Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957)

• Year: 1957
• Released: 22 Jul 1959
• Country: United States
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052077/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/plan_9_from_outer_space
• Available in: 720p, 1080p, 720p
• Language: English
• MPA Rating: Not Rated
• Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
• Runtime: 79 min
• Writer: Edward D. Wood Jr.
• Director: Edward D. Wood Jr.
• Cast: Gregory Walcott, Tom Keene, Mona McKinnon
• Keywords: cult film, alien, zombie, california, alien invasion,

	3.9/10
	66% – Critics
	45% – Audience

Plan 9 from Outer Space Storyline

Members of the Los Angeles Police Department, led by Lieutenant Clay, investigate what look to be the brutal murders of two gravediggers at the cemetery where they worked. These deaths coincide with sightings of flying saucers not only over Los Angeles but over other areas of the US. One who saw them was Jeff Trent, a commercial pilot, when he was in flight, he sworn to secrecy about what he saw by the US Army. What Trent and the public at large are unaware of is that the army not only knows first hand about these latest sightings but have had tried to shoot down flying saucers in the past. The alien beings, who have been trying to make contact to dissuade the government from developing what would eventually be a doomsday device which would destroy the universe, are now resorting to what they call Plan 9: the revival of human corpses which in turn are to kill humankind before they destroy the universe, hence the focus on the cemetery. People like Trent may be the ones who will have to save both humankind and the universe from what is happening between the alien beings and the government authorities.

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Plan 9 from Outer Space Movie Reviews

Deliciously inept – fantastic for those lonely nights

What can I say! This is not a “1” or a “10” movie… and neither it deserves any grade in between. It’s simply a guilty pleasure for me… watching the absurd sights… listening to the amazingly inept dialogue, worthy of George Lucas’ “Episode II” (maybe it’s a bit better ;), watching Bela Lugosi freeze for a couple of frames, then being replaced by someone else…

No, it’s not the worst film ever made. No, it’s not the best one, either. It is the testament of someone who wanted to leave his mark, made an honest effort to deliver the goods (Ed Wood, of course), and instead delivered a strange mix that works because it makes us perfectly identified with him. As in “if I made a movie, I’d surely make one as bad / good / unintentionally funny as this one”.

Yep. Ed Wood is one of us. Long live “Plan 9” and his misunderstood director.

Yes, It’s Terrible, But Not As Bad As I Had Hoped!

Well, at least I finally this “famous” movie. It took me a long time but so many people have said “it was so bad that it was good” I finally gave it a shot. Previously, I settled for enjoying the Tim Burton “Ed Wood” film, which is very good and tells the story of the making of this movie.

Well, I agree “Plan 9” is bad and, yes, perhaps, “the worst movie of all time” as many label it, but I’m sure there are worse ones out there. Really! I’ve seen worse (usually the “B” sci-fi movies of the ’50s, too!)

I loved the first third of this film. I laughed many times at the hokey flying saucers, the walking “dead” and the corny dialog. I thought, “Wow, this was a bad (meaning good) as advertised,” but then I found the film starting to lag at the 35-40-minute mark and recovered a little bit in the end, but not enough to make me want to watch this again. It got too talking and too preachy. Holy cow, this movie is nothing but preaching for everyone to take “flying saucers” seriously. Then we got more preaching at the end about the usual how- violent-mankind-is” blah, blah, blah. The writers here obviously took themselves too seriously. They should have just kept it as sci-fi/horror flick without all the heavy-handed preaching.

Highlights included Tor Johnson’s face, the many lines of ridiculous dialog, Vampira’s zombie walk with her outstretched hand, and Criswell’s incredible speeches and the beginning and end of the movie! All of the above made me laugh almost every time!

The best worst-film of all time!

I’ve done a ton of reviews on IMDb and resisted doing one for PLAN 9 simply because it’s all been said (another reason why I often haven’t reviewed too many recent films). However, since I often refer to PLAN 9 in many of my reviews of terrible films, it only seems right that I now get around to reviewing this wretched but wonderful film. PLAN 9 is so bad, so ineptly made and so awful that it might just be the very best film to watch with friends–even more than MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL. Watching it solo is fine, but with friends you can delight in spotting all the inept and stupid mistakes Ed Wood made in creating this film. Some good examples are spotting the cardboard tombstone getting knocked over accidentally in the cemetery, seeing how Bela Lugosi goes from an old and tired man to a tall guy with a cape draped over his face to “cleverly” hide the fact that Lugosi died before principle filming began, and noticing the strings that suspend the metal pie plate UFOs in the sky!!! There are just so many silly and stupid moments and dialog that it must be seen to be fully enjoyed. By the way, my favorite line: “The inspector is dead,…murdered,…and SOMEBODY is responsible!”.