The man came with his projects with such sincerity, that you can safely ignore his lack of budget, props, sets, talented actors or the ability to write engaging dialog. He was just a guy who wanted to make movies with his friends.
So the plot is pretty by the numbers. Mad Scientist Bela Lugosi is trying to make a race of atomic supermen in a swamp somewhere in the south. Assisted by mute henchman Tor Johnson, he is subjecting hapless victims to gamma rays and feeding the rejects to his pet giant octopus, which can live in fresh water, for some reason.
The movie concludes with the girl reporter discovering his secret, only to be saved from being experimented on by a reluctant Tor, who subjects Lugosi to the machine, making him an atomic monster.
It's pure 50's schlock, romanticized by the Johnny Depp/Tim Burton film.
So the plot is pretty by the numbers. Mad Scientist Bela Lugosi is trying to make a race of atomic supermen in a swamp somewhere in the south. Assisted by mute henchman Tor Johnson, he is subjecting hapless victims to gamma rays and feeding the rejects to his pet giant octopus, which can live in fresh water, for some reason.
The movie concludes with the girl reporter discovering his secret, only to be saved from being experimented on by a reluctant Tor, who subjects Lugosi to the machine, making him an atomic monster.
It's pure 50's schlock, romanticized by the Johnny Depp/Tim Burton film.