DVD : Plan 9 from Outer Space
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9786305760405
Format: Black & White, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 6305760403
Label: Image Entertainment
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Academy Ratio
Publisher: Image Entertainment
Release Date: February 15, 2000
Running Time: 78 minutes
Sales Rank: 31041
Studio: Image Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 1958
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Description:
This is it! The most popular Atomic Age cult film of the twentieth century. Winner of two Golden Turkey Awards for Worst Picture and Worst Director of All Time, the immortal Edward D. Wood, Jr.! It's all here, the not-so-special effects, aliens in skating skirts zooming around in string-powered flying saucers to implement the ninth plan of Earth's conquest (the first eight failed) with an army of zombies (well, three actually), Vampira, Tor Johnson and Bela Lugosi in his legendary "postmortem" performance (with Ed's chiropractor standing in for Bela after his death). This truly original movie, Ed Wood's "Citizen Kane," is a hymn to all those who have ever tried to create something intelligent and meaningful, only to fail miserably every step of the way.
Amazon.com:
Sometimes a movie achieves such legendary status that it can't quite live up to its reputation. Plan 9 from Outer Space is not one of these movies. It is just as magnificently terrible as you've heard. Plan 9 is the story of space aliens who try to conquer the Earth through resurrection of the dead. Psychic Criswell narrates ("Future events such as these will affect you in the future!") as police rush through the cemetery, occasionally clipping the cardboard tombstones in their zeal to find the source of the mysterious goings-on. More than just a bad film, Plan 9 is something of a one- stop clearinghouse for poor cinematic techniques: The time shifts whimsically from midnight to afternoon sun, Tor Johnson flails desperately in an attempt to rise from his coffin, and flying saucers zoom past on clearly visible strings. Fading star Bela Lugosi tragically died during filming, but such a small hurdle could not stop writer-producer-director Ed Wood. Lugosi is ingeniously replaced with a man who holds a cape across his face and might as well have "NOT BELA LUGOSI" stamped on his forehead. Plan 9 is so sweetly well- intentioned in both its message and its execution that it's impossible not to love it. And if you don't, well, as Eros says, "You people of Earth are idiots!" --Ali Davis
Average Rating: 
Rating: -
There seems to be some confusion at Amazon, they are posting the same customer reviews and descriptions for each of three versions of this movie. Since the front cover of the DVD doesn't have Mike Nelson's name on it, it's hard to tell which dvd has the Mike Nelson comedy tract. So the first dvd I bought was the wrong one and I returned it. I got it right the 2nd time, so I can tell you exactly which one to get, and unless Amazon stops posting the same reviews for all three versions, you may not want to get the version that you are looking at right now. There are versions published by Legend Films, Passport films, and a third company, I can't recall. But if you search for "plan 9 legend" it will take you to the Legend Films version. I have the 2006 release, which does have the Mike Nelson comedy track. There is also a 2008 release, and I would guess that has it, too, but I can't confirm that for you. The front cover of the dvd has five actors gathered around a scene of flying saucers and a grave yard. Also, because Amazon has their descriptions and comments all mixed up, they have the actors listed incorrectly. This version includes Bela Lugosi, Tor Johnson and Vampira - each relevant in their own way to the fun that is watching this film. I hope you get the version you want and enjoy!
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Ok. Seriously when I say worst movie ever I mean it. Nothing could ever be made that is as bad as this movie and if I ever watch one I will officially lose my faith in everything.
But... Everone should watch this movie once. After watching this movie you realise that you will never, ever see a worse movie than this. You have hit the rock bottom and have no where else to go but up. I've seen it and I nwever have to watch this movie ever gain, nor will I. But I will let my friends borrow it, on the conditions that a) the movie gets back to me in one peice and b) they watch the whole movie. After seeing this everything looks better,
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There's a reason this movie won the Turkey award more than once. It's so bad it's hysterical. It's definitely a must-see
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The phrase "worst movie ever" may be thrown around lightly in the world of film, but if you ask any given expert or film fan what the worst film ever made is, the chances are actually very good that they will mention Plan 9 From Outer Space. It is a movie that people talk about for a reason. Something this quotable or statistically loathed has to have something running for it, and it is true, this movie just might be the worst in existence. It probably isn't the funniest in terms of poor quality, or even the most obvious, but it is a classic horrible movie. Astoundingly horrible. Written by cult hero Ed Wood, the movie is about bureaucratic aliens raising a select few zombies from the earth in hopes to take over the world, or at least save it from making the universe explode (a controversy that at first seems interesting until the viewer realizes how grossly implausible and stupid it is). And I suppose this detail might fairly represent how down-to-business this movie is in terms of it's poor quality. From the getgo, people say stupid things, act poorly, and spot deliciously cheesy wobbling flying saucers in the sky. The magnitude of silly quotes in this movie is really uncountable. There was one good actor, Bela Lugosi, possibly the greatest hero of this entire genre. But he was given a part that held absolutely no significance to the movie and involved no dialog, the part of an old man who shortly after death was zombified by the aliens. At first this seems pretty awesome, because ... Read More
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How could anyone not love this thing? After all, it has Bela Lugosi, Vampira, Chriswell and a cast of extraterrestrial queens. To top it off it was produced by the 'worst' director of all time, Ed Wood.
Of course it's terrible. If approached anything like cinematic quality it would have been bad. As it is, however, it's terrific, especially if you've knocked down three or four beers in advance. The sets are cheesy, the special effects a joke, the acting ridiculous and the jokes over the top. Aliens, the chief of whom is a total swish, are angry at earth people for not recognizing that they are real. They also believe that earthlings--despite the fact that we are incredibly stupid, juvenile idiots--are about to develop technologies that will destroy the Universe. Therefore, in an equal measure of pique and fear, they must destroy the human race. Not that they haven't tried it before..eight times before, to be exact...and have failed every time. Now they spring their ultimate plan--Plan 9--which is doomed to failure, also.
So how is it that earthlings might destroy the Universe. Read this carefully Al Gore. We are on the verge of discovering Solarbenite, which will ignite the sun's rays, set up a chain reaction, blow up the sun and then every planet in the Universe. Too complicated for you? Well, the aliens explain it in terms that the idiot earthlings can uncerstand. "Imagine a gas can and a ball. Pour the gas from the can in a line to the ball. ... Read More
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