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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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Dennis Schwartz

An unintentionally funny tale.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jul., 27 2007 04:25 PM

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3/5

Phil Hall

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

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jun., 08 2007 05:21 AM

Film Threat

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4/4

Jeffrey M. Anderson

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: | comment Comment | Apr., 30 2007 03:15 AM

Combustible Celluloid

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Dave Kehr

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: | comment Comment | Mar., 28 2007 07:48 PM

Chicago Reader

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2.5/4

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

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 28 2007 07:47 PM

TV Guide's Movie Guide

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Derek Adams

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: | comment Comment | Feb., 09 2006 03:17 AM

Time Out

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Cole Smithey

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

comment 1 Comment | Oct., 07 2005 09:54 PM

ColeSmithey.com

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Rich Cline

staggeringly, unmissably bad

comment 1 Comment | Aug., 26 2005 04:48 AM

Shadows on the Wall

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3/5

John Wirt

The ultimate cult flick.

comment Comment | Aug., 12 2005 10:01 AM

Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)

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3/5

Emanuel Levy

No review available.

comment Comment | Jul., 01 2005 11:50 AM

EmanuelLevy.Com

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Jonathan R. Perry

No review available.

comment 1 Comment | May., 19 2005 05:43 PM

Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)

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Greg Maki

No review available.

comment 1 Comment | Apr., 01 2005 08:01 AM

Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)

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3/5

Widgett Walls

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

comment Comment | Feb., 22 2005 05:35 PM

Needcoffee.com

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3/5

Matt Bailey

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

comment Comment | Oct., 10 2004 01:58 PM

Not Coming to a Theater Near You

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4/5

Randy Shulman

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

comment Comment | Jul., 01 2004 10:25 AM

Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)

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James O'Ehley

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: | comment Comment | Mar., 09 2004 05:00 PM

Sci-Fi Movie Page

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Thomas Delapa

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

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 27 2004 05:37 PM

Boulder Weekly

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Edward Johnson-Ott

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

comment Comment | Feb., 25 2004 12:29 PM

NUVO Newsweekly

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Dan Lybarger

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.

comment 1 Comment | Feb., 23 2004 09:40 PM

Nitrate Online

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Carol Cling

No review available.

comment Comment | Sep., 26 2003 01:31 PM

Las Vegas Review-Journal

 
 
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