Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957)

Film details

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Year1957
CountryUSA
TypeMovie
Runtime79m
CastGregory Walcott, Mona McKinnon, Duke Moore, Tom Keene, Carl Anthony, Paul Marco, Tor Johnson, Dudley Manlove, Joanna Lee, John Breckinridge

Review

"When it comes to naming the worst film ever made, there is an almost unanimous candidate that gets pegged for that sorry title: Edward D. Wood Jr.'s "Plan 9 From Outer Space." But to be perfectly frank, I could never understand why this weird little movie has generated so much enthusiasm for allegedly being the single worst endeavor in screen history. Even in the realm of legendary bad movies, "Plan 9 from Outer Space" is far removed from the excesses of awfulness... First, "Plan 9 From Outer Space" falls in the category of "so bad it's good" – a film whose cluelessness is so overwhelming that you cannot help but laugh at its many mistakes. It is clearly a very entertaining movie, if only for the wrong reasons, and one can easily come away from the film with a hearty (if slightly guilty) smile. Can a film that makes you feel good really be the worst of cinema?" - Phil Hall, Film Threat

Ranking history

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