jacobjohntaylor1 This is one of the scariest movies you will ever see. It has a great story line. It also has great acting. It is scarier then A Nightmare on elm street. The is a classic horror film. If you want to something really scary see this movie. It is scarier then The Shinning.

Rainey Dawn I don't think that most of Ed Wood's films are as bad as some people make them out to be - they are entertaining. No, they are not the greatest films but they do have entertainment value and a fan following for a reason. Bride of the Monster might be Wood's best film.We have the great Bela Lugosi as Dr. Eric Vornoff - a mad scientist out to create atomic creatures... and he echos his hand gesture from White Zombie (a nod in that direction).We also have Tor Johnson as Lobo - Lobo is very much like Johnson's character's from Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959) and The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961).Bride of the Monster really is worth watching if you are into the classic sci-fi horror and like a good B Horror film.7/10

mevmijaumau Bride of the Monster (or Bride of the Atom, as it was initially named, but that title was scrapped although it's still mentioned in the film, much like Plan 9) is the only Ed Wood film that actually attained commercial success and is notable for several reasons. It was the last speaking role of Bela Lugosi and it's one of the most cherished B- films of all time.Lugosi delivers an enjoyable, kinda comical performance as mad dr. Eric Vornoff, whose goal is to create mutant atomic supermen (???) and is assisted by Lobo (played by Swedish wrestler Tor Johnson), a mute powerhouse with a heart of gold. Vornoff is not only a scientific genius but also a hypnotist (uses the same hypnotic hand gesture from Lugosi's earlier hit White Zombie). The rest of the characters are kind of a bore in comparison to the crazy stuff going on inside Vornoff's lab. The main hero is just a generic guy in a gray suit and the leading lady is forgettable. The two most noteworthy supporting characters are a cop who says "Yes, sir!" to everything and the police captain who for some inexplicable reason has a parrot on his shoulder.The monster from the title is unspecified - it could be Vornoff, but also Lobo or the giant octopus that Vornoff created. Yes, the main beast is a huge man-killing octopus residing in the upper room of the most pathetic movie monsters in history. The juxtaposition during the murders is laughable - a stock footage of a real octopus in an aquarium is shown side to side with actors in the pond moving giant rubber tentacles around and pretending they're being strangled or something. In one instance, we see a guy being thrown into the octopus' chamber where we see the rubber octopus prop in all of its glory, standing still, while the guy moves its tentacles around in an attempt to evoke the impression of it strangling him.The sets are typical for this kind of film - an old, somber house in an area where thunderstorms are an everyday occurrence. The indoor locations are interesting, such as Vornoff's living room with crooked picture frames and a staircase that appears to be going nowhere.The final ten minutes are where it's at - Vornoff is being subjected to his own mutant-making ray, which means that he becomes a violent mute with a scarred face, makes outrageously silly faces and is now immune to bullets. He goes on a rampage, so the cops roll a boulder at him, so he falls in a lake with the octopus. The lightning strikes his house and it explodes, then out of nowhere a thunderbolt hits Vornoff and the octopus, therefore producing a mini-atomic explosion! That leaves the cops bluntly staring at it and one of them lets out a dumb remark.It's just hilarious.

bkoganbing Bride Of The Monster was Bela Lugosi's last completed film and was done for that legendary director of bad movies, Ed Wood, Jr. At least Lugosi didn't live to see Plan Nine From Outer Space, he was spared that humiliation.Once again Bela is a mad scientist who has a scheme to create a race of atomic supermen and he's got a great old prototype in Tor Johnson formerly the Swedish Angel of pro wrestling fame. In fact Tor's nocturnal wanderings have given rise to a monster legend in and around Lugosi's secluded digs in the woods. That and the pet giant octopus he keeps around for no discernible reason other than to dispose of unwanted guests.Bela has all kinds of people on his trail, the cops, a Lois Lane type reporter who is girlfriend to one of the cops and another scientist from Lugosi's home country who wants to bring him back so he can do his work there. Bela however is a believer that a prophet has no honor in his home country and disposes of that unwanted guest via the octopus.The octopus and Ed Wood's inability to use it somewhat realistically are the main reasons that this Ed Wood classic is remembered today. I just read a very thorough biography of Lugosi and the rubber octopus was the one John Wayne struggled with in Wake Of The Red Witch. It was the property of Republic Pictures. But Republic was slowly going out of business so Wood got the thing from Herbert J. Yates somehow, he rented it, Yates sold it to him in a fire sale, or he just gave it to him there not being a big market for giant rubber octopuses. Now that thing would bring thousands of dollars in an on line auction if it still exists. Even with a missing tentacle, broken off during the shooting of Bride Of The Monster.Not much else to recommend it, cheesy sets, acting on the junior high school level, and a man with no eye for special effects directing this epic. Still worth a few laughs though.