Ed Wood's Dirty Movies

Interesting viewing for the Ed Wood Completest. the films are in varying degrees of quality from the original films, scratches etc, but if this is from only known copies i'd rather see them than not.

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This triple treat of Ed Wood movies was released by After Hours Cinema. "Nympho Cycler" (1971) is a poor quality print. Given the source material, that's not surprising. The Alpha Blue Archives edition starts with Casey Larrain (credited as Lorraine Casey) in a swimming pool, and Ed Wood sitting poolside. Ed is in drag, wearing a blonde wig and green dress. Ed announces that, "After all, I am your husband," taking off his wig and dress, and joining Casey in the pool. The After Hours Cinema version starts with Ed and Lorraine already in the pool. Much of Ed and Lorraine's dialogue seems improvised, as they're laughing it up and kissing. In a later scene, Ed is taking photographs of his wife for a men's magazine. That scene is very reminiscent of the movie "Pretty Models All In A Row" (1969). In that movie, Ed played a cross-dressing photographer, while Casey Larrain played one of the models. In this movie, Lorraine gets tired of Ed exploiting her as a model, and pimping her out to his friends. She hits the road on her motorcycle, and experiences all sorts of sexual hijinks. After less than an hour, the movie ends, without Ed Wood making a return appearance. There's very little of the quirky dialogue that Ed Wood was famous for.Alice Friedland stars in "The Young Marrieds" (1971). The movie was written by Ed Wood, was the last film that Ed Wood directed, and has been lost for over forty years. The video quality is fair, especially considering the source material. It's a standard, hardcore porno movie, with occasional narration. Alice plays a wife whose husband is not sexually satisfied. They go to a swingers' party with two other couples. Alice's husband eagerly has sex with a bleached-blonde woman. Alice is reluctant at first, but soon enough is joining in on the fun. As the orgy intensifies, the movie ends, clocking in at less than an hour. Again, there's very little of the quirky dialogue that Ed Wood was famous for. Despite its flaws, it's always a cause for celebration when a lost Ed Wood film has been found, and released on DVD. The theatrical trailer for "The Young Marrieds" is included as a bonus feature, and is not available in the Alpha Blue Archives edition. According to the informative liner notes, there is some doubt about Ed Wood's involvement with the adult movie "Shot On Location," which was released in January of 1972. Its movie-within-a-movie, quirky dialogue, and surprise ending, are in the style of Ed Wood, at the very least. This After Hours Cinema release is a worthwhile purchase for hard core Ed Wood fans like me.

This is the definitive DVD release of Ed Wood's "The Young Marrieds", Wood's last film. This DVD release is 8 minutes longer for the aforementioned film, compared to another DVD release on a different label! Kudos to Dimitrios Otis for this definitive release, and his brilliant and informative liner notes included with this DVD release!

Every now and then, I check the internets for new findings in the seemingly endless depths of Ed Wood ephemera. Since Rudolph Grey first published the reigning authority on all things Wood, "Nightmare in Ecstasy", many new discoveries have been unearthed, broadening our understanding of the works of Hollywood's most lovable loser. As the Tim Burton biopic ignores Ed's forays into adult entertainment entirely (a period of his life which I still maintain deserves its own treatment; think "Boogie Nights" meets "Leaving Las Vegas" starring Randy Quaid), his efforts in smut films and literature remain largely detached from the legend. To obsessive completists like myself, this only makes us naturally more consumed with studying this side of Wood further.So, last summer, when I learned of the newly released "Young Marrieds", a long-presumed lost film and currently considered Ed Wood's final directorial effort, I was excited. Even better, an on-screen Wood sighting in the newly-found "Nympho Cycler" was too irresistible to ignore. As I prepared to order the Alpha Blue editions of these films, I caught notice of this release, which had not only the aforementioned two rarities but a THIRD unheard of Wood-related film, "Shot On Location" in one package. Being the completist I am, I opted to pre-order this version from After Hours Cinema back in August. So, patiently I waited...What I got was beyond disappointing on all fronts. Firstly, though "Nympho Cycler" was unfinished to begin with, the version on this disc cuts at least 15 minutes out from what is left, including a good portion of one of Ed Wood's scenes (where he is in drag). It eliminates the title credits as well as the theme song (which can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MKq73dap1k), and who knows what else. Even more infuriating, though, was the deliberate misrepresentation of the third "feature", "Shot On Location". The item description on Amazon currently reads as such:"This one-of-a-king collection also includes Ed Wood on-screen in Nympho Cycler and Shot on Location."Similar sentiments were expressed in other advance notices of this release, suggesting Wood appears in BOTH films. Not the case. In fact, the liner notes, which make no mention of "Nympho Cycler" at all, even though it would be a great opportunity to clarify that it is in all likelihood an alternate title for Joseph Robertson's elusive "Misty" referenced in "Nightmare in Ecstasy". Instead, a couple pages are devoted to justifying that "Shot On Location" is included because it MIGHT have been written by Wood. Though several actors associated with other Wood productions of this era (Rene Bond, Rick Lutze, Casey Lorrain), the evidence is flimsy that Wood did much more than contribute to the script without credit. The only bonuses on the disc are a trailer for "The Young Marrieds" and several others for Carter Stevens films. Personally, I would have preferred using the disc space for a more complete version of "Nympho Cycler"/"Misty."Sub-par release. Huge disappointment. Spend a couple bucks more for the separate Alpha Blue editions.

A must have for cult legend Ed Woods fans featuring his foray into adult film genre. All films are rendered in good quality (considering the age of the source materials) and includes the rarely seen Young Marrieds.