The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood Jr.

• Director: Brett Thompson
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• Genre: Film, TV & Radio
• Movie Type: Biography
• Themes: Filmmaking
• Main Cast: Dolores Fuller
• Release Year: 1995
• Country: US
• Run Time: 110 minutes

Plot

The strange life and the wonderfully awful films of 1950's Hollywood Z movie director Ed Wood are profiled in this documentary that was conceived of and researched several years before commercial-filmmaker Tim Burton made his feature film tribute. Actually, Wood does not appear much in this film. Rather, it centers on the lives and thoughts of his entourage and those who knew him. Among those interviewed are Wood's former lover and star of his earliest films, Dolores Fuller, whom he abruptly replaced in the middle of Bride of the Monster with actress Loretta King who is also interviewed. Also interviewed are Maila Nurmi (aka Vampira); Bela Lugosi, Jr., who believes Wood destroyed his troubled father's career; Rev. Dr. Lynn Lemon, the Baptist minister who backed Wood's most famous film Plan 9 from Outer Space in hopes that it would generate enough income to allow Lemon's church to produce religious films; Paul Marco, who played Kelton the Cop in several films, and actors Conrad Brooks and Lyle Talbot. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

Cast

Dolores Fuller; Tony Griffin; Loretta King; Bela Lugosi; Paul Marco; Mona McKinnon; Lyle Talbot; Maila "Vampira" Nurmi; Gregory Walcott; Michael McCarty; Edward D. Wood, Jr.; Harry Thomas; Conrad Brooks; Norma McCarty; Joe Robertson; Crawford John Thomas; Dave "Squatch" Ward

Credit

Brett Thompson - Director, Brett Thompson - Editor, Louis Febre - Songwriter, David Miller - Cinematographer, Brett Thompson - Producer, Crawford John Thomas - Producer, Brett Thompson - Screenwriter

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