Edward D. Wood Jr.

Writing

Edward D. Wood Jr.

Born — Died

1924-10-10 — 1978-12-10

Place of birth

Poughkeepsie, New York, USA

Known for

Writing

Credits

65 titles

Edward Davis Wood, Jr. (October 10, 1924 – December 10, 1978), better known as Ed Wood, was an American screenwriter, director, producer, actor, author, and editor, who often performed many of these functions simultaneously. In the 1950s, Wood made a number of cheap genre films, now enjoyed for their technical errors, unsophisticated special effects, large amounts of ill-fitting stock footage, idiosyncratic dialogue, eccentric casts and outlandish plot elements, although his flair for showmanship gave his projects at least a modicum of critical success. Wood's popularity waned soon after his biggest "name" star, Béla Lugosi, died. He was able to salvage a saleable feature from Lugosi's last…

Known for

Glen or Glenda poster
4.7

Glen doesn't dare tell his fiancée Barbara that he is a transvestite known as Glenda; in addition, Alan is undergoing medical treatment to become a woman named Anne; both stories are told by a psychiatrist.

Glen or Glenda

1953

Plan 9 from Outer Space poster
4.2

In California, an old man grieves the loss of his wife, and dies the day after she is buried. However, the space soldier Eros and his mate Tanna use an electric device to resurrect them both, alongside the strong Inspector Clay, who was murdered by the alien-controlled dead couple. When the populations of Hollywood and Washington D.C. see flying saucers on the sky, a colonel, a police lieutenant, a commercial pilot, his wife, and a policeman try to stop the aliens.

Plan 9 from Outer Space

1957

Orgy of the Dead poster
3.0

Horror novelist John and his girlfriend Shirley are taking a night drive, in search of an eerie graveyard that will hopefully inspire John to come up with his next story, but instead stumble into the wild rituals conducted by The Dark Master and his faithful servants.

Orgy of the Dead

1965

Meatcleaver Massacre poster
4.3

Four crazed killers butchered his wife, son and daughter. From his hospital deathbed he called upon the power of the occult for revenge... And he got it, he really got it!

Meatcleaver Massacre

1977

The Astounding She-Monster poster
4.0

A scientist and a gang that has kidnapped a rich heiress come up against a beautiful but lethal alien who has crash-landed her spaceship on Earth.

The Astounding She-Monster

1957

Shotgun Wedding poster
5.4

While Rafe Anchors longs to marry the daughter of his father's sworn enemy, his father is being pressured into marriage by a sexy, shady gold-digger closer to Rafe's age.

Shotgun Wedding

1963

Film credits

1990s · 7 titles

God Save the Queens poster
NR

Creative documentary on the drag queen movement and its origins in Paris, New York and Madrid.

God Save the Queens

1995

Hollywood Rated 'R' poster
5.3

A roller-coaster ride through the history of American exploitation films, ranging from Roger Corman's sci-fi and horror monster movies, 1960s beach movies, H.G. Lewis' gore-fests, William Castle's schlocky theatrical gimmicks, to 1970s blaxploitation, pre-"Deep Throat" sex tease films, Russ Meyer's bosom-heavy masterpieces, etc, etc. Over 25 interviews of the greatest purveyors of weird films of all kind from 1940 to 1975. Illustrated with dozens of films clips, trailers, extra footage, etc. This documentary as a shorter companion piece focusing on exploitation king David F. Friedman.

Hollywood Rated 'R'

1997

On the Trail of Ed Wood poster
10.0

A documentary on the life and career of filmmaker Edward D. Wood Jr., with clips from his films and interviews with the cast and crews of some of his films.

On the Trail of Ed Wood

1990

The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood, Jr. poster
7.8

Often called the worst director in the history of cinema, Ed Wood is nevertheless a beloved figure among cult-film aficionados for his oddball productions. This documentary takes a look back at Wood's unique career at the margins of 1950s Hollywood, speaking to those who loved him and hated him. Bela Lugosi Jr. discusses his father's work in the abysmal "Plan 9 From Outer Space," while a Baptist reverend recalls how he was tricked into financing the film.

The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood, Jr.

1996

Crossroads of Laredo poster
3.5

Tex is a gunslinger who murders a cowboy and steals his money. Lem is an honest man who wants nothing more than to marry Barbara. When Tex marries Barbara and treats her badly, Lem decides to settle the score.

Crossroads of Laredo

1996

Homo Promo poster
5.3

Here are theatrical trailers for 27 mainstream and art-house films, presented chronologically from "Tea and Sympathy" to "Outrageous!" This spectacular showcase of vintage movie trailers offers a crash course in lesbian, gay, bi and transgender (LGBT) movie history and a colorful look at nearly every major mainstream queer-themed film produced between 1953 and 1977! Archivist Jenni Olson is one of the world’s leading experts on LGBT film history — curated from her private collection of rare original 35mm coming attractions trailers, Homo Promo has entertained audiences at LGBT film festivals around the world offering a campy cavalcade of coming attractions. Please note: The condition of these original 35mm archival prints varies — enjoy the wear and tear and rest assured that they have now all been donated to the Outfest/UCLA Legacy Project for LGBT Film Preservation where they are now being properly cared for.

