Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #53150 in DVD
• Released on: 2000-02-15
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Black & White, DVD-Video, PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds
• Running time: 78 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
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

Customer Reviews

Out of this World
Considered the worst film of all time but you can't help but love it. The acting is awful, you'll howl with laughter at the "special" effects and you'll remain totally bewildered at the lack of continuity. The presence of Blea Lugosi or the lack of him is strangely charming as they continued the film with a stand in after his death. Plan 9 is a film so full of faults but strangely faultless. As for the DVD extras, well the documentary lasts longer than the movie but it can be a bit dull at times, however for once having trailers on a DVD is a genuine bonus as you see how the film was hyped. Buy this and pine for the golden age of Hollywood, a cult classic and undoubtedly Ed Wood's masterpiece.

Buy this and see a master at work.
Edward D.Wood Jr. was a filmmaking genius. Nobody could make films as bad as him if they even tried (and some have, just look at Batman & Robin). Plan 9 is his masterpeice. It's completely awful but you just can't help but watch it. You'll be in hysterics at the "space ships" hanging from fishing wire, the Oscar worthy acting of Tor Johnson, the shakey cardboard cut out gravestones and the ever changing sunlight to name but a few. By the way keep an eye out for the detective in the graveyard scratching his head with the barrel of his loaded gun. The extras on the DVD are fantastic with a great and lengthy documentary which revisits the old studios, interviews the stars and some of the fans including Sam Raimi and Scott Spiegel (their Tor Johnson impressions are priceless). If you like comedies then you love this unintentionally funny classic. You need to watch this because remember, "FUTURE EVENTS SUCH AS THESE WILL AFFECT YOU IN THE FUTURE."

Best worst movie ever
A little backstory first...

Ed Wood will always be associated with incredibly inept directing,amazing goofs and plotholes and unintentionally comical scripts,taking on all-comers for title of worst director ever.People like Uwe Boll(House of the Dead,Bloodrayne),Paul Anderson (Resident Evil,Aliens vs Predator) and Hal Warren (Manos:the hands of fate,luckily his only film) may challenge Ed,but,at the end of the day,Ed remains as king.

Plan 9 is considered by many to be his magumn opus (I believe that even Ed described Plan 9 as his Citizen Kane in his diaries)
and,well,everything you've heard is true.Yes,Criswell really does say "Future events such as these will affect you in the future",yes,Bela Lugosi is mostly played by a obvious stunt double (Bela died after Ed shot two minutes of footage) and yes,the string holding a UFO in mid-air does catch fire.
However,this is an essential purchase for any film buff's collection.To be the worst film ever,it would have to be devoid of any entertainment,which Plan 9 has in spades.To really watch the worst films ever,just hunt down any of the thousands of straight to video horrors that come out every year.After those,you'll be glad to go be to Plan 9.

In short,if you want a film to enjoy with your friends and to laugh at the lack of quality control,buy this.
If you want a masterpiece of film making,a classic that is universally regarded as a piece of art,avoid like the plague (But who actually watches that kind of film?).