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Quotes
in green are statements by Paul
Marco
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"Night
of the Ghouls" was specially written for
Paul Marco and the
reprise of his role as the spooked but lovable "Kelton
the Cop". Kelton gives the audience a light
hearted, humorous understanding of the tough job law enforcement can
sometimes be. This is the last movie
in Ed Wood's Cult Trilogy and has the most cohesive story of the lot.
In this film a shady, spiritualist medium by the name of Dr. Acula (wow,
how did they ever think of that name) that claims he can contact the
dead. Based on reports of roaming spirits the police start to investigate
these outrageous sightings. Paul Marco steals this movie with his schtick
of a paranoid, bumbling officer who often hides laying down in his patrol
car. Kelton complains to the Inspector..."Monsters,
space people, mad doctors, they didn't teach me about such things in
the police academy. Why do I always get picked for these screwy details
all the time- I'll resign...You're all against me- the whole police
force is against me- the whole city is
against me." Keltons naive,
innocent, honest wisdom solves the mystery and saves the day at the
films ending. As always the special effects are up to their usual level
of hilarious ineptitude. "Sometimes we
would run out of money and have to suspend the picture until Ed could
raise more cash. We made 'Night of the Ghouls' in seven days and the
schedules for the others would run until the budget ran out."
Ed's new movie was originally titled "Revenge of the Dead" and was filmed
in less than a week which is amazing because its quite good and intentionally
funny thanks to Marco's comical performance plus some social redeeming
value (finally the productions were made to be campy). The picture was
previewed for AIP among other exploitation film distributors but was
unreleased for over 20 years until it was finally discovered by Wade
Williams in 1982.
Wade had foresight and knowledge
for fun, fortune entertainment and released it under the title "Night
of the Ghouls" an up-to-date title. This movie marked the end of the
"Edwoodsian Era" and is great as the sequel to "Bride of the Monster".
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