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Plan 9 From Outer Space

Plan 9 From Outer Space

Actor(s): Bela Lugosi, Mona McKinnon, Gregory Walcott, Criswell, Tor Johnson
Director(s): Edward D. Wood, Jr.
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Movie Details

MPAA Rating: NR
Content Advisory: Mild Violence, Suitable for Children
Movie Release: 1956
DVD Release: 05/16/2000
Format: DVD - Black and White,Color
Audio Tracks: English
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Run Time: 2 hrs 2 mins
Studio: Passport Video
Members Wishing: 0
Genres: Science Fiction, Sci-Fi Action, Alien Film
See Also: Plan 9 From Outer Space [Special Edition], Plan 9 From Outer Space, Plan 9 from Outer Space, RiffTrax: Plan 9 from Outer Space

DVD Synopsis

With its incoherent plot, jaw-droppingly odd dialogue, inept acting, threadbare production design, and special effects so shoddy that they border on the surreal, Plan 9 From Outer Space has often been called the worst movie ever made. But it's an oddly endearing disaster; boasting genuine enthusiasm and undeniable charm, it is the work of people who loved movies and loved making them, even if they displayed little visible talent. In Plan 9, alien invaders attempt to conquer the world by raising the dead, starting with an old man dressed in a Dracula costume (Bela Lugosi, in a few minutes of left-over footage grafted into this film), his much-younger and well-proportioned wife (Maila "Vampira" Nurmi), and a remarkably overweight police officer (Tor Johnson). Often funny and consistently entertaining (if almost always for the wrong reasons), Plan 9 From Outer Space is an anti-masterpiece if there ever was one, and as Criswell so brilliantly puts it, "Can you PROVE it didn't happen?!?" Its legendary director Edward D. Wood Jr. was played by Johnny Depp in Tim Burton's 1994 biopic, Ed Wood. One of the DVD releases of Plan 9 From Outer Space includes the documentary Flying Saucers Over Hollywood: The Plan 9 Companion, an exhaustive and entertaining look at the making of the film that runs a half-hour longer than the feature to which it pays tribute! ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Actors

Bela Lugosi - The Ghoul Man
Mona McKinnon - Paula Trent
Gregory Walcott - Jeff Trent
Criswell - Himself
Tor Johnson - Police Inspector Clay
Maila "Vampira" Nurmi - Vampire Girl
Carl Anthony - Patrolman Larry


Member Movie Reviews

Robert L. (LOKI) from DAVIS, WV wrote on 4/23/2009...

This movie is soooo bad its good. Get a laugh at the Pie pans as this float on fishing line past the screen, Chuckle at the ubsured nature of the dialog. If super low budget films are your thing this is the Grand daddy of them all! this film was made with stock footage of Bela Lugosi, shortly after his death. Making it the last movie he "Stared" in.


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