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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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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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10/29/02
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

...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

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.

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03/28/07
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader

'Certos filmes são tão ruins que chegam a ser bons.'. A primeira pessoa que disse esta frase provavelmente acabara de assistir a 'Plano 9 Do Espaço Sideral'.

Full Review Source: Cinema em Cena | comment 1 Comment
05/31/02
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

No review available.

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06/25/03
Mark Palermo
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

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

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

No review available.

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07/26/02
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com

No review available.

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

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

No review available.

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

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

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

It's really rather glorious, in its own way.

Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | comment 1 Comment
07/30/02
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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

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

Entertainingly, oddly inept, but a little of this stuff goes a long way

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09/27/02
Luke Y. Thompson
Luke Y. Thompson
New Times

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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02/20/03
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

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

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

The film is internationally recognized as the worst film ever made. Presumably, it was only measured against others in Wood’s filmography.

Full Review Source: Not Coming to a Theater Near You | comment Comment
04/03/02
Rumsey Taylor
Rumsey Taylor
Not Coming to a Theater Near You
 
 
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