Review of Orgy of the Dead (1965) by Janne S — 11 Sep 2012
Even Ed Wood should be embarrassed and ashamed of this train wreck! This is not even really a movie per se, but instead is just an excuse to get 9 or 10 girls topless. Now as a heterosexual male my eyes didn't mind those scenes, but I was here to watch an Ed Wood horror/sci-fi movie and instead just got a showpiece for lousy dancers.
Criswell acts like he's really drunk or high and Fawn Silver out acts him by a mile! She at least comes across as moderately creepy and weird which is a lot more than I can say for the Wolfman and the Mummy.
Holy cow are those two an embarrassment to any Universal monster or mythical creature that preceded them! The Wolfman makeup you buy at Wal-Mart would be better than this and the Mummy sounds like a guy with a traffic cone over his head, reading lines offstage.
And you won't BELIEVE the stupidity of these lines. I'm an Ed Wood completist. I had to see this film, but you don't. Honestly if they would have eliminated ALL dancing scenes they would have a pretty funny and enjoyable film.
The problem is they'd also have only 14 minutes...
This review of Orgy of the Dead (1965) was written by Janne S on 11 Sep 2012.
Orgy of the Dead has generally received negative reviews.
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