How do you follow Plan 9 from Outer Space?
You bring back Tor Johnson as Lobo and Paul Marco as Kelton the cop from Bride of the Monster, you get Criswell to do another framing story and get the character of Captain Robbins to return as well, even if Johnny Carpenter takes over the role from Harvey B. Dunn, who does play a frightened driver in this.
Originally called Revenge of the Dead, this sat on the shelf for years after its premiere. Wood had intended to make changes but couldn't afford the post-production work. The film laboratory opted to keep the negative footage and for years, people thought that this wasn't a real movie or a lost one. Film archivist Wade Williams managed to locate the film with the help of Wood's widow Kathy.
It's also a lot like The Unearthly. The writer of that movie is supposedly the director's wife, but I've also heard it was Ed Wood. The plot is the same - there's an isolated setting, a supernatural carny and undercover cops. Tor Johnson also plays Lobo in both movies, which were both shot in 1957. It also has a lot of stuff taken from the movie Sucker Money.
Criswell starts us off by pronouncing "How many of you know the horror, the terror I will now reveal to you?" Oh Criswell. We're ready. Maybe not for you to talk about juvenile delinquents and drunk driving, but whatever you want to discuss.
Then we watch as a couple fight when the man gets too aggressive. They are soon killed by a Black Ghost. That's when Kelton comes on board to investigate, saying "Monsters! Space people! Mad doctors! They didn't teach me about such things in the police academy! And yet that's all I've been assigned to since I became on active duty! Why do I always get picked for these screwy details all the time? I resign."
Are we in the Ed Wood Cinematic Universe? Yes.
There's also a White Ghost who is really an actress named Sheila (Valda Hansen), a Dr. Acula (played by "The Meanest Man In the Movies" Kenne Duncan; as for the name Dr. Acula, does anyone still fall for that?), a seance at a table filled with skeletons, the Black Ghost (Jeannie Stevens) being revealed as a real undead creature and Criswell bidding us farewell from inside a coffin, telling us we'll all be dead someday. Thanks Criswell.
Sometimes, Jeannie Stevens wasn't there for her scenes. So when you see that, you're seeing Ed Wood as her. I wonder if he wore his angora sweater under the costume.
You bring back Tor Johnson as Lobo and Paul Marco as Kelton the cop from Bride of the Monster, you get Criswell to do another framing story and get the character of Captain Robbins to return as well, even if Johnny Carpenter takes over the role from Harvey B. Dunn, who does play a frightened driver in this.
Originally called Revenge of the Dead, this sat on the shelf for years after its premiere. Wood had intended to make changes but couldn't afford the post-production work. The film laboratory opted to keep the negative footage and for years, people thought that this wasn't a real movie or a lost one. Film archivist Wade Williams managed to locate the film with the help of Wood's widow Kathy.
It's also a lot like The Unearthly. The writer of that movie is supposedly the director's wife, but I've also heard it was Ed Wood. The plot is the same - there's an isolated setting, a supernatural carny and undercover cops. Tor Johnson also plays Lobo in both movies, which were both shot in 1957. It also has a lot of stuff taken from the movie Sucker Money.
Criswell starts us off by pronouncing "How many of you know the horror, the terror I will now reveal to you?" Oh Criswell. We're ready. Maybe not for you to talk about juvenile delinquents and drunk driving, but whatever you want to discuss.
Then we watch as a couple fight when the man gets too aggressive. They are soon killed by a Black Ghost. That's when Kelton comes on board to investigate, saying "Monsters! Space people! Mad doctors! They didn't teach me about such things in the police academy! And yet that's all I've been assigned to since I became on active duty! Why do I always get picked for these screwy details all the time? I resign."
Are we in the Ed Wood Cinematic Universe? Yes.
There's also a White Ghost who is really an actress named Sheila (Valda Hansen), a Dr. Acula (played by "The Meanest Man In the Movies" Kenne Duncan; as for the name Dr. Acula, does anyone still fall for that?), a seance at a table filled with skeletons, the Black Ghost (Jeannie Stevens) being revealed as a real undead creature and Criswell bidding us farewell from inside a coffin, telling us we'll all be dead someday. Thanks Criswell.
Sometimes, Jeannie Stevens wasn't there for her scenes. So when you see that, you're seeing Ed Wood as her. I wonder if he wore his angora sweater under the costume.