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Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957)

Rate: 7
Viewed: 10/07

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10/07: Plan 9 from Outer Space has been widely proclaimed one of the worst films made, but honestly, it isn't bad.

Yeah, there are tons of mistakes all over the place, but they're amusing. If I will teach a course about cinema, Plan 9 from Outer Space is among those films I'll cover. There's much to learn from it as well as Ed Wood.

At one point, it's light outside, and then in the next shot, nighttime has arrived. Then, it goes back and forth constantly for five minutes. The special effects are clever. All Edward D. Wood, Jr., had to do is to show the strings to make everything obvious.

Even the spaceship looks like a hubcap which is small as compared to the headstones. The pilots fly an airplane, yet the steering wheel looks to be made out of cardboard. For communication purposes, I don't think a translator is needed given the fact that the aliens already speak English.

The acting is better than expected, almost saving the film. Oftentimes, bad movies are plagued by cheesy moments, but Plan 9 from Outer Space doesn't seem to have any. One big problem is the subplots having nothing to do with each other. As a result, it's hard to make heads or tails out of the mumbo jumbo mess.

All in all, Plan 9 from Outer Space is the Citizen Kane of bad cinema.