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R.I.P. ‘Plan 9 from Outer Space’ Star Conrad Brooks
If you’re intimately familiar with the work of Ed Wood you’re probably also familiar with Conrad Brooks, a staple of Wood’s filmography. Brooks appeared in Glen or Glenda, Bride of the Monster and Plan 9 from Outer Space, and his work with Wood led to a B-movie career that made him a horror convention staple throughout the years.
We’re sad to report today, via friends on social media, that Brooks has passed away at 86. He was the last surviving member of Ed Wood’s acting stable.
Conrad Brooks appeared in nearly 100 genre films from 1953 straight through this year, including Puppet Master III, Zombiegeddon, Brain Robbers from Outer Space, and the 2015 remake of the Ed Wood film, Plan 9. Tim Burton featured Brooks as a bartender in the 1994 film Ed Wood, a tribute to Brooks’ relationship with Wood.
Brooks most recently appeared in this year’s Toilet Gator, and according to IMDb, he was currently filming roles in Darkness Waits and Abaddon.
A B-movie staple right up until the end. Thanks for the memories, Conrad.
After pulling in $28 million at the worldwide box office this month, director (and star) Dev Patel’s critically acclaimed action-thriller Monkey Man is now available to watch at home.
You can rent Monkey Man for $19.99 or digitally purchase the film for $24.99!
Monkey Man is currently 88% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, with Bloody Disgusting’s head critic Meagan Navarro awarding the film 4.5/5 stars in her review out of SXSW back in March.
Meagan raves, “While the violence onscreen is palpable and painful, it’s not just the exquisite fight choreography and thrilling action set pieces that set Monkey Man apart but also its political consciousness, unique narrative structure, and myth-making scale.”
“While Monkey Man pays tribute to all of the action genre’s greats, from the Indonesian action classics to Korean revenge cinema and even a John Wick joke or two, Dev Patel’s cultural spin and unique narrative structure leave behind all influences in the dust for new terrain,” Meagan’s review continues.
She adds, “Monkey Man presents Dev Patel as a new action hero, a tenacious underdog with a penetrating stare who bites, bludgeons, and stabs his way through bodies to gloriously bloody excess. More excitingly, the film introduces Patel as a strong visionary right out of the gate.”
Inspired by the legend of Hanuman, Monkey Man stars Patel as Kid, an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he is beaten bloody by more popular fighters for cash. After years of suppressed rage, Kid discovers a way to infiltrate the enclave of the city’s sinister elite. As his childhood trauma boils over, his mysteriously scarred hands unleash an explosive campaign of retribution to settle the score with the men who took everything from him.
Monkey Man is produced by Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions.
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