Unlimitedia
Sick Product of a Sick System
SpuffyWeb
Sadly Over-hyped
Onlinewsma
Absolutely Brilliant!
jacobjohntaylor1
This is one of the scariest movies you will ever see. It has a great story line. It also has great acting. It is scarier then A Nightmare on elm street. The is a classic horror film. If you want to something really scary see this movie. It is scarier then The Shinning.
gizmomogwai
A film whose making was immortalized in Tim Burton's comedy Ed Wood (1994), Bride of the Monster is actually much worse than Burton makes it out to be. Watching the (fictionalized) film, it looked better than Glen or Glenda or Plan 9, particularly with the way Martin Landau delivered his lines with such force and really did make that octopus look alive. He gave real Bela Lugosi a run for his money. In this film, that octopus is obviously fake and incapable of movement. When someone lands on it and it's just dead, the only thing you can think of is how cheap this film must be. An attempt is also made to splice together footage of a living octopus and an actor being dragged into the water, but Wood did not make them mesh. Later, Lugosi becomes a monster himself, but you can hardly realize it because he looks simply the same.Beyond the failure of the special effects, Bride of the Monster is characterized by the same awful dialogue and acting seen in Wood's other work. Even Lugosi is lacking in the acting department- and how waving his hand puts people to sleep, I do not know. So sad his career ended with films like this. The story is an attempt at science fiction that is totally devoid of science or substance. Any enjoyment people take in this film is strictly ironic- meaning, "so bad it's good." But I think it's debatable if it can even be considered that.
Tor Johnson-Lugosi
BOTM isn't quite the delirious howler like PLAN 9, but it sure has its fair share of giggles. The atomic salad-bowl helmet is a treat (and makes a cameo appearance in Ed's NIGHT OF THE GHOULS as well). But Bela doesn't "shine" as much as he struggles through it all with the tattered remains of his dignity. For that alone, we applaud him. If you want to see what a great character actor he truly was, check out his performance as Ygor in SON OF FRANKENSTEIN and GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN.Dracula will always be his signature role, but when he fit the bill he did it flawlessly. If you've never seen him in Universal's THE RAVEN by all means do! Even the lesser productions such as DEVIL BAT and THE HUMAN MONSTER are delightfully sinister. He is sorely missed.
gavin6942
Rumours abound about what may go on at a creepy mansion just out of town. The house is owned by Dr. Eric Vornoff (Bela Lugosi) who is conducting experiments to turn people into super-beings through the use of atomic power.With Tor Johnson as Lobo and directed by the eccentric Ed Wood, this film is a pure winner if you like B-movie cheese. Is it good? In the traditional sense of "good", no. But who can say no to cheesy movies and countless scenes of Lugosi making some absurd faces? What needs mentioning is the octopus from "Wake of the Red Witch", a John Wayne film. Reports are contradictory about whether or not the octopus was stolen, but more importantly -- what is the deal with this thing? When attacked by it, the victim grabs the tentacles and flails them. Not very convincing. And the mismatched footage of a real octopus? If you cannot handle this film in its normal mode, you may be happy to know it also can be viewed as an episode of "Mystery Science Theater 3000". It has some historical importance as Wood's only profitable film, and allegedly this is the movie that created American International Pictures, which would bring us Roger Corman, and several other huge names over the next five decades.
