Post by terminaltinctures on Aug 13, 2008 9:26:56 GMT -5
Oozing Ed Wood Jr. Pulp, Forgotten Films Mutate in Closet -
Finally Pried from Death-grip of Crackpot Creator
Way back during those quaint days near the turn of the
millennium, a ridiculously overambitious 22 year old me
began a project to make a trilogy of feature films based
on Edward D. Wood Jr. pulp novels and old screenplays.
Though highly impractical and fueled by a budget 1/40th or
so of Wood's films even without even accounting for inflation,
I managed to shoot two of them: "DEVIL GIRLS" and "THE
VAMPIRE'S TOMB" - shot on a patchwork mix of Super-8, 8mm,
16mm, and DV - everything from hideously outdated Soviet (!)
filmstocks to good old 'Merican machine gun camera film,
With acres of stock footage and scrupulous dedication to
the angora-ed one, a sickly joyous cathedral to his enthusiasm
against all odds. It was almost a religious endeavor, the kind
of strange crusade that seemed to make sense at the time.
Recently, through acts of dark alchemy and forbidden science,
I've assembled them into a viewable form... restored, revised, riddled with lost scenes and all that shot on film footage I could never manage to afford paying for at the time...
Now it can be told! From beyond space and time,
across the churning seas of bad continuity!
Here are some enticing trailers, with Phil Proctor of the
Firesign Theatre doing the voiceovers:
DEVIL GIRLS:
youtube.com/watch?v=n--3jeJU0ZM
The horrors of juvenile delinquency! A cautionary drive-in epic
adapted from Wood's lurid novel.
THE VAMPIRE'S TOMB:
youtube.com/watch?v=PVEehm2JOSQ
Savage suspense - delirious despair!
A deranged melodrama intended for Bela Lugosi as the mysterious
"Dr. Acula" - soaked with theremins, subplots, red herrings,
and lots of people talking in rooms. Can you stand the hypnotic,
shocking conclusion? Most likely.