cigarette smoking   usa   independent film   dream sequence   dream   stabbing   hit by a car   beatnik   character name in title   hotel   1950s   fistfight   falling from height   psychiatrist   exploitation   flashback   father daughter relationship   avant garde   siren   alien   detective   ufo   airplane   self defense   critically acclaimed   guilt   killer   apartment   dinner   revolver   experimental film   controversy   dwarf   hotel room   killing   jazz   investigator   insanity   aerial photography   kitchen   hollywood   cross   camp   lantern   alien invasion   outer space   cult classic   cult   flashlight   hopelessness   halloween   police inspector   stabbed to death   stewardess   pimp   graveyard   lieutenant   delusion   world war two   fiancé fiancée relationship   censorship   transvestism   washington d.c.   homophobia   narrated by character   mannequin   odor   match   stoned   musician   extraterrestrial   secret life   female removes her clothes   skeleton   b movie   cross dressing   operation   transsexual   dream within a dream   rape attempt   back from the dead   terror   angora   angora sweater   sex change   stock footage   washington monument   tape recording   mad scientist   jazz band   tombstone   scientist   no dialogue   man in woman's clothes   wife leaves husband   crypt   eucalyptus tree   ghoul   grave digger   multiple actors for one character   pentagon building   ray gun   reanimation   sexist attitude   tripping while fleeing   unintentional humor   unintentionally funny   wobbly sets   wooden   narration   plan   flying saucer   chauffeur   steel mill   fantasy world   dementia   engaged couple   male in female clothes   semi documentary   sweater   wino   banned   delayed release   freudian allusion   newsboy   only film by director   outre   presumed guilt   cult favorite   grave   funeral   cemetery   death   military   murder   nightclub   number in title   inspector   fog   butler   suicide   knife   panic   paranoia   switchblade   sadism   pilot   female removes her dress   voice over narration   violence   husband wife relationship   nightmare   newspaper headline   newspaper   zombie   drunkenness   lightning   limousine   space travel   spacecraft   surrealism   screaming   mother daughter relationship   police   police car   low budget film   necklace   told in flashback   transvestite   drugs   hallucination   undead   murderer