Best film directed by Ed Wood?

[diamondwaspvenom]

Well.....which one(s) do you think are his best? I personally believe Plan 9, Bride and Night are his strongest films.

[Leah]

Plan 9, Bride, and Glen(da)

[JJ80]

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.

[voltron]

No "Violent Years"?

[akiratubo]

Bride of the Monster, no contest.

[Umaril The Unfeathered]

+-96*

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. 

[lester1/2jr]

night of the ghouls is basically a normal bad horror movie. It's not like sub z insanity

[Jitters]

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!

[Ed, Ego and Superego]

Plan 9, not becuase its the best, but its the most fun.

[Rev. Powell]

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.

[Hammock Rider]

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.

[peter johnson]

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

[major jay]

My favorite is Bride of the Monster, followed by Plan 9, then The Sinister Urge.

[JaseSF]

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....

[Doggett]

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...