
Night of the Ghouls
Night of the Ghouls is a horror film written and directed by Ed Wood. The film was shot between April and May 1958. The film features some reoccurring cast members and characters from Wood's 1955 Bride of the Monster, including Tor Johnson reprising his role of Lobo and Paul Marco again playing the character of Kelton the cop, while the Amazing Criswell plays himself in the frame story of the film. Another returning character is Police Captain Robbins of Homicide, although the character was played by Harvey B. Dunn in Bride of the Monster, and by Johnny Carpenter in Night of the Ghouls.
Plot
At the beginning, Criswell rises from a coffin and narrates the events of the film. Then a montage starts showing juvenile delinquency, street fighting, and driving under the influence. The sequence ends with the bloody corpse of the drunk driver staring blankly at the camera. According to Criswell's narration, this is a rather typical end to "a drunken holiday weekend".
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author | Ed Wood |
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contentLocation | California Los Angeles |
director | Ed Wood |
editor | Ed Wood |
events | haunted house |
genre | horror |
keywords | an earlier case investigated by bradford attempt to escape begin bride of the monster claim coffin convertible criswell driving under the influence drunk driver east los angeles even fake psychic fight flashback human skeleton id juvenile delinquency kiss lightning morgue mortuary room necromancy necromantic old house outer space plan 9 from outer space police station psychic séance slap street fighting suspect terrify turban undead young couple |
musicBy | Jack Beaver |
producer | Tom Mason |
theme | ghost independent opera sequel |