Oooof!  Plan 9 was Bela Lugosi's last movie, not Boris Karloff's! You're

confusing your 1930s monsters!!  (Actually, Karloff was a better actor and

Lugosi a much sadder case.  Having played Dracula and receiving some quite

good bit parts in such films as  NINOTCHKA , Lugosi drifted into alcoholism

and drug addiction.  He eventually started drinking formaldehyde!!  Towards

the end of his life, his only way of supporting his habit was appearing

in the grade z films of Edward Wood, quite possibly the worst director of all

time.  Among the Lugosi lowlights of this part of his career:  BRIDE OF THE

MONSTER (in which he utters the line "Do not be afraid of Lobo, he is as

gentle as a kitchen."), GLEN OR GLENDA, and, of course, PLAN 9 FROM OUTER

SPACE.)

 

Ben Alpers

Princeton University