What makes it different from others?

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

The last DVD left in my Ed Wood box, Night of the Ghouls. Again, Ed Wood loved to keep me on my toes after being surprised by the last couple of films that I saw that were created by him. Glen or Glenda being a sad documentary that went into a strange warped scary movie. Plan 9 which is just as hilarious as they say it is. Bride of the Monster which is silly but meant with good intentions and a great performance by Bela Lugosi . Jail Bait which turned out to be a good film and was extremely well written. Night of the Ghouls was made after Plan 9 from Outer Space, so I know that he wasn't on his hot streak any more. But bless him, he does try, unfortunately he fell flat with this one. While it's certainly silly at times, with some over the top bad special effects, bad performances there are some laughingly bad moments. But given credit where it's due, I understood where Ed Wood was going with this story and had the creepy elements to it, they just were not met with the limited means that he should have been given.A team of scam-artist mediums make money out of unsuspecting clients until, much to their surprise, some real ghosts arrive to haunt them. I don't know if I would recommend this film, if you are looking to watch any of Ed Wood's work, I would say to go for it. But it's a bad movie, like I said, it's the actors and the special effects that really killed the whole idea of what Ed Wood had in mind. He has a couple of his regulars in here, but unfortunately not the good kind with Criswald and the ever larger than life Tor Johnson. But Ed Wood never did judge people, if he did he would never have any friends. I think the funniest thing about this film was the flying trumpet that was so obviously being hung on a string. There are walking skeletons that are obviously being propped up. Like I said, not good effects, but they get a good chuckle. Over all, not the worst movie I have ever seen in my life, but it is Ed's worst since you could give credit where it's due with his other films. However Ed Wood had passion for film and I hope that future generations will see his gift and study his work. His world may be crazy, but at least he gave it a very good try.3/10

Night of the Ghouls is effectively Ed Wood's lost movie, seeing as it remained unreleased for over twenty years. For anyone who is a fan of this famous director's work, this one sure does not disappoint. It's basically Ed's attempt at a supernatural horror movie. But of course, as is the way with Wood movies, the result is extremely strange. It's basically about a charlatan clairvoyant who uses his fakery to make money out of bereaving relatives of the recently deceased, meanwhile, real malevolent ghosts hover about nearby. A cop who specializes in the paranormal is sent on the case to investigate. Much of the proceedings are narrated by the one and only Criswell who emphasizes ALL the wrong WORDS.The whole premise is as dumb as any Wood has concocted before. The principal villain is a character called Dr. Acula without the slightest hint that this is clearly a supremely idiotic name. You really get the impression that Wood believed in ideas such as this 100% and didn't for a second think they were as insane as they are. The idea of the ghost cop itself is of course deeply silly but par for the course in Wood's world. Tor Johnson turns up again with another performance, exactly the same as all the others, as does Paul Marco, who plays yet another cowardly cop. Macro's policeman is a bizarrely ridiculous character played with zero common-sense. He fires his gun at the drop of a hat, and is overall a complete cretin of a character. There are additionally a couple of female ghosts in cool Gothic clothing who hover about outside in a Vampira-lite sort of way.Probably the best scenes in Night of the Ghouls are the ones in the séance. We have a floating trumpet and flask top, a ghostly sheet and a black man in a helmet mumbling gibberish. All are accompanied with silly noises. The people in the séance consist of a few extremely deadpan grieving relatives who sit through this nonsense with not the slightest reaction. And a few skeletons also sit at the table for no real reason. Dr. Acula controls proceedings wearing a very silly hat. Tor Johnson even pops in at one point and attacks Marco's idiot cop. Again the séance guests do not even bat an eyelid. All the scenes in the séance are Wood gold.Overall I enjoyed this one very much. It has a good pacing too, and never gets boring. One of Wood's most consistently enjoyable films in my personal opinion.

Ed Wood's followup to "Plan 9 from Outer Space". Lt. Bradford (Duke Moore) and patrolman Paul Kelton (Paul Marco) go investigate a deserted house where strange things are happening. There they find Dr. Acula (sigh) (Keene Duncan) who's a phony spiritualist trying to bilk wealthy people by "contacting" their dead spouses.This is the legendary Wood film that sat unreleased for 25 YEARS because Wood couldn't pay the lab bill! It has the typical Wood ingredients--a bad script, lousy acting (although Moore wasn't bad), a stubborn refusal to make sense and dreadful direction and editing. However it's not as bad (or as funny) as "Plan 9" or "Bride of the Monster" were. This is just pretty boring stuff. It has some fun moments--Tor Johnson's truly laughable makeup job and a bewildering séance (where someone is shot at multiple times and someone is knocked out cold--and no one bats an eyelash) but it's mostly just dull. Even Criswell (narrating from a coffin this time) seems to just be going through the motions. And good luck explaining what the Black Ghost is doing in this! Pretty bad...even for Wood. I give it a 1.

I know what you're thinking. This is an Ed Wood movie so it can't be that good. Yeah, well, it ain't that bad either. An elderly couple show up at the police station frightened out of their wits having claimed to see a ghost near an old house in the woods once owned by a deranged scientist. The police feel they need to check it out so they send in one of their officers who specializes in ghosts (don't all police squads have a ghost unit?). Another officer is sent who is very possibly the worst cop in the history of cinema. He fires his gun at anything that frightens him in the least. He's played by Ed Wood regular, Paul Marco, played with not one ounce of common sense or normalcy. Anyway, the two cops investigate the house and see it's just a front for the new owner, named Dr. Ackula (I'm not kidding), to run a profitable scam that involves talking to peoples dead relatives. One of Dr. Acula's goons to do his dirty work is played by Tor Johnson who is always a welcome sight in a movie like this. Criswell narrates the film but really is unnecessary to the story, although it kind of adds to the campiness. It is rumored that this movie sat in the can for almost two decades because Ed Wood couldn't afford to have the film developed. If you liked "Plan 9 from outer space" you'll probably at least find this film moderately amusing.