing, natural sounding dialog, snappy editing, compsition and lighting are right on the money. Wood's direction is vibrant and healthy - enthusiastic performances were pulled out of every actor large or small. No aspect is strained or repeated unnecessarily. The story begins where it should and ends where it should. Its the ideal B movie in the PRC mold. Not his ... Read More
Rating:  - A Towering Masterpiece of Cinematic Genius??
Well, not exactly.
But you must admit it's very, very compelling, particularly in light of the Ed Wood biopic by Tim Burton, which devotes quite a bit of time to the filming of this "classic". Despite his wasted look and frail physique--quite a contrast to his powerful, handsome presence in such '30's classics as The Black Cat and The Invisible Ray--Bela still did an admirable job: he was truly one of a kind; no one could do the mad scientist any better.
If you're a fan of real cheesy ... Read More
Rating: - CLASSIC CAMPY SCI - FI ! BELA LUGOSI AND ED WOOD!
This is another grade Z Ed Wood Film that is so bad it's good. Bela Lugosi and Tor Johnson seem to be having a ball in this creepy cheapy Sci-Fi Horror romp!
Rating: - Atom
This is my favorite Wood picture. Originally called Bride of the Atom, this was Ed's anti-nuclear picture. This one is just bad all the way around. Bad script, bad acting, bad sets, and just some terrible continuity errors. The entire film takes place in a couple of rooms and 1 outdoor set. The laboratory is laughable as is this awful fight between Bela and Tor with the obvious double for a frail Lugosi. But all that badness equals a lot of fun. This is one of those films you just watch shaking ... Read More
Rating: - "15 Frightful Horror Films ... Bela Lugosi ... Passport Video"
Passport Video presents "The Bela Lugosi Box - 15 Frightful Films" (1942) --- (Dolby digitally remastered) --- Béla Lugosi was the stage name of actor Béla Ferenc Dezs Blaskó (October 20, 1882 - August 16, 1956) --- Lugosi was born in Lugos, Hungary, at the time part of Austria-Hungary (now Lugoj, Romania), the youngest of four children of a baker --- best known for his portrayal of "Dracula" in the American Broadway stage production, and subsequent film, of Bram Stoker's classic vampire story.
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