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Plan 9 from Outer Space

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Plan 9 from Outer Space (1956)

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Reviews Counted:29

Fresh:18

Rotten:11

Average Rating:4.7/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 2 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE is Ed Wood's unintentionally hilarious film in which aliens plan to take over the world by resurrecting only three corpses. Horror icon Bela Lugosi died during production... PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE is Ed Wood's unintentionally hilarious film in which aliens plan to take over the world by resurrecting only three corpses. Horror icon Bela Lugosi died during production and was replaced by a chiropractor who hid his face behind a cape. The film also features Vampira and wrestler Tor Johnson. Quite possibly the best bad movie ever made, PLAN 9, with its hubcap flying saucers on strings, is sure to entertain. [More]

Starring: Bela Lugosi, Lyle Talbot, Tor Johnson, Vampira

Starring: Bela Lugosi, Lyle Talbot, Tor Johnson, Vampira, Paul Marco, Dudley Manlove

Director: Edward D. Wood

Director: Edward D. Wood

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Reviews for Plan 9 from Outer Space

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An unintentionally funny tale.

Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment Comment
07/27/07
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Far too entertaining to be considered as the very worst film ever made.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
06/08/07
Phil Hall
Phil Hall
Film Threat

Like the greatest cinema poets, [Wood] always managed to work in his own particular pet pleasures or concerns, and that odd, ear-bending dialogue is almost like a bizarre kind of open-verse poetry.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
04/30/07
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

J. Hoberman of the Village Voice has made a case for Wood as an unconscious avant-gardist; there's no denying that his blunders are unusually creative and oddly expressive.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
03/28/07
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader

Hardly The Remains of the Day, but some would claim it's more fun.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
03/28/07
TV Guide's Movie Guide

It all ends with famous psychic Criswell asking the audience, 'Can you prove it didn't happen? God help us in the future'. Prophetic.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
02/09/06
Derek Adams
Derek Adams
Time Out

Yes, it's so awful it's almost good. Here is the birth of camp in cinema.

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10/07/05
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

staggeringly, unmissably bad

comment 1 Comment
08/26/05
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

The ultimate cult flick.

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08/12/05
John Wirt
John Wirt
Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)

No review available.

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07/01/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

No review available.

comment 1 Comment
05/19/05
Jonathan R. Perry
Jonathan R. Perry
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)

No review available.

comment 1 Comment
04/01/05
Greg Maki
Greg Maki
Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)

It's mind-numbingly brilliant in its overwhelming, soul-destroying badness.

comment Comment
02/22/05
Widgett Walls
Widgett Walls
Needcoffee.com

Not nearly as awful as everyone seems to think it is.

comment Comment
10/10/04
Matt Bailey
Matt Bailey
Not Coming to a Theater Near You

Only because it's so awful, it's good.

comment Comment
07/01/04
Randy Shulman
Randy Shulman
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)

It is hopelessly inept and incompetent, but has a place in the canon, albeit a lowly one. It lets us know how badly things can go wrong, and how passion is not always enough.

Full Review Source: Sci-Fi Movie Page | comment Comment
03/09/04
James O'Ehley
James O'Ehley
Sci-Fi Movie Page

...if you don’t find yourself giggling you’re not of this Earth.

Full Review Source: Boulder Weekly | comment Comment
02/27/04
Thomas Delapa
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly

When it's really bad, it's good. The rest is just dull.

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02/25/04
Edward Johnson-Ott
Edward Johnson-Ott
NUVO Newsweekly

Unintentionally one of the funniest movies ever made and actually worth the rental price for sheer, silly fun. Pay special attention to the less than authentic gravestones.

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02/23/04
Dan Lybarger
Dan Lybarger
Nitrate Online

No review available.

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09/26/03
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal
 
 
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