Plan 9 from Outer Space

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Summary: Execrable movie!
Review:
It' s really amazing the awaken scandal by this stupid film which can diminish your IQ in case you watch several times. I've always thought if the Marx Brothers or the three stooges would have worried by such movie , the result would have resulted even superior if the hidden purpose would have been satirical.

Indeed, even you kept your neurons far from irritating just for ninety minutes, and you made a concession with a friend or decide to bet a dinner invitation, considering it a extremely bad joke of long duration, you should lose because it doesn't get it.

Terrible edition, worse acting, infamous script, ridiculous dialogues and beyond all those epithets, a real lack of respect to the viewer.

But if after all those adjectives you decide the same I did in 1970 of risking your money and time, well understand my silence.

You assume the challenge.



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Summary: Truly a Must See
Review: "Plan 9 From Outer Space" is without a doubt Ed Wood's most hilariously incompetent movie - if you only see one of his epics, make it this one. As you've probably heard countless times, this film has it all - flying saucers on strings, fey aliens and silk pyjamas, a ridiculous "army of the dead," tombstones that keep falling over, cops who point their guns in all directions, a 'star' who is dead, and truly hideous dialogue. The story, if it really matters, is about aliens determined to destroy the earth before scientists discover the 'solarmanite' bomb, which can destroy sunlight and, apparently, the universe. A true classic of unintentional comedy.
The DVD from Image Entertainment shows give "Plan 9" just about the best image quality it's ever likely to have. There are still nicks and scratches, but the image is sharp and the black levels are solid, and its miles away from blurry old VHS tapes. The biggest value this DVD has is in its nearly two-hour documentary "Flying Saucers Over Hollywood: The Plan 9 Companion." This documentary covers every imaginable aspect of "Plan 9" (including shooting, distribution, flaws, and its impact on popular culture) in amazing detail. It also includes interviews with much of the cast as well as prominent fans (Sam Raimi, Drew Friedman, and others). A theatrical trailer is also included.

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Summary: we cannot keep this a secret any longer!
Review: I love Plan nine from outer space, and find it highly amusing, though I refuse to give it a rating any higher than one star, and in turn, ruining its well earned title of the worst film ever made.

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Summary: Ed Wood is the KING of the B's
Review: If you are looking for a movie with great stars, superlative acting, special effects worthy of George Lucas and "well coordinated" lighting, as well as spacious and realistic sets, plus aliens with at least SOME kind of alien makeup job,THIS IS NOT IT.!

BUT, if you want to get a large supply of popcorn, beverage of your choice, turn the lights down low, and remember the days when life was a lot more fun, gasoline was under fifty cents a gallon, and things were not as crazy, Then let EDWARD D.WOOD, JR, the GREATEST SCHLOCKMEISTER OF ALL TIME!, entertain you with the GREATEST bad movie of all time.

THANK YOU, ED WOOD, for a great unintentional comedy..PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE..SEE it for the fun of it!.


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Summary: Two films in one
Review: There are several packages of Plan 9. I have a few my self including this one ASIN: 630546666. This DVD also contains 40 minute documentary "The Ed Wood Story" featuring interviews with Johnny Depp, Martin Landay, Dolores Fuller, Vampira, Bela Lugosi Jr., and Johnny Legend.

Plan 9 is an operating system that is designed to replace UNIX. Oh yeah It is also a movie.

"Future Events Such As These Will Affect You In The Future!"

Due to their inability to make friendly contact with the earth government the aliens must resort to Plan nine. This basically consists of reanimating the dead to become their army of conquest. Will the plan work?

Due to low budget and the unfortunate early demise of Bela, Ed Woods has to resort to his Plan 9. You will notice that a lot of the scenes are done with curtains. Does his plan work?

This would be a one star movie but because this is a must see to be culturally literate I gave it three stars.


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Summary: as bad as its reputation
Review: After seeing Tim Burton's depiction of Ed Wood, I really wanted to like this film. Ed Wood was portrayed in such an endearing manner, I wanted to see past the poor quality to instead be exposed to the charmingly quirky failings of what should have been regarded as a decent director.

Yet, I was disappointed with a film that really is as poor as its reputation specifies. This black and white capsule of nonsense that begins with booming classical narration follows aliens as they make efforts to conquer earth by resuscitating the dead. With dreadfully grandiose overacting, grainy film stock, and truly poor quality effects, the film is somewhat endearing in its extreme failings, but not enough to overcompensate for the sheer badness the film presents.

Plan 9 is a film to see as an educational tool, for anyone involved in film to see what exactly bad filmmaking entails. While admittedly interesting simply due to the sheer dedication it took to make such a stinker, it is neither artful nor entertaining enough to remedy its deep seeded faults. Ed Wood may have been a very interesting man, but he was definitely a dreadful, dreadful filmmaker. In some ways this is endearing, having of a certain childlike sweetness that can attract a willing audience, but in more ways this is an exhibition of the worst cinematic proportions.

