Allan C
Before Tim Burton made ED WOOD, the cinephiles knew him as Edward D. Wood Jr., the celebrated worst filmmaker of all time, and this film, PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE, is his CITIZEN KANE. The film really deserves zero stars for its writing, acting, directing, and pretty much every other filmmaking element, but I absolutely got four stars worth of entertainment from it. Long thought of as the worst film of all time, with hammy acting, amateurish writing, actors bumping into props, stupefyingly bad special effects, and so many more unintentionally hilarious moments of bad filmmaking, it deservedly earns that title. The story involves aliens seeking to conquer Earth by resurrecting the dead. They resurrect two corpses, one played by professional wrestler Tor Johnson (best known for his Halloween mask of the bald guy with the cracked head) and Vampira (who Elvira heavily borrowed her look and schtick from), but best of all is the third reanimated corpse, Bela Lugosi, who died before the filming started, but Ed Wood edited in some random footage of Lugosi walking in and out of his house and then had a different actor with a vampire cape covering his face the rest of the film. It’s so hilariously bad! I’d seen the best of Ed Wood’s bad movies, GLEN OR GLENDA, BRIDE OF THE MONSTER, and this film before seeing ED WOOD, but I wonder what it would be like watching the Tim Burton biopic first before seeing this movie. My recommendation would be to watch the original films and then watch the Burton film. But back to PLAN 9, it is essential viewing for movie fans and really needs to be seen to be believed.
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
11/10/24
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L S
It’s so bad that it’s kind of funny.
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Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars
10/24/24
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William B
Way better than people think it is, in my opinion. I had a blast watching this when I was younger.
Rated 4.5/5 Stars •
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
10/11/24
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Laurence Andre A
This movie is very fun to watch as it's a 1950s film. And I would definitely suggest people watch this movie as it gets interesting the longer they watch it. The message of the film is that the Aliens are threatening to destroy humanity if they don't stop building weapons that would destroy the universe. The aliens then planned on bringing dead people back to life as monsters in order for the plan to go forward. They're deemed to hope that the humans would listen to them after causing chaos from the dead people, otherwise they'll destroy them. The movie starts with an airplane about land until a ufo ship fly across them which cause the plane to be very shaky afterwards, and then later on, two farmers tried to dig out a hole in the cemetery where they encounter one of the dead people that aliens have resurrected and killed them both in which cause a crime scene on the cemetery. Detective later tries to investigate the cemetery even further after being told by one detective that he shouldn't wandered the cemetery in the dark alone but he still insists on going anyways in which where later come across a wife that killed the man and husband who is recently resurrected from the aliens surrounds the detective as he tries to shoot them both in which shown no affect on them at all and killed him. He was then later resurrected by the aliens as a big zombie. Later at the end of the film, The pilot, detective, and the general finally met the two aliens who explained to them why they're doing this. And after a huge argument between them, the pilot and the alien fought each other until the alien was hit onto the ground unconscious while the detective and generals started blasting around the ufo ship causing it to be on fire. And as the female alien tried to wake up her captain and take off with the ship. The ship suddenly blows up, marking the end of the film.
Rated 3.5/5 Stars •
Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
09/27/24
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Andy R
This movie was quite enjoyable because of how bad the acting was. There were so many unnecessary scene that were not needed in this movie. One of the things I really liked about this movie was the idea that the aliens want the people on earth to accept their existence. I didn’t understand how bringing the dead back to life was gonna help the people accept that Aliens do exist and what then. This movie was quite enjoyable but really slow paced. Some of the fighting techniques used throughout the movie were so bad and boring. Not once did this movie made me feel any type of empathy towards the actors. I probably would not watch this movie because it was so boring and not really interesting at all. I would definitely recommend this movie to people who want a different view on aliens. The whole movie felt like a dream. I believe that this movie was made to try to warn us of the dangers that humans can cause to the planet as the aliens in the movie main goal I believe was to prevent the humans from creating a bomb that will destroy the universe. But then again how is bringing the dead back to life was gonna solve this issue. During the time this movie was made and released I think it was the time where a lot of people were seeing UFO sightings. Overall this movie was not the best but it did make me laugh in some of the scenes.
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars
09/27/24
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Phillip P
Plan 9 from Outer Space is hailed as one of the worst films ever made within the cult film culture, and for good reasons. It is a sci-fi movie filled with clunky dialogue, awkward acting, and embarassing special effects even by the 1970s standards. Everything about it screams low effort and low budget to me. It is the kind of film that some people enjoy because it is so bad, it is almost good. Unfortunately, I just cannot resonate with that sentiment.
The story involves aliens raising the dead in an attempt to stop humanity from creating a doomsday weapon. It is honestly not a terrible premise even though the appearance of all these elements are never seen together. However, the execution really failed its plot's potential. The scenes are poorly edited, and many shots feel like they were put together without much care. The flying saucers looked like literal toys on strings. While I know that people love it for its campy, so bad it is good charm, I found it more frustrating than fun. The plot is disjointed, the pacing is off, and it is hard to stay engaged when everything except the very end climax feels like a drag. Although I did appreciate and find certain parts of the film to be humorous and entertaining due to how bad it was. For the majority of the time, it just did not work for me. I can appreciate its place in film history, but I cannot recommend it to most people.
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Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars
09/26/24
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