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Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957)
American independent science-fiction horror film.
Extraterrestrials seek to stop humanity from creating a doomsday weapon that could destroy the universe. The aliens implement “Plan 9”, a scheme to resurrect the Earth’s dead, referred to as “ghouls”.
By causing chaos, the aliens hope the crisis will force humanity to listen to them; otherwise the aliens will destroy mankind with armies of the undead.
The film was originally developed under the title Grave Robbers from Outer Space, but its financial backers objected to this title, considering it sacrilegious, and it was retitled Plan 9 from Outer Space prior to production.
The film combines elements of science fiction, Atompunk, and gothic horror.
Plan 9 From Outer Space posthumously bills Bela Lugosi as a guest-star (silent footage of the actor had actually been shot by Wood for another, unfinished film just prior to Lugosi’s death in August 1956).
Plan 9 from Outer Space is considered by some critics, to be the worst film in the history of cinema. Other reviews, however, have rated the film more positively.
Many of them stated that the film is simply too amusing to be considered the worst film ever made, claiming that its ineptitude added to its charm.
It has since been retrospectively described as “The epitome of so-bad-it’s-good cinema” and has gained a cult following.
| Directed by | Ed Wood |
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| Produced by | Ed Wood |
| Written by | Ed Wood |
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| Narrated by | Criswell |
| Music by | compiled by Gordon Zahler |
| Cinematography | William C. Thompson |
| Edited by | Ed Wood |
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Reynolds Pictures, Inc.
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| Distributed by | Valiant Pictures |
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Running time
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80 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $60,000 |