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Summary: Invite friends over for your own Mystery Science 3000 show
Review: This is truly a groaner of epic proportions, a must see. Invite some friends over, have a some brews before starting, watch it while downing more brews (you'll need them) and you'll experience your own live session of MS3K. (It's cheaper than a MS3K ... so the first six'er is free!)


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Summary: Wonderful in its own right
Review: You've heard about it from friends. You've heard about it in the print media. You've heard about it on television. You've wondered whether the hype is true or not. Now, the time has come for you to discover the truth about (insert drum roll here) Ed Wood's "Plan 9 From Outer Space." You know you need to watch this film if for no other reason than to finally learn whether Wood's magnum opus is indeed the worst film ever made. Now, gather in closely and I'll whisper to you a little secret about this science fiction extravaganza: "Plan 9 From Outer Space" most definitely is NOT the worst film ever put on celluloid, and I can with utmost confidence assist you in discovering dozens of other films far inferior to this one if you so wish. For instance, "Invasion of the Blood Farmers" is a movie much worse than "Plan 9." "Superman IV" is a worse film than "Plan 9." But "Gigli," despite what you might think, is better than "Plan 9" even though many of us wish it were worse. I could name many, many more films that make Wood's movie look like "Citizen Kane" by comparison. I think this film gets its reputation because critics need one shining example upon which to pin their fears and hatreds, one example which provides a common touchstone that transcends cultures and languages.

The plot is simplicity itself. Humanity's quest to build bigger and better bombs has put an alien race in a tizzy. Advanced far beyond our levels of technology, these extraterrestrials decided some time ago to stop us from developing any more weapons. They tried, in fact, to create eight plans aimed at preventing us from destroying the planet and the entire solar system. All of them failed, so the next plan--the titular Plan 9--is a real doozy. Relying on the electron beams and pineal glands (cackles), the aliens resurrect three dead people to scare us into submission. One of these reanimated corpses is a recently deceased woman who looks like a vampire (played by "Vampira"). Her distraught husband soon follows her into the grave and back again. He's referred to in the credits as Ghoul Man, but he's really the legendary Bela Lugosi in a few scenes. The weird events at the cemetery bring in the police, specifically Inspector Dan Clay (Tor Johnson), who also perishes only to return from the dead as last member of the alien's shock troops. Of course, you can't have zombies shambling around a cemetery for long without the local population asking a lot of pesky questions.

Enter into the picture a married couple living next to the graveyard, Jeff and Paula Trent (Gregory Walcott and Mona McKinnon respectively). Jeff's a pilot for a civilian firm who witnessed a UFO at the beginning of the film, but he has little idea how this sighting will eventually change his life. Then there are the military types who know all about the visiting UFOs and are taking several laughable steps to deal with the menace. How much danger does the world face from these beings? Not much, apparently. Wood treats us to numerous shots of the saucers zipping about the planet, saucers that look exactly like paper plates hanging from strings swinging back and forth against a phony stock footage backdrop. When we finally meet the aliens responsible for this impending catastrophe, we can't help but wonder how exactly we should define the word "advanced." Eros (Dudley Manlove) and his curvy female assistant Tanna (Joanna Lee) land their craft in the graveyard in order to better control the execution of Plan 9. Eventually, after much hilarious exposition, military officers and Jeff Trent penetrate the spacecraft to learn from the arrogant Eros that earth is about to invent a bomb that will explode sunlight! A struggle ensues resulting in the destruction of Plan 9, and all is well with the world.

All will not be well with viewers forced to sit through this monstrosity. "Plan 9" is a great movie because its so bad in every element of its execution. The acting, pace, special effects, cinematography, dialogue, and lighting are so mediocre as to boggle the imagination. Take, for instance, Bela Lugosi. He died shortly after filming the first few scenes we see him in, so Wood brought in another guy to play his part. Every time we see Ghoul Man, he's holding his cape over his face so we won't know that the character isn't Lugosi. Oh my. Then there's the sudden changes from night to day and back again all in the space of one scene, the paper plate flying saucers, the heavy use of stock footage, and tombstones obviously made from cardboard. My favorite "Oh brother!" moment? Noticing that the advanced alien spacecraft contains high technology powered by vacuum tubes. Wow! These guys are light years ahead of us without having to rely on transistors! The lame dialogue--too many examples exist to cite here--achieves such heights of banality that you will need to replay the scenes in order to make sure you heard it right the first time.

I liked this DVD version. The extras included interviews with many of the principals involved in the recent "Ed Wood" film along with surviving cast members from "Plan 9" as well as recollections from a film historian about Wood's oeuvre. Trailers from nearly every extant Wood film, as well as an interview with Bela Lugosi conducted at the time of his release from an alcohol treatment facility, found space on this disc. There isn't much to say about "Plan 9" that hasn't already been said countless other times in the thousands of reviews and articles dissecting this triumph of schlock cinema. Go see this film as soon as possible; it's an experience you won't forget.