Night of the Ghouls (1959)

Director:

Edward D. Wood Jr.

Writer:

Edward D. Wood Jr. (written by)

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

Phony spiritualist raises the dead.

Plot Keywords:

Cult Favorite | Sequel | Based On Novel

Cast

Kenne Duncan	...	Dr. Acula
Duke Moore	...	Police Lieutenant Daniel Bradford (as 'Duke' Moore)
Tor Johnson	...	Lobo
Valda Hansen	...	The White Ghost
Johnny Carpenter	...	Police Captain Robbins (as John Carpenter)
Paul Marco	...	Patrolman Kelton
Don Nagel	...	Crandel
Bud Osborne	...	Darmoor
Jeannie Stevens	...	The Black Ghost
Harvey B. Dunn	...	Henry
Margaret Mason	...	Martha
Clay Stone	...	Young Man
Marcelle Hemphill	...	Mrs. Wingate Yates Foster
Tom Mason	...	Foster Ghost
James La Maida	...	Hall
Anthony Cardoza	...	Tony (as Tony Cardoza)
John Gautieri	...	Boy
Karen Hairston	...	Girl
Karl Johnson	...	Dead Man
Leonard Barnes	...	Dead Man
Frank Barbarick	...	Dead Man
Francis Misitano	...	Dead Man
David De Mering	...	Dead Man (as David De Maring)
Criswell	...	Himself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Henry Bederski	...	Drunk (uncredited)
Conrad Brooks	...	Man in Fight (uncredited)
Mona McKinnon	...	Juvenile Delinquent Girl (uncredited)
Edward D. Wood Jr.	...	Man in Fight (uncredited)

Directed by
Edward D. Wood Jr.

Writing credits
Edward D. Wood Jr.		(written by)

Produced by
J.M. A.	....	production executive (as J.M.A.)
Walter Brannon	....	associate producer (as Walt Brannon)
Anthony Cardoza	....	associate producer (as Tony Cardoza)
Gordon Chesson	....	associate producer
J.C. Foxworthy	....	executive producer (as Major J.C. Foxworthy U.S.M.C.R. Ret.)
Paul Marco	....	associate producer
Tom Mason	....	associate producer
Marg. Usher	....	associate producer
Edward D. Wood Jr.	....	producer

Cinematography by
William C. Thompson		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Edward D. Wood Jr.

Art Direction by
Kathy Wood		(as Kathleen O'Hara Everett)

Costume Design by
Mickey Meyers

Makeup Department
Harry Thomas	....	makeup creator

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ronald V. Ashcroft	....	assistant director (as Ronnie Ashcroft)
Scott Lynch	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Harry Smith	....	sound
Sam Kopetzky	....	sound mixer (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
John C. Murray	....	lighting (as John Murray)
Glen R. Smith	....	camera operator
Larry Smith	....	still photographer

Editorial Department
Donald A. Davis	....	editorial supervisor

Music Department
Gordon Zahler	....	music supervisor
Paul Csonka	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)
Kurt Rehfeld	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)
Leith Stevens	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)
Ernest Tomlinson	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)
Lee Zahler	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)

Other crew
John Jarvis	....	accountant

Distributors

• Creative Exposure (1982) (Canada) (DVD) (as "Revenge of the Dead")
• Wade Williams Productions (1983) (USA) (theatrical)
• Rhino Video (1990) (USA) (VHS) (Elvira edition)
• Image Entertainment (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Image Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Side Street (2005) (France) (DVD)
• Passport Video (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Passport Video (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Englewood Entertainment (????) (USA) (VHS)
• Lumivision (????) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Lumière (????) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Nostalgia Merchant, The (????) (USA) (VHS)
• Punto Zero (2009) (Italy) (DVD) (as Enjoy Movies)
• Something Weird Video (SWV) (????) (USA) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Consolidated Editorial Service  film editing
• Filmservice Laboratories  laboratory services

Also Known As:

Dr. Acula (USA) (original script title)
Revenge of the Dead

Runtime:

69 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Spain:T | USA:Approved (Certificate # 19275) | UK:PG | USA:Unrated | Italy:T | Finland:K-18 (2004)

Trivia:

When Wade Williams acquired the rights to Edward D. Wood Jr.'s Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959) in 1982, Wood's widow, Kathy, told him of this never-released film that was being held by a post-production house because the lab fees hadn't been paid. Williams paid the fees and acquired this film as well.

Quotes:

Karl: What is the meaning of this intrusion on our privacy?
Lt. Daniel Bradford: There are others in this house?
Karl: Many, the living and those gone beyond. The dead. But I can't see where that's any of your affair.
Lt. Daniel Bradford: The living and the dead. Why, yes. Yes.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Mau Mau Sex Sex (2001)

A Fun Ed Wood Film.

If you like Ed Wood's crazy body of work, you'll like this film. It's not as good as "Plan 9," and it rivals "Glen or Glenda?," but it's better than the rest of Wood's films. It's clearly shot with such a low budget that it's almost like watching a live, closed-circuit video feed from the inside of a spookhouse, circa 1959. The plot is inexplicable, and Wood's ensemble of actors is in top (or should I say bottom?) form, especially Paul Marco as Kelton. For sheer ultra-low budget fun, the film is right up there with "The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies," "Robot Monster" and "The Brain from Planet Arous." See it, if you get a chance.