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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

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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Nov 30, 1999

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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

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
02/23/04
Dan Lybarger
Dan Lybarger
Nitrate Online

No review available.

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

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.

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03/09/04
James O'Ehley
James O'Ehley
Sci-Fi Movie Page

No review available.

comment 1 Comment
02/20/03
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

No review available.

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

'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'.

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05/31/02
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

No review available.

comment 1 Comment
10/29/02
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

staggeringly, unmissably bad

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

No review available.

comment 1 Comment
07/26/02
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com

No review available.

comment 1 Comment
02/06/03
Tony Toscano
Tony Toscano
Talking Pictures (U.S.)

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

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03/28/07
TV Guide's Movie Guide

No review available.

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

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
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An unintentionally funny tale.

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07/27/07
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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

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02/09/06
Derek Adams
Derek Adams
Time Out

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

No review available.

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

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04/30/07
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

The ultimate cult flick.

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