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Im reading through the wiki of Ed Wood's filmography and some of these descriptions are too good not to share..

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Orgy of the Dead (1968): "Originally titled Nudie Ghoulies, this was Ed Wood's first plunge into the world of movie erotica. In the film, a writer and his girlfriend crash their car and find themselves in a cemetery where they are forced to watch the dead dance for a Lord of the Dead, played by Criswell. A bevy of dancing strippers outfitted in various motifs make up the bulk of this movie, though it also oddly features a werewolf and a mummy. Strangely assembled and surreal in its plot and blatantly low-budget, it was directed by Stephen Apostolof. Filmed in "AstraVision" and "Shocking SexiColor", it starred Pat Barringer, Criswell and Texas Starr. A paperback novel version of the film written by Wood was published in 1966."

One Million AC/DC (1969): "Film is about a tribe of horny cave dwellers in prehistoric times who run afoul of a very antagonistic Tyrannosaurus Rex. Wood wrote the screenplay, using the pseudonym 'Akdov Telmig' (Vodka Gimlet spelled backwards), though a typographical error in the credits listed him as 'Akdon Telmig'. Produced and directed by Ed De Priest, the film starred Susan Berkely and Billy Wolf. Gary Graver was the cameraman.(80 minutes)"

Take It Out In Trade (1970): "Wood's first completely pornographic picture about a private eye who tracks down a missing millionaire's daughter to a sleazy whorehouse. It mostly featured ex-girlfriends of Wood's friends and people from Ed Wood's neighborhood, most notably real-life sex worker Nona Carver (as "Sleazy Maisie Rumpledinck"), Duke Moore, Linda Colpin, Donna Stanley, Monica Gayle and Louis Ojena. Ed Wood plays a transvestite named Alecia in a bizarre 7-minute sequence. Silent outtakes were discovered years later and released by Something Weird Video in 1995. (See below under 1995)"

link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Wood_filmography

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u/Thunder_nuggets101 avatar

Orgy of the dead is a fun watch. It’s less of a movie with a plot and more a horror themed burlesque show with nice technicolor-style photography. It’s campy and silly.

u/cheeze_whiz_shampoo avatar

Ive seen clips here and there but never sat down to watch it. I love how the description confusingly mentions a mummy and werewolf too, haha

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u/coming_up_thrillhous avatar

All of Glenn Or Glenda is free on YouTube. Lots of his stuff is, interesting to watch after seeing Ed Wood

https://youtu.be/jgvEvgYXa4o?si=lz3fxqtVP6XiUG_X

u/someguy1927 avatar

Glen or Glenda is god damn ART. I swear Lynch is a fan.

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his movies are really fun to watch. i think the Rifftrax for Plan 9 and the MST for Sinister Urge are on Youtube, but they're honestly entertaining enough to watch on their own. Sinister Urge in particular doesn't seem to get enough love for how hilarious it is. The man understood smut about as well as Neil Breen understands computers

The Later Years sectionof his Wikipedia page is a bit depressing:

Wood, who regularly pawned his typewriters for cash, was mugged regularly when he would stumble down the street to the liquor store. Eventually he had his publisher send his paychecks directly to the various liquor store owners so that he would not have to carry cash when he went there.

The Woods' apartment was always in danger of being burglarized. One night, a transvestite was beaten to death in the hallway just outside Wood's apartment door and the sound of gunshots outside the building was a nightly occurrence.