{"id":16671,"date":"2011-04-19T10:15:56","date_gmt":"2011-04-19T17:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=16671"},"modified":"2021-01-30T12:25:40","modified_gmt":"2021-01-30T19:25:40","slug":"bride-of-the-monster-bride-of-the-atom-1955","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=16671","title":{"rendered":"Bride of the Monster \/ Bride of the Atom (1955)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;One is always considered mad when one discovers something that others cannot grasp.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Bride-of-the-Monster-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Bride-of-the-Monster-Poster-190x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Bride-of-the-Monster-Poster-190x300.jpg 190w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Bride-of-the-Monster-Poster-81x128.jpg 81w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Bride-of-the-Monster-Poster.jpg 322w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 190px) 100vw, 190px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA mad scientist (Bela Lugosi) determined to create a race of atomic superman turns a snoopy journalist (Loretta King) into his next victim.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Atomic Energy<\/li>\n<li>Bela Lugosi Films<\/li>\n<li>Ed Wood Films<\/li>\n<li>Horror<\/li>\n<li>Journalists<\/li>\n<li>Mad Doctors and Scientists<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary accurately labels this &#8220;horrid low-budget horror film&#8221; by Ed Wood &#8220;not as terrible as <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=16611\"><em>Plan 9 From Outer Space<\/em><\/a>,&#8221; but notes that &#8220;there are enough campy elements to keep Wood fanatics pleased&#8221; (including the &#8220;truly hilarious&#8221; final sequence in which Lugosi battles a rubber octopus and &#8220;must wrap the tentacles around himself&#8221;). <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Bride-of-the-Monster-Octopus.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Bride-of-the-Monster-Octopus-1024x797.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"498\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-67066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Bride-of-the-Monster-Octopus-1024x797.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Bride-of-the-Monster-Octopus-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Bride-of-the-Monster-Octopus-128x100.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Bride-of-the-Monster-Octopus-768x598.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Bride-of-the-Monster-Octopus-347x270.png 347w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Bride-of-the-Monster-Octopus.png 1201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ironically, it&#8217;s the (marginal) competence of this rather standard mad scientist flick &#8212; with semi-decent performances by at least a handful of actors involved &#8212; that prevents it from being as howl-worthy, or as enjoyable, as <em>Plan 9<\/em>. <em>Bride of the Monster<\/em> <u>is<\/u> &#8220;bad&#8221;, naturally, in many of Wood&#8217;s typical ways (campy dialogue, laughably low-budget props, shoddy direction, the presence of hulking Swedish wrestler Tor Johnson): <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Bride-of-the-Monster-Johnson.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Bride-of-the-Monster-Johnson-1024x786.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"491\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-67064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Bride-of-the-Monster-Johnson-1024x786.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Bride-of-the-Monster-Johnson-300x230.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Bride-of-the-Monster-Johnson-128x98.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Bride-of-the-Monster-Johnson-768x590.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Bride-of-the-Monster-Johnson-352x270.png 352w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Bride-of-the-Monster-Johnson.png 1193w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; but to be honest, I found it a struggle to stay engaged. Bela Lugosi is the film&#8217;s primary redeeming element: he consistently gives 110% percent in a film clearly not &#8220;worthy&#8221; of his fame, and film fanatics may be curious to check it out simply to see him in his final &#8220;meaningful&#8221; role. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bela Lugosi as Dr. Vornoff<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Bride-of-the-Monster-Karloff3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Bride-of-the-Monster-Karloff3-1024x781.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"488\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-67068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Bride-of-the-Monster-Karloff3-1024x781.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Bride-of-the-Monster-Karloff3-300x229.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Bride-of-the-Monster-Karloff3-128x98.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Bride-of-the-Monster-Karloff3-768x586.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Bride-of-the-Monster-Karloff3-354x270.png 354w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Bride-of-the-Monster-Karloff3.png 1199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo. While Ed Wood completists will surely disagree, I don&#8217;t believe this one is must-see for all film fanatics. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0047898\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=1156&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s2720lege.html\">DVD Savant Review (scroll down)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moriareviews.com\/horror\/bride-of-the-monster-1955.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;One is always considered mad when one discovers something that others cannot grasp.&#8221; Synopsis: A mad scientist (Bela Lugosi) determined to create a race of atomic superman turns a snoopy journalist (Loretta King) into his next victim. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Atomic Energy Bela Lugosi Films Ed Wood Films Horror Journalists Mad Doctors and Scientists Response to Peary\u2019s Review: Peary accurately labels this &#8220;horrid low-budget horror film&#8221; by Ed Wood &#8220;not as terrible as Plan 9 From Outer Space,&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=16671\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16671"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67069,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16671\/revisions\/67069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}