Bride of the Monster

Bride of the Monster (1955)

  • 44% of critics liked it
    (9 reviews)

  • 32% of users liked it
    (5,903 ratings)

To most outside observers, Bride of the Monster probably seems like a ridiculously inept horror film, and in many ways it is just that. To connoisseurs of the work of director Edward D. Wood Jr., however, it is the biggest budgeted film in his entire output, made with the resources of a normal… More

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Unrated, 1 hr. 10 min.
Directed By
Edward Wood Jr
Written By
Alex Gordon
Genres
Science Fiction & Fantasy, Horror
In Theaters
Jan 1, 1955 Wide
On DVD
Feb 15, 2000
Banner Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Rob Humanick, Suite101.com

    The many flawed details of the film are embarrassing, but the film entire suggests a cry from the heart of a crippled poet.

  • Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid

    It quickly descends into [Wood's] signature style: few -- if any -- of the shots match, the acting is atrocious and the dialogue sings with its own unique rhythms of awfulness.

  • Stefan Birgir Stefansson, sbs.is

    Bela was such a bad actor...

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    More fun than its ridiculous story and brutal acting and incompetently designed sets would indicate.

  • Alex Sandell, Juicy Cerebellum

    Ed Wood sucked. He didn't suck so bad he was good, he just sucked.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Spencer S


    I feel jipped. No really, it's like I've been bamboozled here! Where is the true travesty of an Ed Wood production? I was expecting some serious miscare, intent to harm when it came to the work of the "worst director of all time" as purported by the Golden Turkey… More

  • AJ V


    If you're interested in Wood's work, you should see this one too, it has Lugosi and the giant octopus. The plot isn't great, but it's still a fun movie in Wood's "b-movie" style.

  • Phil H


    The best bit about this film are the superb 'death' sequences and fabulous acting haha the plastic octopus cut with real footage is classic and Lugosi is quite memorable with his speeches of evil hehe The plot is rather basic and the effects are even more pathetic than… More

  • Cindy I


    Hard to rate this one. It's terrible...after all it's directed by Ed Wood. But it's also so campy and lame that it's hysterical...because it's directed by Ed Wood. OK, I'll split the difference.

  • Randy T


    How does one rate a movie that is sooooo bad that it's good?

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