Homo Promo

1993

Hellborn poster
6.0

Conrad Brooks discusses "Hellborn," his unfinished movie with Ed Wood, and other projects

Hellborn

1993

1970s · 8 titles

Drop Out Wife poster
3.1

A young housewife gets involved in the "swinging" scene and discovers that it isn't all it's cracked up to be.

Drop Out Wife

1972

Take It Out in Trade poster
4.1

A couple hire a detective to locate their missing daughter. He finds her in a "house of ill-repute."

Take It Out in Trade

1970

Five Loose Women poster
4.7

Five inmates break out of a remote minimum security prison for women. Four are hardened convicts, the fifth was wrongfully convicted. As the authorities chase them down, the cons terrorize or kill anyone who gets in their way.

Five Loose Women

1974

The Cocktail Hostesses poster
3.3

Toni is a secretary who is tired of not making much money, even though she is sleeping with her boss. Her girlfriend convinces her to take a job as a cocktail hostess, where she can make a lot of money in tips, and meet a lot of men.

The Cocktail Hostesses

1973

Mrs. Stone's Thing poster
3.6

A housewife wonders why her husband spends so much time at parties, then is all "sexed out" for days afterwards. She discovers that he's been going to swingers' orgies, and in an attempt to salvage her marriage, persuades him to take her to them. At first she doesn't care for it, but little by little she begins to get into it.

Mrs. Stone's Thing

1970

Nympho Cycler poster
3.0

A hippy girl who loves her bike has sex with a variety of people.

Nympho Cycler

1971

Lovemaking U.S.A. poster
10.0

A report made totally for the advancement of understanding and knowledge pertaining to love and its by-products in all forms. Includes behind the scenes footage on the set of pornographic films and loops, and a photography session by Ed Wood.

Lovemaking U.S.A.

1971

Necromania: A Tale of Weird Love! poster
4.5

A couple having marital problems (the husband can't seem to rise to the occasion) visits Madame Heles, a necromancer, in hopes of ameliorating their boudoir blunders. After an elaborate ritual with a skull, Heles' lovely assistant Tanya first takes care of another client, then moves on to the couple, each in their turn. Once she's worked with each of them on a physical level, they are ready to meet the Madame, who will decide how best to help them.

Necromania: A Tale of Weird Love!

1971

1950s · 5 titles

Glen or Glenda poster
4.7

Glen doesn't dare tell his fiancée Barbara that he is a transvestite known as Glenda; in addition, Alan is undergoing medical treatment to become a woman named Anne; both stories are told by a psychiatrist.

Glen or Glenda

1953

Plan 9 from Outer Space poster
4.2

In California, an old man grieves the loss of his wife, and dies the day after she is buried. However, the space soldier Eros and his mate Tanna use an electric device to resurrect them both, alongside the strong Inspector Clay, who was murdered by the alien-controlled dead couple. When the populations of Hollywood and Washington D.C. see flying saucers on the sky, a colonel, a police lieutenant, a commercial pilot, his wife, and a policeman try to stop the aliens.

Plan 9 from Outer Space

1957

Jail Bait poster
3.8

Don Gregor, the son of famous plastic surgeon Dr. Boris Gregor, begins to hang around with young criminal Vic Brady and carry a gun. The pair attempt an armed holdup, and when things start to go wrong Gregor accidentally kills a night watchman. Fearing that Gregor plans to turn himself in, Brady kills him and blackmails Dr. Gregor into giving him a new face.

Jail Bait

1954

Revenge of the Dead poster
4.4

Reports of strange activities out by the Old Willow's place signal new adventures for Kelton the Cop & Co. An apparent mystic, Dr. Acula is engaging in rituals designed to raise the dead. But he may get more than he bargained for...

Revenge of the Dead

1959

Crossroad Avenger: The Adventures of the Tucson Kid poster
5.6

Edward D. Wood, Jr.'s Western that tells of the adventures of the Tucson Kid, who investigates suspicious insurance claims.

Crossroad Avenger: The Adventures of the Tucson Kid

1952

Undated · 1 titles

Behind the camera

Glen or Glenda poster
4.7

Glen doesn't dare tell his fiancée Barbara that he is a transvestite known as Glenda; in addition, Alan is undergoing medical treatment to become a woman named Anne; both stories are told by a psychiatrist.

