Night of the Ghouls

Night of the Ghouls is a 1958 horror film released in 1959 written and directed by Ed Wood, and a sequel of sorts to the 1955 film Bride of the Monster. Tor Johnson returned to the role of Lobo, first seen in Bride, Paul Marco plays the familiar 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 he is played Harvey B. Dunn in Bride, and by Johnny Carpenter in Night. However Dunn does appear in Night, albeit playing a different character.

The movie features a prologue and a brief acting role by Criswell, who also narrated Woods Planfrom Outer Space. 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 latter implication can be seen as foreshadowing the final scenes of the film.One of the opening scenes features a montage of seemingly unrelated events, which seem to feature Woods view of the postwar era and its social problems juvenile delinquency, street fighting, and driving under the influence. A memorable sequence has a car driving off a cliff and crashing. The sequence ends with the bloody corpse of the drunk driver staring blankly at the camera. According to Criswells narration, this is a rather typical end to a drunken holiday weekend. The narrative properly begins with a teenaged couple kissing in a convertible, parked at night in what is probably a lovers lane. When the boy gets too aggressive, the girl ends the embrace with a slap and exits the car. At this point the narrative introduces the Black Ghost which lurks in the woods near them. In short order, first the girl and then the boy are attacked by the undead creature and die. According to Criswells narration, the two murders received press attention but were thought to be the work of a maniac. ........

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