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The Amazing Criswell is a Actor American born on 7 august 1907 at Princeton (USA)
For the mentalist Kreskin (born 1935), see The Amazing Kreskin.
Jeron Criswell King (August 18, 1907 – October 4, 1982), born Jeron Criswell Konig, and known by his stage-name The Amazing Criswell /ˈkrɪzwɛl/, was an American psychic known for wildly inaccurate predictions. In person, he went by Charles Criswell King, and was sometimes credited as Jeron King Criswell.
Criswell was flamboyant, with spit curled hair, a stentorian style of speaking, and a sequined tuxedo. He owned a coffin in which he claimed to sleep. He grew up in a troubled family in Indiana with relatives who owned a funeral home, and said that he became comfortable with sleeping in caskets in the storeroom. The casket appeared in one of Ed Wood's later works, the 1971 pornographic film Necromania.
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The Amazing Criswell
Birth name Jeron Criswell Konig
Nationality USA
Birth 7 august 1907 at Princeton (USA)
Death 4 october 1982 (at 75 years) at Burbank (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 7 august 1907 at Princeton (USA)
Death 4 october 1982 (at 75 years) at Burbank (USA)
For the mentalist Kreskin (born 1935), see The Amazing Kreskin.
Jeron Criswell King (August 18, 1907 – October 4, 1982), born Jeron Criswell Konig, and known by his stage-name The Amazing Criswell /ˈkrɪzwɛl/, was an American psychic known for wildly inaccurate predictions. In person, he went by Charles Criswell King, and was sometimes credited as Jeron King Criswell.
Criswell was flamboyant, with spit curled hair, a stentorian style of speaking, and a sequined tuxedo. He owned a coffin in which he claimed to sleep. He grew up in a troubled family in Indiana with relatives who owned a funeral home, and said that he became comfortable with sleeping in caskets in the storeroom. The casket appeared in one of Ed Wood's later works, the 1971 pornographic film Necromania.
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Dad Made Dirty Movies (2012)
, 58minutesDirected by Jordan Todorov
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about pornography, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Actors Stephen C. Apostolof, Ted V. Mikels, David S. Ward, Ed Wood, The Amazing Criswell, Tor Johnson
Roles Himself (archive footage)
Rating64%
Dad Made Dirty Movies chronicles Stephen C. Apostolof's rise, from the story of his escape as a refugee from the Soviet occupation of Eastern Europe, to producer and director of sexploitation films in the 1960s and 1970s, his turbulent relationship with infamous Ed Wood and his downfall in the late 1970s with advent of hardcore pornography.
Orgy of the Dead (1965)
, 1h32Directed by Stephen C. Apostolof
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Fantasy, Horror, Musical
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Sexploitation films, Wolves in film, Ghost films, Werewolves in film, Zombie films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors The Amazing Criswell, Pat Barrington, Fawn Silver, Cheyenne Silver
Rating30%
The film opens to two muscle-bound men dressed in loincloths approaching a crypt. They open the doors, revealing a coffin. They remove the lid and exit the crypt, then the inhabitant of the coffin (Criswell) sits up to deliver an opening narration. This narration mostly matches the prologue of Night of the Ghouls (1959), with one minor variation and an additional line. The phrase "world between the living and the dead" of the original is changed to "void between...". There is also a new line at the end: "A night with the ghouls, the ghouls reborn, from the innermost depths of the world!" The opening credits feature the image of "an immobile young woman clad in gold". The image was probably inspired by a memorable scene of Goldfinger (1964).
Night of the Ghouls (1959)
, 1h9Directed by Ed Wood
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Themes Ghost films, Zombie films
Actors Kenne Duncan, Duke Moore, Tor Johnson, Valda Hansen, Johnny Carpenter, John Carpenter
Roles himself
Rating35%
The basic plot involves the police investigating a supposed haunted house. The house is discovered to serve as headquarters for a confidence trickster who pretends to be able to contact the dead, and charges naive customers large amounts of money to allow them to speak to their deceased loved ones.
Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)
, 1h19Directed by Ed Wood
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Disaster films
Actors Gregory Walcott, Tom Keene, Tor Johnson, Duke Moore, Dudley Manlove, Bunny Breckinridge
Roles Himself / Narrator
Rating39%
At the funeral of an Old Man's wife, mourners are gathered by an open grave, among them her husband (Bela Lugosi). Overhead, an airliner is heading towards Burbank, California. The pilot Jeff Trent (Gregory Walcott) and his co-pilot Danny (David De Mering) are blinded by a bright light and loud sound. They look outside and see a flying saucer. The pilots follow the saucer's flight until it lands at the graveyard, where the funeral's gravediggers are killed by a female zombie (Maila Nurmi).