Glen or Glenda

1953

Glen or Glenda poster
4.7

Glen doesn't dare tell his fiancée Barbara that he is a transvestite known as Glenda; in addition, Alan is undergoing medical treatment to become a woman named Anne; both stories are told by a psychiatrist.

Glen or Glenda

1953

Plan 9 from Outer Space poster
4.2

In California, an old man grieves the loss of his wife, and dies the day after she is buried. However, the space soldier Eros and his mate Tanna use an electric device to resurrect them both, alongside the strong Inspector Clay, who was murdered by the alien-controlled dead couple. When the populations of Hollywood and Washington D.C. see flying saucers on the sky, a colonel, a police lieutenant, a commercial pilot, his wife, and a policeman try to stop the aliens.

Plan 9 from Outer Space

1957

Plan 9 from Outer Space poster
4.2

In California, an old man grieves the loss of his wife, and dies the day after she is buried. However, the space soldier Eros and his mate Tanna use an electric device to resurrect them both, alongside the strong Inspector Clay, who was murdered by the alien-controlled dead couple. When the populations of Hollywood and Washington D.C. see flying saucers on the sky, a colonel, a police lieutenant, a commercial pilot, his wife, and a policeman try to stop the aliens.

Plan 9 from Outer Space

1957

Plan 9 from Outer Space poster
4.2

In California, an old man grieves the loss of his wife, and dies the day after she is buried. However, the space soldier Eros and his mate Tanna use an electric device to resurrect them both, alongside the strong Inspector Clay, who was murdered by the alien-controlled dead couple. When the populations of Hollywood and Washington D.C. see flying saucers on the sky, a colonel, a police lieutenant, a commercial pilot, his wife, and a policeman try to stop the aliens.

Plan 9 from Outer Space

1957

Orgy of the Dead poster
3.0

Horror novelist John and his girlfriend Shirley are taking a night drive, in search of an eerie graveyard that will hopefully inspire John to come up with his next story, but instead stumble into the wild rituals conducted by The Dark Master and his faithful servants.

Orgy of the Dead

1965

Meatcleaver Massacre poster
4.3

Four crazed killers butchered his wife, son and daughter. From his hospital deathbed he called upon the power of the occult for revenge... And he got it, he really got it!

Meatcleaver Massacre

1977

The Astounding She-Monster poster
4.0

A scientist and a gang that has kidnapped a rich heiress come up against a beautiful but lethal alien who has crash-landed her spaceship on Earth.

The Astounding She-Monster

1957

Shotgun Wedding poster
5.4

While Rafe Anchors longs to marry the daughter of his father's sworn enemy, his father is being pressured into marriage by a sexy, shady gold-digger closer to Rafe's age.

Shotgun Wedding

1963

I Woke Up Early the Day I Died poster
4.8

A mental patient escapes from the looney bin in drag, robs a bank, and goes on the lam!

I Woke Up Early the Day I Died

1998

The Bride and the Beast poster
4.0

When Laura and Dan get married, she's more interested in Dan's gorilla. It's revealed through hypnosis that she was Queen of the Gorillas in a previous incarnation.

The Bride and the Beast

1958

Bride of the Monster poster
4.4

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.

Bride of the Monster

1955

Bride of the Monster poster
4.4

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.

Bride of the Monster

1955

Bride of the Monster poster
4.4

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.

Bride of the Monster

1955

Venus Flytrap poster
2.5

A mad scientist creates man eating creatures from carnivorous plants.

Venus Flytrap

1967

Married Too Young poster
5.4

Two high-school sweethearts get married, then find that married life isn't what they thought it would be. In their desperation, they get mixed up with a gang of car thieves.

Married Too Young

1962

The Class Reunion poster
3.3

A high-school reunion held at a hotel serves as an excuse for some alumni to resume old relationships and start new ones--sometimes with several people at once.

The Class Reunion

1972

Drop Out Wife poster
3.1

A young housewife gets involved in the "swinging" scene and discovers that it isn't all it's cracked up to be.

Drop Out Wife

1972

Revenge of the Virgins poster
3.7

When settlers start to move in on their sacred grounds, a tribe of female Indians vow to do anything they can to stop them.

Revenge of the Virgins

1959

The Snow Bunnies poster
3.0

Brenda, Madie, and Tammy go on a ski vacation, where they have intimate encounters with men.

The Snow Bunnies

1972

Jail Bait poster
3.8

Don Gregor, the son of famous plastic surgeon Dr. Boris Gregor, begins to hang around with young criminal Vic Brady and carry a gun. The pair attempt an armed holdup, and when things start to go wrong Gregor accidentally kills a night watchman. Fearing that Gregor plans to turn himself in, Brady kills him and blackmails Dr. Gregor into giving him a new face.

