Wood made some of the greatest naïve art of all time. However, Ed Wood can only be Ed Wood and, in his defense, he’s deprived of good taste-which numerous artists have rightly observed is the enemy of great art. Rather than pursuing his own twisted muse, Wood, a Lugosi fanboy, attempts to fulfill what he imagines 1955 audiences want from a film starring Bela Lugosi, and therefore Bride of the Monster doesn’t reach the levels of inspired lunacy of the pair’s other collaborations. Plan 9 from Outer Space infamously used a few seconds of Lugosi footage, shot mere days before his death, making it a brief, posthumous non-performance which many Lugosi filmographies don’t even list). (In Glen or Glenda, Lugosi was a bizarre narrator.

It’s success may lie in its attempts to meet mainstream genre expectations, and the fact that it’s Wood’s only film to actually feature a star performance from Bela Lugosi. See what happens behind locked doors of a pajama party! Teenage killers fearing no law! Thrill Girls of the highway! Girl gang terrorists! Untamed girls of the pack-gang! Adolescent gangsters taking their thrills unashamed! Terrifying realism clawing at your unbelieving mind! See The Violent Years.”īride of the Monster was Ed Wood‘s most financially successful work, which of course isn’t saying much. See the siren-screaming, gun-blazing thriller, Jail Bait.”

The most feared of our modern underworld-men who hate the law and abuse even those they love. Jail Bait: the story of boy-crazy girl and gun-crazy guy. “The Picture that unmasks society’s secrets.

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