Review of Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957) by Lisa J — 05 Nov 2009

"There comes a time in every man's life when he see's something he can't explain" - yes, yes indeed, this might be my time. Film #63 - Plan 9 From Outer Space - is famously considered the worst film of all time.

Directed by Ed Wood, who most people remember from the Johnny Depp film of the same name, this is an absolute hotch potch of cheap shlock, and initially, of the finest kind. You do have to watch this with a sense of irony and to review it with any kind of seriousness is to miss the point.

Its completely B-grade to its core, but the game is to pick the different shots that are repeated, or cut, or missing or take the mickey out of some of the lines of dialogue. What can you say about a film that features, Zombies, Vampires and Aliens all in the one storyline.

I dont know about you, but if I were about to invade another world, I wouldn't come up with resurrecting Elvira as a brilliant plan to pull off the said invasion. This is what the aliens in this film come up with as their brilliant plan.

..I mean either they were a fan of busty slow moving vampires with blank expressions or they were just plain stupid. No prizes for guessing which is more likely. This also may be one of the first sci-fi films to champion the idea that the leader of most invading alien races is almost always the most overtly camp character you can imagine.

"I shall conquor Earth, and then I shall run myself a bubble bath".....watch this only if you are interested in the story behind the film and you'd like to see it for yourself.