Jail Bait

1954

Jail Bait poster
3.8

Don Gregor, the son of famous plastic surgeon Dr. Boris Gregor, begins to hang around with young criminal Vic Brady and carry a gun. The pair attempt an armed holdup, and when things start to go wrong Gregor accidentally kills a night watchman. Fearing that Gregor plans to turn himself in, Brady kills him and blackmails Dr. Gregor into giving him a new face.

Jail Bait

1954

Jail Bait poster
3.8

Don Gregor, the son of famous plastic surgeon Dr. Boris Gregor, begins to hang around with young criminal Vic Brady and carry a gun. The pair attempt an armed holdup, and when things start to go wrong Gregor accidentally kills a night watchman. Fearing that Gregor plans to turn himself in, Brady kills him and blackmails Dr. Gregor into giving him a new face.

Jail Bait

1954

The Violent Years poster
4.4

A newspaper publisher's daughter suffers from neglect by her parents. She and her friends turn to crime by dressing up like men, holding up gas stations, raping young men at gunpoint, and having makeout parties when her parents are away. Their "fence" gets them to trash the school on request of sinister un-American clients, and they run afoul of the law, apple pie, and God himself.

The Violent Years

1956

Take It Out in Trade poster
4.1

A couple hire a detective to locate their missing daughter. He finds her in a "house of ill-repute."

Take It Out in Trade

1970

Take It Out in Trade poster
4.1

A couple hire a detective to locate their missing daughter. He finds her in a "house of ill-repute."

Take It Out in Trade

1970

Son Of The Renegade poster
6.0

Red River Johnny gathers his friends and returns to claim the heritage of his father who was outlawed many years ago by the sheriff...

Son Of The Renegade

1953

Revenge of the Dead poster
4.4

Reports of strange activities out by the Old Willow's place signal new adventures for Kelton the Cop & Co. An apparent mystic, Dr. Acula is engaging in rituals designed to raise the dead. But he may get more than he bargained for...

Revenge of the Dead

1959

Revenge of the Dead poster
4.4

Reports of strange activities out by the Old Willow's place signal new adventures for Kelton the Cop & Co. An apparent mystic, Dr. Acula is engaging in rituals designed to raise the dead. But he may get more than he bargained for...

Revenge of the Dead

1959

Revenge of the Dead poster
4.4

Reports of strange activities out by the Old Willow's place signal new adventures for Kelton the Cop & Co. An apparent mystic, Dr. Acula is engaging in rituals designed to raise the dead. But he may get more than he bargained for...

Revenge of the Dead

1959

The Sinister Urge poster
3.0

A flunky for a porno movie ring starts murdering the smut films' lead actresses.

The Sinister Urge

1960

The Sinister Urge poster
3.0

A flunky for a porno movie ring starts murdering the smut films' lead actresses.

The Sinister Urge

1960

One Million AC/DC poster
3.9

A group of sex-crazed cave people are being harassed by a Tyrannosaurus Rex. While they try to figure out a way to deal with this threat, they have sex and eat a lot.

One Million AC/DC

1969

Trick Shooting with Kenne Duncan poster
6.7

The film consists of Kenne Duncan performing trick shooting stunts and showcasing weapons by Remington Arms. The weapons showcased were a Remington Model 552 and a Remington Nylon 66.

Trick Shooting with Kenne Duncan

1960

Love Feast poster
3.7

Mr. Murphy, a photographer, lures models to his house on the pretense of legitimate modelling work, and then busies himself bedding them. After a while, his bedroom has gotten pretty crowded and he's exhausted, so he snags a taxi cab driver to help out. Soon, a trio of domineering women show up and force him (willingly) to dress in women's clothes and submit to their whims.

Love Feast

1969

The Only House in Town poster
4.2

A collection of explicitly simulated sexual vignettes ranging from rape and orgy to historical events.

The Only House in Town

1971

The Only House in Town poster
4.2

A collection of explicitly simulated sexual vignettes ranging from rape and orgy to historical events.

The Only House in Town

1971

The Only House in Town poster
4.2

A collection of explicitly simulated sexual vignettes ranging from rape and orgy to historical events.

The Only House in Town

1971

For Love and Money poster
4.2

A group of well-endowed women decide to use their "assets" to get ahead in the business world.

For Love and Money

1967

Wetbacks poster
5.9

Former Coastguardsmen Jim Benson is about to lose his boat when a couple approaches him for a fishing charter. Jim departs just ahead of the Sherrif with drunken Shanks, and his companion Sally (Gates). Shanks takes off into a small Mexican village after a fight with Jim, stranding both Sally and him with no money. Two local men hear of Jim's plight, and offer him money to smuggle a batch of illegal aliens, called Wetbacks, into the U.S. He agrees but is blackmailed into continuing to run the smuggling operation. Afraid, Jim decides to make a run for it, but someone close to him reveals themselves as a US Immigration agent and asks him to assist them in shutting down the smugglers for good.

Wetbacks

1956