Ed Wood, one of the most infamous movie directors ever. This may not be the legendarily terrible Plan 9 From Outer Space, but it’s still one of the stupidest horror movies I’ve ever seen in my life.
What can we really expect from Ed Wood in terms of quality? Not much. Although I wouldn’t consider this to be his worst film. It’s nothing even remotely resembling something ‘good’. The acting is hilariously bad, the characters are hilariously stupid, the effects (if you can call them that) are hilariously crappy, and the movie, overall, is… hilarious. It was unintentionally funny. I couldn’t believe what I was watching half the time. It’s all so ridiculous and cheesy… I couldn’t help but enjoy how awful it was.
The story, or the closest thing to a story it can get, is that there’s reports of ghosts near an abandoned house in a small town. A police officer apparently has experience with ghost cases, so they send him in to deal with it. When he arrives, he meets someone called (and I’m not kidding) Dr. Acula. Wow. That’s ingenious. No, it’s not Dracula in disguise or anything. It’s just his name.
Anyway, Dr. Acula runs an event where he contacts the dead in the most astonishingly idiotic ritual I’ve ever seen. I don’t want to give it away. Just get ready to laugh your happy @$$ off.
After that scene, the police officer goes through a good portion of the movie doing ‘detective work’ that even Scooby Doo is capable of. He soon finds out Dr. Acula’s secret, and is captured by this fat tub of lard.
What the heck IS that? I don’t know…. and I don’t care. I think he’s a left over monster that was created by the previous owner of the house, who was a mad scientist. I don't want to discuss the plot much more, because I do want you to experience this for yourself.
The horror element isn’t even strong enough to scare children. It has the classic bad 50’s horror charm, but I particularly like the good 50’s horror vibe. The music doesn’t always fit the mood, lighting isn’t that well done, the costumes, aside from fat face, are poorly designed and executed, and it’s too darn stupid to have any effect.
I also have no clue why this was called Night of the Ghouls, since there isn’t a single ghoul at all. It’s just a ghost lady with ugly eyebrows. Of all 3 women in this film, only one of them has normal eyebrows. The others are hideous. But I digress. There are no ghouls in this film. I don’t even think the filmmakers knew what a ghoul technically is.
In conclusion, I think this one is one of the best worst horror movies I’ve seen. Don’t watch it for quality. Watch it for how bad it is. If you try to take it seriously, you’ll be heavily disappointed. I guess I could call it a beautiful trainwreck. It’s one of those films that are great for making fun of with some friends. Night of the Ghouls might be $hit, but it’s enjoyable.
FINAL RATING: 6 / 50
STORY: 0 / 5
ACTING: 0 / 5
CHARACTERS: 0 / 5
EFFECTS/CINEMATOGRAPHY: 0 / 5
HORROR: 0 / 5
SOUNDTRACK: 0 / 5
TONE: 0 / 5
ENJOYABILITY: 4 / 5
REWATCH VALUE: 2 / 5
OWNING VALUE: 0 / 5
It may have one of the lowest ratings on the blog, but it’s a more enjoyable movie of all the bad ones I’ve done. I recommend it for the laughs.
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