Passes the Bechdel test
Orgy of the Dead
1965. Directed by Stephen C. Apostolof, written by Edward D. Wood Jr..
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
10 women characters. 1 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 11. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In that scene, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.
The film
Bob and his girlfriend Shirley go in search of a cemetery in order to inspire John for writing his next horror story. After they crash the car, they wander into the graveyard and encounter the dancing dead, a full moon spectacle overseen by the Ruler of the Dark. Before long the couple is spotted and taken prisoner. Tied to stakes and forced to watch the dancing, they await their fate.
- Released
- 01 Jun 1965
- Genres
- Fantasy, Horror
- Rated
- Unrated
- IMDb
- 3 / 10
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Criswell 73 lines, man
- Bob 47 lines, man
- Shirley 45 lines, woman
- Princess Of Darkness 36 lines, woman
- The Mummy 22 lines, man
- The Wolf Man 10 lines, man
- Doctor #1 4 lines
- Doctor #2 3 lines
- Cut Back To Criswell 1 lines
- Featuring 1 lines
Full cast, 19 people
- Criswell as The Emperor
- Fawn Silver as The Black Ghoul
- Pat Barrington as Shirley / Gold Girl
- William Bates as Bob
- Mickey Jines as Hawaiian Dance
- Barbara Nordin as Skeleton Dance
- Bunny Glaser as Indian Dance
- Nadejda Klein as Slave Dance
- Coleen O'Brien as Street Walker Dance
- Lorali Hart as Cat Dance
- Rene De Beau as Fluff Dance
- Stephanie Jones as Mexican Dance
- Dene Starnes as Zombie Dance
- Louis Ojena as The Mummy
- John Andrews as The Wolfman / Giant
- Edward Tontini as Doctor
- William Bonner as 2nd Doctor
- John Bealey as Detective
- Arlene Spooner as Nurse
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 1 scene, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 5% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 11
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 to 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 to 3 | 9 | 11 |
| 4 to 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 to 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 to 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 to 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 to 8 | 8 | 9 |
| 9 to 9 | 56 | 119 |
| 10 to 10 | 6 | 3 |
| 11 to 11 | 0 | 1 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: the passing scene
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
PRINCESS OF DARKNESS: Tie them that they may watch. SHIRLEY: Fiend! Fiend! PRINCESS OF DARKNESS: To love the cat, is to be the cat!
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 35 are women's.
81 lines from women, 152 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
10 women and 4 men in the cast. 1 women and 2 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 8 of 245.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 14 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 27% of the words (669), men 73% (1,780). Women have 35% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.
Exhibit E: the test the other way
Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.
Conversations between two named characters
Two women
1
Two men
9
Exhibit F: behind the camera
None of the 7 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 0% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Stephen C. Apostolof (man)
- Written by
- Edward D. Wood Jr. (man)
- Produced by
- Stephen C. Apostolof (man)
- Shot by
- Robert Caramico (man)
- Edited by
- Donald A. Davis (man)
- Music by
- Jaime Mendoza-Nava (man)
- Costumes by
- Robert Darieux (gender not listed)
The crew, department by department
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Production
0 women, 2 men, 3 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 2 men, 1 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
0 women, 0 men, 3 not listed
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Sound
0 women, 2 men, 1 not listed
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Art
0 women, 0 men, 2 not listed
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Other crew
0 women, 2 men
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Directing
0 women, 1 men
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Editing
0 women, 1 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 27 on average. Men: 57 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Pat Barrington 25, Lorali Hart 29
Men
Criswell 57
Exhibit H: the money
What it cost and made, where TMDB lists it.
- Budget
- $10,000
- Box office
- Not listed
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 11 scenes and 245 lines of dialogue. How the test works
