| The Ed Wood Box |
| Weird! Wild! Wood! The most legendary B-movie director of all time, Edward D. Wood, Jr. assaulted audiences worldwide with a string of bizarre, no-budget fusions of horror, science fiction, noir and comedy. Now his oddball legacy is finally collected in one indispensable box set! Feast your eyes on his first feature, the madcap Glen or Glenda? in which Eddie himself portrays a transvestite struggling with his addiction to angora while Bela Lugosi offers inscrutable narration. Blackmail, outlaws on the run, and plastic surgery collide in the surreal crime drama Jail Bait, featuring a young Steve Reeves (Hercules), while Bela returns to create the Bride of the Monster in a heady collision of atomic experiments, a rampaging octopus and clumsy assistant Lobo (played by wrestler Tor Johnson). Wood's indisputable disasterpiece, Plan 9 from Outer Space, offers pie-plate flying saucers, incompetent alien leaders, all-seeing psychic Criswell, goth favorite Vampira and a post-mortem appearance by Lugosi himself in his last film role. Then Lobo and a phony spiritualist usher in a Night of the Ghouls at a spooky marsh filled with shuffling undead and wailing ghosts. Finally, learn all about the man himself with The Haunted World of Ed Wood, a comprehensive disc packed with interviews, film clips, TV rarities and much more! It's enough to make you scream! Glen or Glenda? This is it! The true story of a man who lusted after woman so much he wanted to dress like them. The first film based on the strange tastes of legendary filmmaker Ed Wood and a sordid plea for acceptance in the world of bondage and the sexually confused, decades before The Rocky Horror Picture Show and TV's "Ellen." Starring famous shock star Bela Lugosi as the "Puppet Master" and Ed himsel in the role of Glen/Glenda. It also marks the screen debut of Ed's main squeeze at the time, Dolores Fuller, who went on to become one of Elvis's star songwriters. An important film document, years before its time. Wildly entertaining! Jail Bait Fresh from his sensational Glen or Glenda?, Ed Wood, Jr. presents his homage to the gangster films of the '30s and '40s, starring his sex kitten girlfriend Dolores Fuller and introducing to the screen handsome young Steve Reeves (Hercules). Inspired by the popular TV show Dragnet, this Ed Wood film tells the story of a rich but troubled young man who kills a cop and has plastic surgery to hide his identity. Filmdom's legendary Alex Gordon co-wrote this clever script to help Ed make his first legitimate feature film. Bride of the Monster Legendary horror icon Bela Lugosi (Dracula) stars as Dr. Eric Vornoff, who with Lobo (Tor Johnson), a crazed man-beast servant, is conducting flesh-burning radiation experiments in an attempt to create a legion of atomic supermen. Produced and directed by cult filmmaker Ed Wood, Jr., famed cult filmmaker, with a script co-written by Alex Gordon and Ed's stable of players: Dolores Fuller (Glen or Glenda?, Jail Bait), Tor Johnson and Paul Marco (Plan 9 From Outer Space). This was Bela Lugosi's last screen performance and one of Ed's best efforts. Plan 9 from Outer Space This is it! The most popular Atomic Age cult film of the twentieth century. Winner of two Golden Turkey Awards for Worst Picture and Worst Director of All Time, the immortal Edward D. Wood, Jr.! It's all here, the not-so-special effects, aliens in skating skirts zooming around in string-powered flying saucers to implement the ninth plan of Earth's conquest (the first eight failed) with an army of zombies (well, three actually), Vampira, Tor Johnson and Bela Lugosi in his legendary postmortem performance (with Ed's chiropractor standing in for Bela after his death). This truly original movie, Ed Wood's Citizen Kane, is a hymn to all those who have ever tried to create something intelligent and meaningful, only to fail miserably every step of the way. Also includes the two-hour long retrospective documentary Flying Saucers over Hollywood: The Plan 9 Companion, featuring interviews with stars Gregory Walcott, Carl Anthony, Paul Marco, Vampira and Conrad Brooks, plus sci-fi historian Forrest J. Ackerman and directors/fans Sam Raimi and Joe Dante. Night of the Ghouls The Dead of Night is Alive with the Dead! Undercover ghostchaser Duke Moore investigates a mysterious medium (Kenne Duncan) who fleeces relatives of the dead by fake channeling with the beyond. But beware, the night is alive with ghouls! Titanic, 400-lb. Tor Johnson, Vampira-wannabe Valda Hansen, the ever-clever psychic Criswell (whose predictions are always 100% wrong) and the irresponsible comedy of Kelton the Cop (Paul Marco). After the release of Plan 9 from Outer Space and Bride of the Monster, Ed Wood mustered his stock company of players (those that would speak to him) and decided to return to the great days of the gothic horror shockers that thrilled him as a child. Night of the Ghouls is a must see for all "Woodheads" and marks the end of an era for this unique filmmaker. You have to see it to believe it! The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood Jr. How could it be that Ed Wood, Jr., the young man who wore a woman's bra and panties at the Battle of Tarawa in World War II, went on to become the Orson Welles of low-budget films? Through film clips, still photos and extensive interviews with the bizarre cadre of actors, ministers and girlfriends who were involved in such projects as Woods' Plan 9 from Outer Space and Glen or Glenda?, this feature film explores the man and the cult legend that has sprung up since his death. Wood's status as the Worst Filmmaker of All Times has brought him posthumous acclaim in both the film and art worlds--a recognition hardly imaginable to the man who died penniless and unknown in the late 1970s. A perfect companion to Tim Burton's "Ed Wood" and for lovers of "B" horror and sci-fi cinema. |
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