Scénárista a režisér Edward D. Wood, Jr. (1924-1978) patří mezi nejbizarnější postavy hollywoodských dějin. Nesmírně plodný autor vytvářel výhradně snímky kategorie B, vyznačující se minimálním rozpočtem, co nejkratší dobou realizace a „senzačními“ brakovými tématy z oblasti sci-fi, hororu a později i pornografie. Snímek zastihuje Eda Wooda v 50. letech, v jeho nejplodnějším a nejšťastnějším období, kdy dával dohromady svůj bizarní tvůrčí tým a kdy točil svá nejvýznamnější díla.

After escaping Russia's communist revolution, Léon Theremin travels to New York, where he pioneers the field of electronic music with his synthesizer. But at the height of his popularity, Soviet agents kidnap and force him to develop spy technology.

Sidney Pythias is a bumbling janitor picked up by cop Mike Damon as a teenage gang member worth saving from delinquency. With Damon's help, Sidney works his way through the Police Academy to become a cop too.

On their wedding night, a newlywed couple find themselves menaced by a bloodthirsty vampire.

Quite simply the finest theremin player who has ever lived, Clara Rockmore began her performing life as a violin prodigy at the age of 5 years old, still the youngest person ever admitted to the prestigious Imperial Conservatory of Saint Petersburg where she studied under the great Leopold Auer. Due to childhood malnutrition causing bone problems in her teen years, she was forced to give up the violin and moved to New York City in the mid 1920's where she met and became involved with Russian electronics genius Leon Theremin and helped him to refine and perfect his new instrument, giving advice from the standpoint of a musical performer to make the theremin more playable and developing her own hand techniques and exercises for playing the instrument.