The Bride and the Beast
The Bride and the Beast | |
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Directed by | Adrian Weiss |
Screenplay by | Ed Wood |
Story by | Adrian Weiss |
Produced by | Adrian Weiss |
Starring | |
Cinematography | [1] |
Edited by | George M. Merrick[1] |
Music by | Les Baxter[1] |
Production company | Allied Artists Pictures Corp.[1] |
Distributed by | Allied Artists Pictures Corp.[1] |
Release date |
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Running time | 78 minutes[1] |
Country | United States[1] |
Language | English[1] |
The Bride and the Beast is a 1958 American horror film produced[2] and directed by . The film's screenplay was co-written by Ed Wood, based on a story by . Wood's original working title was Queen of the Gorillas.[2][1]
Plot[]
Dan Fuller, a big game hunter, is forced to kill his pet gorilla when it attempts to rape his new bride Laura. The woman starts to experience strange urgings following the encounter, and submits to hypnosis under the care of a psychiatrist. She reveals to her shocked husband that she was actually a gorilla in a previous life. Slowly she reverts to her former bestial self, and winds up eloping into the jungle with a male ape, with her cuckolded husband staring helplessly after them.
Cast[]
- as Laura Carson Fuller [3]
- Lance Fuller as Dan Fuller
- as Taro, the houseboy
- as Dr. Carl Reiner
- as Captain Cameron
- as Marka, the cook
- Trustin Howard as the soldier
- Eve Brent as the stewardess
- as the native killed by tiger in a hut[4]
Production[]
Ed Wood was inspired by the real life Bridey Murphy story currently in the headlines, and worked stock jungle animal footage from a Sabu movie into the storyline.[2]
Mark Thomas McGee said that Weiss told him that he considered the film "a minor classic", while lead actress Charlotte Austin commented on the incredible cheapness, using one of Weiss's relatives to physically turn the wheels of the stationary truck the actors were sitting in, to make it appear the vehicle was moving.[2]
Release[]
The Bride and the Beast opened in San Diego on January 29, 1958.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "The Bride and the Beast". American Film Institute. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
- ^ a b c d McGee, Mark Thomas; Robertson, R.J. (2013). You Won't Believe Your Eyes. Bear Manor Media. p. 269. ISBN 978-1-59393-273-2.
- ^ "The Bride and the Beast (1958)". blackhorrormovies.com. Retrieved 2015-10-21.
- ^ "The Bride and the Beast". indieflix.com. Retrieved 2015-10-21.
External links[]
- 1958 films
- American films
- English-language films
- American supernatural horror films
- Allied Artists films
- Pre-1960 horror film stubs
- 1950s film stubs