Scanialara
You won't be disappointed!
Fairaher
The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.
Tayyab Torres
Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.
theresamgill
We're not talking about the first plan. We're not even talking about plans 2-8. No sir, I am referring to Plan 9 from Outer Space. This gem is written, produced, and directed by Ed Wood, Jr. There's numerous stories of actors doing stupid things-- for example, an actor playing a cop would repeatedly point his gun at himself-- just to see if Mr. Wood would notice (Spoiler, he didn't).Now, there are really only 2 types of moments in this film: moments that are so bad it's funny, and moments that are just plain bad. I'm talking about an awful narrator who, whenever he mentions a character or setting, there must an awkward edit to show what he's talking about-- in case the audience was confused. The writing is so choppy, for better and definitely for worse, the directing is just... just bad. I don't think there's any other way to say it. And the actors would just get their lines over with because they had better things to do with their lives.So what is this ninth plan? Well, aliens with much laughably better technology come to Earth in their flying saucers on strings. And in order to make sure Earth creatures don't destroy the shared universe, they must be destroyed. Thus, the best way for the aliens to accomplish this goal is to obviously raise the dead using their electron guns. This diabolical plan ends up raising a total of 3 creatures throughout the movie: a big detective, Dracula, and Vampira. Trust me when I tell you how haunting and scary and gory and... Oh I can't do it. The biggest laughs are watching the 3 walk over to the main characters as the characters just stare and watch in "horror".This movie isn't always good, but it certainly is always bad. Look it up. There's horror and drama and sci-fi babble with quick edits. Not sure how much more you can ask for. There's even a Johnny Depp film called Ed Wood based on this guy (haven't watched it though). Okay, that's all from me. And remember my friend, future events such as these will affect you in the future.You can find this review and dozens of others at gillipediamoviereviews.blogspot.com
Eric Stevenson
For a film that has a reputation as being possibly the worst ever, it's weird to see that the score isn't that low here and a lot of critics like it because of how stupid it is. Having finally managed to download the Rifftrax Live version of this, it was great to see the cast of MST3K finally take this movie on. They thought of using it for the actual show, but thought it was too talky. Now they've riffed on it like five times in different versions. It's at least not worse than what you would expect, but should probably be studied like any film.The film's biggest weakness is how utterly boring it is. It's simply a movie where nothing happens. It seems like there's shot after shot of the flying saucers just well, flying. None of this advances anything and the effects are horrendous. I heard the aliens were just people wearing pajamas. Hey, to be fair, they were good looking pajamas. All the talking parts go on way too long and it's something that would have been better as a very short film. It's easy to tell how bad the sets are and how basic the dialogue is. The effect with the explosion at the end is particularly bad.The Rifftrax version(s?) gave us tons of great lines like, "They move too darn fast" with, "We'll just have to kill the next group that comes along". The one that had me laughing the most was at the end when the guy was talking about how anyone we know could be an alien in disguise with the joke, "Kill them just to be safe". It's great to hear modern jokes like, "Tor studied acting under Dramatic Prairie Dog". I also loved, "Neither running or defending yourself have yet to be invented". I also liked "Holy cow!" with "He just became a Hindu". It's great fun with jokes like, "Flying saucers over Hollywood" with the jokes, "Chris Matthews repeatedly probed" and, "That has nothing to do with the flying saucers, you know". *
Leofwine_draca
This film's reputation has long preceded it and due to this you may be disappointed when viewing this awful cheap science fiction film. Yes, it is badly made in almost every sense and this makes it highly watchable, but it's hardly the so-bad-it's-good masterpiece that most people proclaim it to be. Instead, it's a laughable and derivative alien invasion flick which makes the most out of a small set filled with cardboard gravestones and some incredibly hokey-looking flying saucers which wobble about all over the screen.If you're looking for some of the poorest special effects ever witnessed, look no further. Or how about a talent less cast of non-actors and actresses who find it hard to keep a straight face? Ed Wood did well to assemble a few familiar faces to give it that cult appeal, including strangely beautiful zombie woman Vampira, phoney psychic Criswell, Swedish meathead Tor Johnson, who visibly struggles with his dialogue, and aged horror star Bela Lugosi in what was to be his final role. Except the joke is that Lugosi was only around to shoot a few shots in a graveyard, so a stunt-double is employed for most of the film, walking around with his cape up over his face to disguise his identity. The trouble is, this doesn't fool anybody for a second! Poor Lugosi gets dissolved into a skeleton in one of the film's frequently ludicrous - and thereby hilarious - scenes.The one thing I liked about this film was Tor Johnson's appearance as a zombie, which was pretty scary looking. Otherwise it's abysmal all the way: a nonsensical plot, a lack of pacing and storyline, an inability to decide whether to play it straight or for laughs all help to relegate it to the dustbin of movie history. The sets are cheap and unbelievable and the special effects look like they were created by a four year old. This film has to be seen due to it's reputation, but it's pretty disappointing in the end and lacks the unintentional humour which often makes a so-bad-it's-good classic. This is just plain weird.
john_vance-20806
If you you're an elitist who can't stomach a movie that provides nothing but pure entertainment then this isn't for you.But if you've got an open sense of humor and a taste for irony then this is worth a look.There are plenty of other comments that deal with the details of just how fascinatingly poorly done Plan 9 is so there's no point in going there. This is one of those rainy night movies to be savored with goofy friends and a healthy intake of mind-altering substances. The fact that some creative 7th graders could have done a better job with almost every aspect of the film just adds to the comedy.A load of fun for even the most grim-faced curmudgeon. If you can't find something to laugh at here, there's something wrong with you.
