Tag: Ed Wood


  • Bride of the Monster (1955): Bela Lugosi vs. The Rubber Apocalypse

    Right. Let’s get this out in the open before we go any further. I love Ed Wood. Not ironically. Not as a cult in-joke. I love him the way other people love immaculate framing and directors who treat film sets like sacred temples. To me, Wood isn’t a punchline, he’s a wildfire. While Stanley Kubrick…

  • Plan 9 From Outer Space (1957): The Gospel According to Ed Wood

    There is a specific kind of magic that occurs when a man’s ego and his budget have never even been in the same post code. Most directors, when faced with a total lack of funds, try to hide their poverty under the cover of darkness or clever framing. Not Edward D. Wood Jr. Ed Wood…