This was one of the first movies directed by Edward G. Wood Jr., and it lives up to his reputation of being the worst director of all times. I read that this movie was made in just a few days with the use of many stock film clips of lightening, explosions, an octopus, alligators, and the house. This was one of the last movies in which Bela Lugosi had a speaking part.
Bela plays the roll of Dr. Eric Vornoff who is working to create super atomic men (the perfect race)that he can control and rule. The movie is only one hour and eight minutes so I cannot go in to too many details without ruining the end.
This is very possibly the worst movie I have ever seen, but it was worth it. After watching Ed Wood, I wanted to really experience one of Wood's movies and this was the only one I could view instantly on Netflix. This movie lived up to its portrayal in Ed Wood. When the actors would run into walls the whole set would move, the stunt double for Bela was wearing about nine inch lift shoes just so he could look as tall as Bela.
The large octopus that they stole from Warner Brothers did not have its motor in it, so when people were being attacked by the octopus you could see the actors thrashing the arms of the octopus over them. Hilarious!! The same lightening flash is seen about fourteen times throughout the film, and the brick wall was obviously painted.
If you want to see the worst movie of all times, see this one.
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