Plan 9 From Outer Space [Blu-ray]

This review is for the Blu-Ray version (Colorized) of 'Plan 9 From Outer Space' by Legend FilmsThere is not a whole lot that I can say about this movie that hasn't been said before but nevertheless I will give my review of the movie itself and of the Blu-Ray DVD.BLU-RAY DVD: The picture quality is quite good and enjoyable to watch. The color is at times good but has problems. There are several times throughout the movie that you will see colors that are way off what they should be. Especially noticeable is the skin tone in several scenes that for moments will appear nothing like skin tone. But overall I am quite happy with the results.EXTRA'S : You also get the Black & White version of the movie which I did not watch. There is also a commentary track by Mike Nelson of Mystery Science Theater 3000 fame. I did not listen to this either. What I did watch was the Pop-up trivia which gave quite a bit of information. I actually enjoy watching the movie this way as opposed to commentary tracks. With a commentary track you usually cannot hear the dialogue but with the trivia notes flashing this is never a problem.There are some old commercials that are filmed by Ed Wood.Finally you get a couple of minutes of home movies of Ed Wood including a rather bizarre one of him dressed as a woman.PLOT/SUMMARY: The movie opens with Bela Lugosi mourning his dead wife at home and at a cemetery. His dead wife is played by Vampira. Shortly thereafter she rises from the dead and spooks the two gravediggers (who helped finance this movie!). Meanwhile pilot Jeff Trent (Gregory Walcott) sees a flying saucer. This will be the first of many times we see up to 3 flying saucers being held obviously by a string. The old man wanders off screen and we hear a ridiculous yell and we are told that he has been killed by a truck. Inspector Clay (Tor Johnson) along with a few other officers go to the cemetery to investigate the reports of dead people or vampires wandering around. Inspector Clay is killed while off by himself. When Lieutenant Harper finds the body and says the infamous line "Inspector Clay is dead, murdered, and somebodies responsible!" We see a battle using stock footage of the military. They are firing at the flying saucers that are hanging by strings. The military is being led by Col. Tom Edwards. We have scenes of the aliens, Eros, Tanna and the Ruler discussing conquering earth. Apparently they want to stop earthlings from destroying the universe. They claim any more advancement on our part will lead to the destruction of the solar system. Their plan is to raise the dead just so that we will believe in them if that makes any sense. Of course everything in this movie is ridiculous so there is no point in elaborating on the stupidity or logic of the plot. It's up to our heroes to stop the aliens from destroying us.PRODUCTION: If you are reading this, you obviously know about the production values of this movie. Of course it is the reason this movie is famous and still watched repeatedly.The scenes of Bela Lugosi (billed as Old Man) along with a few scenes later in the movie of Bela rushing into and out of the woods in a vampire costume are the only scenes with him in it. These scenes were shot for another movie in 1956 called 'The Vampire's Tomb.' This movie was never completed as Lugosi died in his sleep before most of the movie was made. Ed Wood, not one to waste film footage incorporated these scenes into 'Plan 9.'Vampira had her show cancelled prior to the making of 'Plan 9' and Ed Wood used this as an opportunity to get her in his movie.The flying saucers, subject of much speculation, were models bought in a toy store by Ed Wood.The term 'Plan 9" apparently is derived from the fact that the aliens had made 8 other attempts to conquer the earth.The sets were among the cheapest ever devised for a movie. We have a grass carpet that moves around and has an actor trip over a fold. We have cardboard tombstones that are kicked and knocked over. There is a tiny crypt in which too many people come out of. An alien spaceship....well the less said the better.... An airplane cockpit with a shower curtain, etc. etc.The vampire covering his face just looks stupendously stupid. He can't even see when he's chasing the girl around, who incidentally runs from a bed that has changing pictures above it! Ed Wood didn't even bother shooting a second take when the vampire's cloak fell off and he had to reposition it.Years later Vampira would go on to sue Elvira for stealing her look.THOUGHTS: I don't think this movie is as 'laugh out loud' funny as many others do. For sure there are a few moments that are funny. But mostly it's just poorly directed with poor writing and poor production values. I have found ;that what really makes bad movies funny is the acting. Bad acting can ruin any film even those with good production values. Plan 9 actually has a few decent actors in it. People that appeared in many films over the years such as (obviously) Bela Lugosi, Gregory Walcott the pilot,Tom Keene as Tom Edwards (his last movie) and John Breckinridge (The Ruler).'Plan 9' was originally supposed to be called "Grave Robbers from Outer Space" which would have made more sense but then again it might have made the movie a bit less 'legendary' with that title.Interestingly enough, Ed Wood does let some of his political views slip through in the dialogue.THE DECISION!: Is 'Plan 9 from Outer Space' the worst sci-fi movie ever made or the worst of any genre? Well in my view, it's close but no cigar. I still rank "The Beast of Yucca Flats" as worse. Also, Manos: The Hands of Fate is definitely worse but I consider that horror and not sci-fi. But that is just one man's opinion.Recommended obviously for 'Plan 9' fans and 50's sci-fi fans. You get color and some interesting extra's and a nice print.Only bad movie afficionado's should be watching this to begin with.If you are new to classic sci-fi and picking this to be your first 50's sci-fi movie to watch then you are making a big mistake. Watch something else.

