Plan 9 From Outer Space

"Now, don't you worry. The saucers are up there. The graveyard is out there. But I'll be locked up safely in there" 

Directed by Ed Wood Jr.

1959

Date Viewed: Thursday May 13, 2010

This movie is well known for being horrible and it definitely lives up to its reputation. It is awesomely horrible. There are so many continuity issues and incredibly awful dialogue (such as "Visits? That would indicate visitors" and "But one thing's sure. Inspector Clay is dead, murdered, and somebody's responsible") and the acting is poor at best, but there's something so endearing about it all. I mean its a classic B movie (or maybe D-) so you know its gonna be bad so it's all good. So what is this movie about? Basically aliens come to Earth and use electrodes to wake the newly dead. The dead wander around all zombified (and one vampire?) and when the aliens shut off the electrodes then they just stand there. And when they're killed (which I don't remember how that even happened) they turn to skeletons. So not the greatest plot, but hey, whatever works I guess. I love love LOVE movies that are laughably horrible, but only the good ones (does that even make sense?) so while in any normal world this movie would probably get an F, I would say that this movie goes above and beyond the call of duty when it comes to horribleness. If Ed Wood had planned for this movie to be bad, it probably wouldn't have turned out half as great. So I give it a definite B