Glen or Glenda - Legacy

Legacy

In 1980, Wood was posthumously given the accolade of 'Worst Director of All Time' at the Golden Turkey Awards, and revival of interest in his work followed. This led to Glen or Glenda being reissued in 1982. This cut of the movie included six minutes of additional footage. One of the restored scenes features Glen rejecting a pass made to him by a gay man. At this point the film was reviewed seriously, and reclaimed as a radical work, by Steve Jenkins in the Monthly Film Bulletin.

The critic, Leonard Maltin, names Glen or Glenda as "possibly the worst movie ever made," a dubious honor previously held by another Wood film, Plan 9 from Outer Space.

In 1994, Tim Burton chronicled the troubled production of Glen or Glenda in Ed Wood. The film includes recreations of several key scenes, most notably Lugosi's ponderous narration and Glen's plea for his girlfriend's understanding at the end of the movie. A pornographic remake of the film, entitled Glen & Glenda, was released the same year as Ed Wood and featured much the same script as the original film, as well as explicit sex scenes.

In 2004, the horror film, Seed of Chucky, main character Chucky and his bride Tiffany decide to call their child "Glen or Glenda" as it lacks genitalia.

In 2006, the distributed operating system, Plan 9 from Bell Labs, had a mascot, Glenda, the Plan 9 Bunny, named after Glen or Glenda and Plan 9 from Outer Space.

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