Proof positive that you don't need a huge budget to produce spell binding classic Science Fiction movies. A production that will keep you on the edge of your seat throughout.Definitely must see it to believe it.

I bought this streaming movie from Amazon Prime to see if its reputation of being so bad it's good was accurate. It is definitely the worst movie I've ever enjoyed.I won't discuss plot, acting, characters, props, editing, direction, director, narration, or any thing else. Look on-line if you need learned discussion. It's a perfect movie to watch with weird friends...perfect for a do-it-yourself MST3K. Get a Gizmo or Crow hat. Get a box of Ritz crackers...the cheese is free.It's the best/worst $3 you'll ever spend/regret.

This is one of my favorite movies of all time, and the DVD only makes it better. I was first shown 'Plan 9' by my high school drama teacher, and have adored it ever since. When it was shown to our drama class it was used as example of how not to do everything associated with a dramatic production. Since then I have watched it on VHS many times and have seen all of Wood's other works as well. I am quite a believer in Ed Wood as disillusioned anti-genius, a man who knew he wanted to make a movie but didn't know how to make a movie, nor had any of the right tools for making a movie, yet persevered happily in his craft. I regret that he died before his films gave him the notoriety he so richly deserved.'Plan 9' involves aliens (including the hilarious over-actor Dudley Manlove), and the resurrection of the dead through 'an electrode shot through the pinion pituitary' of recently deceased people, in this case Tor Johnson and Vampira, who will somehow keep the human race from discovering the 'solarminite' and exploding the whole universe. The sets are dreadful, the acting is unbelievably inept, and the whole production is crowned with the silliest dialogue (by Wood, of course) imaginable. All in all it adds up to a great time and a camp classic. The movie was popularized as 'The Worst Movie Ever Made' in the book "The Golden Turkey Awards" by Harry and Michael Medved. Some people are irritated with the brothers Medved for that pronouncement, but understand that it was the result of a poll of their readers.I personally think there are two basic groups of bad movies, movies that are bad but fun to watch (the famed 'so bad they're good' category), of which 'Plan 9' unquestionably leads the pack; and the alternative 'just plain unwatchable' type of bad movie, which are never fun to watch. I think that the beauty of 'Plan 9' is that Wood and his goofy assortment of friends and followers persevered and actually made this film. It wasn't good, but I argue that there is no way that it's the worst movie ever made for one simple reason: it entertained me. The very worst thing a film can do is to bore the audience, and despite it's flaws, 'Plan 9' never bores the audience; they may laugh at it and find certain components difficult to believe, but it is never boring. I think 'Plan 9' is actually one of the more genuinely interesting films I have ever seen, albeit, for all the reasons Wood never intended. Mind you, I am not mocking Ed Wood; I genuinely appreciate his giving us his body of work, particularly 'Plan 9', though 'Night of the Ghouls' is virtually as silly as this one.This truly is Wood's 'Citizen Kane', and the DVD has a wonderful two hour documentary from the early 1990s on Wood and the making of 'Plan 9', including a tour of the decrepit soundstage where the interiors were shot, and interviews with actors from the film, notably Vampira and Paul Marco (Kelton the cop from three separate Wood movies, including 'Plan 9') where a picture of Wood as a somewhat manic, innovative filmmaker emerges. The consensus seems to be that Ed was a nice guy that everybody liked despite his problems with alcohol and transvestism. Also included is the wonderful original trailer for the film, which is hysterical in its own right.This is a wonderful DVD, and I recommend it to anyone. 'Plan 9' is suitable for all audiences, but I particularly recommend it for people who can grasp the concept of a film so very bad that it's good. There are many inept filmmakers both past and present, but there will never be another Ed Wood!

