Poll
Question:
Which is his best film?
Option 1: Plan 9 From Outer Space
votes: 10
Option 2: Bride of the Monster
votes: 8
Option 3: Glen or Glenda?
votes: 2
Option 4: Night of the Ghouls
votes: 2
Option 5: The Sinister Urge
votes: 0
Option 6: Jail Bait
votes: 0
Option 7: The Love Feast
votes: 0
Option 8: Excited
votes: 0
Well.....which one(s) do you think are his best? I personally believe Plan 9, Bride and Night are his strongest films.
Plan 9, Bride, and Glen(da)
I've only seen two of his movies but I marginally preferred "Bride Of The Monster" over "Plan Nine From Outer Space" perhaps due to the 'octopus' plot element.
No "Violent Years"?
Bride of the Monster, no contest.
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Quote from: akiratubo on November 09, 2010, 09:45:56 PM
Bride of the Monster, no contest.
Same here. And, it also had Bela Lugosi in it too, playing the sinister Dr. Vornoff. So how could you go wrong with that?
If it hadn't have been for Ed Wood, Lugosi would have just disappeared into obscurity, and thank God someone had the courage to rehabilitate and reinstate this wonderful actor into a few films during his last days.
People can say what they want about Wood, but his love and care for Lugosi in his final days is his ultimate achievement, and is far greater than any of his films. :cheers:
night of the ghouls is basically a normal bad horror movie. It's not like sub z insanity
I've been enjoying this forum and had to join today to add my two cents. I couldn't figure out how to vote, but I'd add one to the Glen or Glenda column. Glen or Glenda is Ed's Citizen Kane. :) Classic exploitation oddity!
Bride of the Monster and Plan 9 tie for second, in my opinion. I had not heard of Excited, but saw on imdb that his credit is for an unconfirmed writer. A Swedish release? Hmmm. Violent Years was just a writing credit but it's enjoyable too. Sinister Urge and Night of the Ghouls are a tier lower. Long live Ed Wood and bad movies!
Plan 9, not becuase its the best, but its the most fun.
Quote from: voltron on November 09, 2010, 08:44:52 PM
No "Violent Years"?
Wood didn't direct VIOLENT YEARS, he only wrote the script.
"Best" is a tough question with Ed. Obviously I think his most entertaining movies are PLAN 9 and GLEN OR GLENDA?, but technically, they're not any good.
His more cinematically accomplished movies (like NIGHT OF THE GHOUL and THE SINISTER URGE) are actually a lot more boring than those two. As he got better, he got worse.
I never really got the love for BRIDE OF THE MONSTER; it's OK, but a distant third in Ed's oeuvre in my book.
For me Plan 9 and Glen or Glenda are just the most entertaining. I've never really tried too hard to figure out why and I'm probably better off not knowing. :smile:
Bride of The Monster could have played in a variety of venues, despite its cheesy apperance - remember that the Drive-Ins of that era demanded a stream of films that did never play in mainstream theatres. Looking at "Bride" years later, it isn't a half-bad film, except for the lack of special effects -
Hey!! Does anyone remember the name of the author or the origin of the comic book that was done decades ago that treated Plan 9 seriously? It was really good, but I never got copies -
peter johnson/denny crane
My favorite is Bride of the Monster, followed by Plan 9, then The Sinister Urge.
I honestly feel Bride of the Monster is in fact the best film with the best story...and it's got more Bela and that octopus going for it....
Plan 9, the writing is great (?) and there's a woman in it who reminds me of someone...
Also the cockpit set made laugh and laugh and laugh... :teddyr:
Sinister Urge is probably my all time favorite MST3K
Defintly BRIDE OF THE MONSTER.
The main reason,of course,is Lugosi.
The man was 72,recovering from drug addiction and divorce, and gives a performance in a z-budget picture as if it was the most important part of his life.And,in a way,it was.He had not had a major role since OLD MOTHER RILEY MEETS THE VAMPIRE in 1951 (which didn't see widespread release in the US untill 1963), and hadn't been in a legit studio film since ABBOT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN (1948). He had hoped that this would somehow be a comeback of sorts. But more important, I think it made him feel he could still do it-that he never gave up. It was also his last real part in a movie... in.the BLACK SLEEP (1956) he had no dialog,and he never even knew about PLAN 9.
Along with DRACULA,WHITE ZOMBIE,the RAVEN,and SON OF FRANKENSTEIN,this is one of my favorite Lugosi films.
Oh yeah...extra points for Tor Johnson,the octopus,and the mushroom cloud!
Oh yeah...and the speech....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cE1fzfOogo