Bride of the Monster (1955)
Dr. Eric Vornoff, with the help of his mute assistant Lobo, captures twelve men for a grisly experiment; His goal to turn them into supermen using atomic energy. Reporter Janet Lawton, fiancée of the local lieutenant, vows to investigate Vornoff's supposedly haunted house.
- Edward D. Wood Jr.
- Edward D. Wood Jr.
- Alex Gordon
Rating: 4.4/10 by 114 users
Alternative Title:
The Atomic Monster - US
Monster of the Marshes - US
Bride of the Atom - US
La fiancée du monstre - FR
La novia del monstruo - ES
원자의 신부 - KR
Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 09 minutes
Budget: $70,000
Revenue: $0
Plot Keyword: experiment, police, octopus, swamp, mad scientist, woman reporter, storm, old dark house, hypnotism, atomic energy
This is hilarious. Bela Lugosi once again assumes the role as the megalomaniac scientist. This time determined to create a race of atomic superhumans from his astonishingly well equipped forest cabin in the middle of nowhere so he can rule the world. After a while, the locals cotton on after spotting his "monsters" in the woods and a journalist and her cop fiancé are soon hot on his trail. Tor Johnson steals this as the monosyllabic "Lobo" - his sidekick; and there has to be special mention to the daftest looking rubber octopus ever to grace the screen. To be fair, I saw a colourised version (an act of sacrilege in itself) which I think accentuated all the negatives in what might have been a passable b&w effort, but in colour it just looked ridiculous.