It may really be the worst movie ever made. It's so terrible, that it makes you moan, and laugh at the same time. It's so awful, that it's hard to describe. The scenery fights with the dialogue, competing for ever higher levels of absurd. I'm going to digest my first viewing, and then watch it again. I'm sure I missed some of Ed Wood's genius for creating unintentional humor. Serious people should avoid Plan 9.

Muy buena adaptacion de la pelicula al blu ray, viene con extras como videos de Ed Wood, la version en blanco y negro y a color. Tiene buena calidad de audio e imagen cosa que te das cuenta desde el menu de inicio.

Make Sure You Check Out Johnny Depp's Movie "Ed Wood."This movie is just pretty stupid. That's all there is to it.If you can watch Tim Burton's movie "Ed Wood" it'll give you enough back info, so you can at least sit through the movie and enjoy it. You won't care about the movie much, but because of Tim Burton's ability to make you feel like you know the actors, you'll be interested in seeing them in real life.Good luck. It's just one of those movies that any serious collector feels required to own. If you're going to have a movie library, owning the worst movie ever made is kind of a duty...maybe.

｢史上最低の映画｣と呼ばれる、トホホ映画の重鎮エド·ウッド監督の代表作｢プラン９ フロム·アウタースペース｣の海外版ブルーレイです。宇宙の支配者から命じられて、人類に戦争を止めるよう訴えにやって来た宇宙人。アメリカの大統領との会見を要求しますが、大統領は宇宙人の存在を信じようとしません。怒った宇宙人は、第９計画なるものを実行します。それは、ゾンビや吸血鬼を作り出して、地球を征服するというもので...。あまりにもチープな特撮、矛盾だらけの脚本......と、トホホな出来映えの映画です（笑い）。ですが、このブルーレイ、なんと｢ウルトラQ｣ばりに着色カラー版まで作っちゃっています。（もちろん、デジタルリマスタリングのオリジナル白黒版も１枚に収録）。ブルーレイならではのクリアな映像です。史上最低の名を欲しいままにした究極のトホホ映画を高画質で、笑いながら、ツッコミながら楽しめます。星四つの評価を付けます。

The colorised version of this makes this classic a little more watchable - and to better appreciate the sheer "badness" of it all (which seems to be the reason why any of us are watching it). This colorised version also features a commentary/riff from Mike Nelson of MST3K fame which is worth a watch ... although I found myself going back to the original audio for occasional repeat viewing. There are a few annoying things such as the inserts (images in photo frames and names on tombstones) that were auctioned off and added during the colorisation process, but these fortunately pass quickly - and maybe just add a little more to the story behind the film and it's unexpectedly devoted fan base. The video quality is quite reasonable given the age and nature of the film - although there are some issues with depth and banding in the opening scenes with Criswell (but I can live with it since it's still a gazillion times better than the dark and murky black & white prints that I've previously needed to contend with).

Plan 9 From Outer Space is poorly crafted. The acting is atrocious. The special effects are pathetic. The script is beyond catastrophic. The film's biggest star Bela Lugosi died before production started and they replaced him with a double wearing a cape over his face - The real Bela only appears briefly in prerecorded footage. It's all deadpan with actors seemingly oblivious to the film's shortcomings. Flawed dialogue is delivered without irony and there are no winks to the camera.However these things work to the film's advantage. The inconsistencies and mistakes are funny and very watchable, whether it is bad acting or a rubbish flying saucer on a string, Plan 9 is really entertaining - You will be amazed how many mistakes you will spot in every scene and this accidental feature in the film will keep you watching until the end. Plan 9 is loved by many and I value my copy as much as anything by Stanley Kubrick.This edition of Plan 9 also contains the rather splendid 2 hour documentary 'Flying Saucers Over Hollywood: The Plan 9 Companion' featuring interviews with Vampira, Joe Dante, Conrad Brooks, Sam Raimi and many more.