A letter from Wood to Anthony Cardoza, the film's associate producer, records some of his plans for the film, including removing some of Criswell's scenes and replacing them with footage of Bela Lugosi, as well as a possible title change. It was finally released direct to video by Wade Williams in 1984. (Dunn however does appear in Night, albeit playing a different character).įilmed in late 1957, Night of the Ghouls was never released theatrically nor shown on television, and was thought for years to be a lost film. Dunn in Bride, and by Johnny Carpenter in Night. The film features some reoccurring cast members and characters from Bride of the Monster, including Tor Johnson reprising his role of Lobo and Paul Marco again playing the character of Kelton, while the Amazing Criswell plays himself in the frame story of the film.Another returning character is Police Captain Robbins of Homicide, although the character is played by Harvey B. Night of the Ghouls is a horror film written and directed by Ed Wood. Claiming that it is time for both the old dead and the new to return to their graves, he reminds the viewer that he/she too can soon join them in death. In a brief epilogue which also closes the frame story, the narrator returns to his coffin. The latter implication can be seen as foreshadowing the final scenes of the film. The prologue has Criswell rising from a coffin, leaving unclear if the 'metaphysical' narrator is awaking from a normal sleep, or whether he is actually a corpse returning to life. The film features a prologue and a brief acting role by Criswell, who also narrated Wood's Plan 9 from Outer Space.

The house is discovered to serve as headquarters for a confidence trickster who pretends to be able to contact the dead, and charges naive customers large amounts of money to allow them to speak to their deceased loved ones. The basic plot involves the police investigating a supposed haunted house.

This two disc set is offered at a lower price than purchasing the films separately.

This two disc set includes Night of the Ghouls (1959) and Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959). These two films directed by Edward Wood Jr.

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