Plan 9 From Outer Space: The Movie
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The Horror of Plan 9 From Outer Space
In fact, Plan Nine From Outer Space is unintentionally hilarious. The cheesy special effects, the inappropriate use of stock film footage, the obvious breaks in continuity and the outrageously bad dialogue combine to make this movie a lot of fun, if viewed with the right people.
Never mind that the tombstones are made of cardboard and bend on screen, director Ed Wood truly believed in his product. There have been men who made films for profit, there have been men who made films to exploit: Ed Wood made them because they were inside him, and he needed to get them out. That sincerity, in the face of total ineptitude, makes each one of his movies, and particularly Plan 9 From Outer Space, something special. Bad, but special.
Contents at a Glance
- The Main Cast of Characters
- The Amazing Criswell Introduces Plan 9
- Plan 9 From Outer Space On DVD
- Plan 9 From Outer Space: Trailer In Colo...
- The Plan 9 From Outer Space Poll
- Great Deals On Plan 9 From Outer Space
- Vampira as The Vampire Zombie Girl
- The Plan 9 From Outer Space Soundtrack
- Plan 9 From Outer Space: The Best Lines
The Main Cast of Characters
The Guilty Are Named
Vampira - Vampire Girl
Bela Lugosi - Ghoul Man
Criswell - Himself / Narrator
Gregory Walcott - Jeff Trent
Mona McKinnon - Paula Trent
Tom Keene - Col. Tom Edwards
Carl Anthony - Patrolman Larry
Paul Marco - Patrolman Kelton
Tor Johnson - Insp. Dan Clay
Dudley Manlove - Eros
Joanna Lee - Tanna
John Breckinridge - The Ruler
Lyle Talbot - General Roberts
David De Mering - Danny
Norma McCarty - Edith
Bill Ash - Captain
Conrad Brooks - Patrolman Jamie
The Amazing Criswell Introduces Plan 9
Criswell's opening narration for Plan 9 From Outer Space redundantly informs the viewer how "future events such as these will affect you in the future".
Immediately afterwards, he states that the story has already "happened on that fateful day."
Plan 9 From Outer Space On DVD
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Cult director Ed Wood's "cinematic masterpiece" is also regarded as one of the worst movies ever made! Alien invaders use their dreaded "Plan Nine" to re-animate dead earthlings. They wreak havoc and unleash a host of things bizarre, macabre, horrific, and just plain horrible. The result is a comical and campy spoof of science fiction and horror movies themselves.
Plan 9 From Outer Space: Trailer In Color
Ed Wood's Plan 9 From Outer Space has been hailed as the worst film of all time, but it's one of the most hilariously entertaining movies you will ever see.
Aliens from outer space reanimate the Earth's dead in an attempt to save the human race. Will their 9th plan work? With string-powered flying saucers, laughable dialogue, shrewd alien logic and priceless special effects, they can't go wrong. Or can they?
Plan 9 From Outer Space is a movie so beautifully bad, it's great.
The Plan 9 From Outer Space Poll
What's Your Opinion?
What do you think of Plan 9 From Outer Space?
Fetching blurbs now... please stand byPlan 9 From Outer Space IS the best of the worst!
V_Random says:
"I'm worse at what I do best. And for this gift I feel blessed." (Kurt Cobain)
Posted October 27, 2010
Hairdresser007 says:
I spent hours of my youth watching these types of movies. I think it really affected me ;)
Posted April 11, 2010
says:
It's the best of the worst. Poor Ed Wood.
Posted February 08, 2008
Wrong! It's the worst of the worst!
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The Plan 9 From Outer Space Soundtrack
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Plan 9 From Outer Space: The Best Lines
Plan 9 Movie Excerpts
In addition to the cheap sets, the bad acting and the awful special effects Plan 9 From Outer Space exhibited some of the worst dialogue put on celluloid.
As one reviewer put it: It's not a question of where to start quoting 'Plan 9', but rather a question of where to stop!
Enjoy some of the best lines from the movie here and see if you can make sense of them!
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Bela Lugosi as The Ghoul Man
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Plan 9 From Outer Space In Color
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Your Thoughts on Plan 9 From Outer Space
Your Comments Are Welcomed!
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rauspitz
Oct 10, 2011 @ 6:01 pm | delete
- Excellent lens and it was a fun movie.
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christopherwell
Oct 10, 2011 @ 1:01 pm | delete
- I recently watched the Riffttrax version of this one. It helps ease the pain!
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Hairdresser007
Apr 11, 2010 @ 9:03 pm | delete
- Great lens!!! Thank you for immortalizing this movie I love Vampira!!! It is so awesome.
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fanfreluche
Jun 24, 2009 @ 2:47 pm | delete
- The best "worst movie" ever. You cannot do anything that bad anymore. it's so bad that you just have to see it more than once. Love it!
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marsha32
Mar 22, 2009 @ 2:29 pm | delete
- I sure learn about a lot of people and things I hadn't heard of before going through your lenses.
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RolandTumble
Jan 8, 2009 @ 4:32 pm | delete
- Absolutely my favorite bad movie of all time! It's because of Plan 9 From OUter Space that I'm a huge fan of bad movies in general....
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rms
Sep 16, 2008 @ 5:54 pm | delete
- One of the all time favorite worst movies ever. But I love it!
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RichLeigh
Aug 6, 2008 @ 6:10 am | delete
- This sounds terrible! I definitely must see it some time. 5 stars from me for making me add another to my list of films to watch in the future. I love films that are so bad that they're good!
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by JustBon-Crochet-Designs
Plan 9 From Outer Space is one of my favorite bad movies.
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