The Hound of the Baskervilles, Ch. 9-12: The Man on the Tor

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Title: The Hound of the Baskervilles, Ch. 9-12: The Man on the Tor
Author: gardnerhill                        
Word Count: 60                     
Rating: G
Warning: Extreme crack ahead. May prove incomprehensible to non-Americans.
Summary: “Hound of the Baskervilles” - Directed by Ed Wood.

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Selden the convict loomed over Sir Henry and me, a massive bald behemoth with one expression: a contorted scowl. “Stay off moor,” he rumbled in a Swedish accent, his enormous fists flexing.

And suddenly Sherlock Holmes was wrapped around the lummox’s huge head. “Run!” he shouted.

As we stumbled past pasteboard headstones we heard a man in angora shout, “Cut!”

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Author’s Note: Ed Wood Jr. was an eccentric 1950s American filmmaker infamous for making cheap, poorly-acted horror movies.  His stable of actors included fallen-on-hard-times Bela Lugosi – and a Swedish wrestler named Tor Johnson. (Wood was fond of wearing angora sweaters.)
 

Comments

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

I trust there were also the footprints of a Giant Hound!

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Plan Nine from Dartmoor!

[debriswoman]

I rather like this version:-)

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Oh man, wouldn't an Ed Wood Sherlock Holmes film be a hoot? I can see him using somebody's super-friendly German Shepherd as the Hound and it keeps licking its victims to death...

[debriswoman]

The world needs film makers like this:-)

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

This is such a charming idea ^____^

I had heard of Ed Wood Jr. via the film Ed Wood but I've forgotten pretty much all of that ^^" So thank you for the thoughtful notes too.

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

More than one comedy team has made funny comments throughout one of Wood's ghastly films (including such non-Oscar contenders as PLAN NINE FROM OUTER SPACE, BRIDE OF THE MONSTER, GLEN OR GLENDA, and THE SINISTER URGE) - which is how most Americans know about them.

The funny thing is that Wood's third-rate filmmaking and less-than-stellar cast have an honesty and affection about them that you don't find in bigger-budgeted and better movies. They're one step above home movies, and they carry a lot of the same chummy attitude about the cast members.