This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place

Absolutely the worst movie.

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

A flunky for a porno movie ring starts murdering the smut films' lead actresses.This film has made it on the "turkey list", has been made fun of by MST3K, and has been called he worst film Ed Wood ever made (which is a rather scathing insult). I am okay with the MST3K part, but the rest seem a bit unfair. This is not that terrible of a movie.My biggest issue is that I mistakenly thought this was a horror film. That may be because the title was borrowed by Rob Zombie. Beyond that, I actually thought the plot was interesting and the script seems well-written. The sets are cheap and the editing needs work, but this is clearly a film that was not just another rehash. Allegedly it was partially inspired by "Psycho", but the difference is so major that no one would ever guess.

The Sinister Urge (1960) * 1/2 (out of 4)Edward D. Wood, Jr.'s hard-hitting look at the smut business has Lt. Carson (Kenne Duncan) and Sgt. Stone (Duke Moore) trying to solve a couple murders where the victims had just taken part in the pornography world. They believe the victims can be traced to a certain woman (Jean Fontaine) but they need to find out who's actually doing the killing. THE SINISTER URGE is Wood's attempt to show how ugly and evil the porn business is so I guess it's kind of ironic that this would be his last directing job for ten years until he would start working in, you guessed it, the porn business. As you'd expect, this here is a pretty poor film that like most of Wood's stuff has an interesting idea but the story is all over the place and in the end it just makes no sense. It seems that Wood was wanting to do the story about a psycho turned on by porn and then mix in a detective tale and the two items just didn't mix very well. The film is certainly a tad bit sleazier than the normal 1960 production but this doesn't make up for the weak dialogue or bad performances. It's funny but the film really puts down those who take advantage of girls who come to Hollywood to become stars and the film also preaches that girls should just stay home. The first female victim has such a Southern accent that I'm guessing Wood found her as she stepped off the bus. Wood's regular outlaws (Duncan, Moore, Conrad Brooks) are all here and it's worth noting that this here was Duncan's last feature film. Fans of Wood's work will still want to check this out but it's certainly miles behind his classics.

After years of hearing how awful Ed Wood films are this example of his work really didn't seem so bad.I expected epic continuity errors, little to no plot and extremely low budget filming. However the worst thing about this film turned out to be just how dull it was. Unless you're watching the MST3K version you'll find this movie very boring.The continuity errors are there, but you can overlook them if you choose to. The story moves, albeit slowly, plot elements are there, and the story wraps up, but in a rather unbelievable way. It may be low budget, but the wooden acting hurts this movie far more than the budget. The sets, car crash, and fight scenes seem about on par with 60's TV.

This movie is so unintentionally funny, like all Ed Wood movies. It's not on the same level as Plan 9 from Outer Space, but it comes mighty darn close. Not only that, but MST3K riffed it, as well. That raises the humor level about a hundred points. I recommend it to anyone with a love for bad movies.