# Who is the Ed Wood of contemporary films?

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**Created:** [March 1, 2016, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-ed-wood-of-contemporary-films/747681 "2016-03-01T20:56:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-ed-wood-of-contemporary-films/747681/61 "2016-03-04T11:36:10Z")

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> [@JoseB](#):
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> I know he only made **that** one movie, but… Maybe we could spare a thought for Hal Warren

Not sure how he fits into this thread. He’s been dead for 31 years, and Manos came out in 1966 - a full decade before the last movie written by Ed Wood that came out in his lifetime (though a mere 6 years before the last one he directed).

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**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-ed-wood-of-contemporary-films/747681/62 "2016-03-04T12:41:15Z")

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Ulli Lommel. He makes fictionalized films about serialized serial killers that manage to be both more stomach-churning than the original story, AND more boring. I don’t know who keeps giving him backing.

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