'Necromania': A Tale of Weird Love! (1971)

User Rating:

3.9/10   

Director:

Edward D. Wood Jr.

Writers:

Edward D. Wood Jr. (novel)
Edward D. Wood Jr. (screenplay)

Genre:

Horror | Adult

Tagline:

A tale of weird love.

Plot:

A couple having marital problems (the husband can't seem to rise to the occasion) visits Madame Heles...

Plot Keywords:

Lesbianism | Independent Short | Impotence | Lesbian Kiss | Lesbian

Cast

Maria Arnold	...	Madame Heles
Rene Bond	...	Shirley
Ric Lutze	...	Danny
Edward D. Wood Jr.

Directed by
Edward D. Wood Jr.		(as Don Miller)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Edward D. Wood Jr.		novel "The Only House"
Edward D. Wood Jr.		screenplay

Produced by
Edward D. Wood Jr.	....	producer (as Don Miller)

Cinematography by
Ted Gorley		(hard core)
Hal Guthu		(soft core)

Film Editing by
Edward D. Wood Jr.

Sound Department
George Malley	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
John Andrews	....	grip

Production Companies

• Cinema Classics Production

Distributors

• Stacey Distributors (1971) (USA) (theatrical)
• Something Weird Video (SWV) (1993) (USA) (VHS) (incomplete print)
• Alpha Blue Archives (????) (USA) (VHS) (uncut softcore version)

Also Known As:

Necromania (USA) (short title)

Runtime:

51 min (R-rated version) | 54 min (X rated version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Canada:R | USA:R (edited for re-rating) | USA:X

Company:

Cinema Classics Production

Trivia:

Movie was filmed over two or three days with a budget of no more than $7,000 and the only copies went missing soon after it was made

Quotes:

Shirley: You nearly made me wet my nightgown, old boy. It's new, too.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "SexTV: The Money Shot/Fleshbot/A Moment with... Brian McNair (#7.12)" (2005)

Very sad.

I like bad movies. Some of my favorite films are really awful. This film is way beyond that. If you are an Ed Wood fan like myself this final chapter in the man's life is truly heartbreaking. "Necromania" was intended to be a dirty movie, it is certainly the most anti-erotic thing I have ever seen. Like most "erotic" films the plot seems like an afterthought. Something about a necromancer curing a guy of impotence?! The video released by SWV also includes footage from another Ed Wood nudie picture called "Flesh Feast". This one, starring Ed himself, is even worse; nothing but shameless exhibitionism. (Although Ed never takes off his boxers, thank God.) Apparently shot over the course of one day, we see Ed becoming increasingly drunk as the day goes on. Most telling line: "I can't make it! How much longer can this go on?" A very sad document. See it if you must, but don't even plan on getting any laughs, it's too pathetic.