The flirtatious and striptease-themed vignettes were typical of 1950s exploitation films and grindhouse films, as was the rape scene. The film has deleted scenes.
Glen or Glenda is a 1953 American exploitation film written, directed by and starring Ed Wood (credited in his starring role as "Daniel Davis"), and featuring Bela Lugosi and Wood's then-girlfriend Dolores Fuller.
They consisted of "exploitative, cheap fare created especially for them [teens] in a newly-established teen/drive-in genre." It was denied classification by the British Board of Film Classification upon submission on February 26, 1958. ==Legacy== In 1980, Wood was posthumously given the accolade of 'Worst Director of All Time' at the Golden Turkey Awards, and revival of interest in his work followed.
They consisted of "exploitative, cheap fare created especially for them [teens] in a newly-established teen/drive-in genre." It was denied classification by the British Board of Film Classification upon submission on February 26, 1958. ==Legacy== In 1980, Wood was posthumously given the accolade of 'Worst Director of All Time' at the Golden Turkey Awards, and revival of interest in his work followed.
It was re-released to theaters in 1981 by Paramount. According to Tim Dirks, the film was one of a wave of "cheap teen movies" released for the drive-in market.
This led to Glen or Glenda being reissued in 1982.
At this point, the film was reviewed seriously, and reclaimed as a radical work, by Steve Jenkins in the Monthly Film Bulletin. The critic Leonard Maltin names Glen or Glenda as "possibly the worst movie ever made". In 1994, Tim Burton chronicled the troubled production of Glen or Glenda in Ed Wood.
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