 "Worst Movie Ever? Nah" | 2009-10-04 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3VO8JQT6LVXZ1 |
| Yes the film sucks, but it's such campy fun how can you resist? If for no other reason check it out to see Bela Lugosi don Dracula's cape for the last time and wander around a cemetery in broad daylight waiting for hapless victims. Or enjoy the head alien berating the film's hero by explaining his dastardly plan and then yelling "Stupid!" "Stupid!". 'Plan 9', as our narrator Criswell explains, is a plan conceived by aliens to resurrect the dead in order to convince humans of their existence and power. They fly their saucers over Hollywood Boulevard, before devising a plan to parade the newly dead on the steps of the state capital. Three people are successfully resurrected: a sexy/creepy woman (Vampira) wearing a flowing black gown complete with plunging neckline, the lead cop on the case (Tor Johnson) who was struck down by spaceships and my personal favorite The Dead Old Man (Lugosi). Turns out Vampira and the Old Man were married and now thanks to the aliens they have been reunited. The three walking dead roam Hollywood and attempt to scare anyone who crosses their path and then bring them back to the spaceship. There's no point elaborating more on the plot because it doesn't matter. The Passport DVD has it's good and bad points. The bonuses include a trailer gallery for other Ed Wood films and a bonus documentary consisting of interviews with actors who have played Wood or Lugosi (Johnny Depp and Martin Landau) and family members of Wood and his stock company of actors (Wood's ex-wife, Vampira and Bela Lugosi's son). The downside is that the picture and audio are atrocious. Plus, Passport's annoying logo, PIP, is in the right hand corner the whole time. It's pretty distracting. Once you get past that, watch the trailer gallery and you'll agree with Depp that Wood paved the way for other cult directors like Tim Burton, John Waters and David Lynch. A fun DVD. |
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 "Fun To Watch......Because It's So Stupid!" | 2009-09-05 |
| - Reviewed By User: AWORQWLUW1LA2 |
| This flick is so incredibly inept that you'll find yourself watching it over and over again. You'll even invite your friends over to bask in it's stupidity. The highlights of this film are, of course, the stringed pie-plates (or hub-caps, depending on who you ask) serving as flying saucers, swinging back and forth over a fake landscape; Big ol' Tor Johnson, with Orphan Annie contacts, struggling to climb out of a grave, knocking over a cardboard tombstone in the process; and thespian ham Dudley Manlove, as lead alien Eros (!), having a royal hissy fit at the ignorant Earthmen ("Your stupid minds! Stupid! Stupid!"). I must admit though, the sight of Vampira advancing towards the camera is a little creepy, even for this low-budget laugher. As bad as this is, it's not the worst movie of all time. Try watching 'The Creeping Terror'. Now THAT'S the worst movie of all time. |
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| "Who bankrolled this movie?" | 2009-07-12 |
| - Reviewed By User: A7SH17QOZ4FBP |
| Why I find this movie hilarious, I can't believe anyone actually put up the money to make this film. There is no plot, the "acting" is atrocious and I am guessing the special effects budget was about $1.50. I first checked this movie out of the library because I had heard it called the worst movie ever made and I love science fiction, good and bad. Just to be clear, this movie falls under the heading of BAD sci-fi. It is so bad that I laughed until I couldn't catch my breath. I could swear the backdrop of the interior of the alien space ship is a plastic shower curtain. I had to buy this movie just to share the experience with my friends and family. Love this ludicrous movie! |
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 "Who Needs The First Eight Plans When You've Got Plan 9!" | 2009-05-02 |
| - Reviewed By User: A36JXJKM05XN1X |
| First of all, I love films like Casablanca and The Seven Samurai. So why is Plan 9 on my list of top 10 favorites of all time? Because it is one of the most entertaining films ever made! I have seen this film over 100 times and it has yet to bore me. There is always some new mistake to discover or some new piece of inane dialogue to savor! This film is like Louis Armstrong's description of jazz - If you gotta ask, you'll never know! This film can't really be compared to mainstream film because it is so different in every way. When parts are being played be different actors (Bela Lugosi and Tom Mason) or by non-actors (just about all the rest of the cast)how do you compare it to, say, Citizen Kane? You can't, but it's just as entertaining! And the film doen't age; it's like a little time capsule from the 1950's with it's clothes and cars and sets. This is a wonderful little misunderstood gem that offends no on (except us earth people, who are idiots!) and entertains all. Make sure you purchase the Image Entertainment version for the best copy available. And Flying Saucers Over Hollywood is the perfect extra on the disc. A wonderful package! |
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| "Not As Bad As I Had Hoped!" | 2009-04-10 |
| - Reviewed By ccthemovieman |
Well, at least I finally saw this "famous" movie. It took me a long time but so many people have said "it was so bad that it was good" I finally gave it a shot. Previously, I settled for enjoying the Tim Burton "Ed Wood" film, which is very good and tells the story of the making of this movie.
Well, I agree "Plan 9" is bad, but I'm sure there are worse ones out there. Really! I've seen worse (usually the "B" sci-fi movies of the '50s, too!)
I loved the first third of this film. I laughed many times at the hokey flying saucers, the walking "dead" and the corny dialog. I thought, "Wow, this was a bad (meaning good) as advertised," but then I found the film starting to lag at the 35-40-minute mark and recovered a little bit in the end, but not enough to make me want to watch this again. It got too talking and too preachy. Holy cow, this movie is nothing but preaching for everyone to take "flying saucers" seriously. Then we got more preaching at the end about the usual how- violent-mankind-is" blah, blah, blah. The writers here obviously took themselves too seriously. They should have just kept it as sci-fi/horror flick without all the heavy-handed preaching.
Highlights included Tor Johnson's face, the many lines of ridiculous dialog, Vampira's zombie walk with her outstretched hand, and Criswell's incredible speeches and the beginning and end of the movie! All of the above made me laugh almost every time!
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 "The Solaronite Bomb!" | 2009-03-23 |
| - Reviewed By growman |
This film is so bad it is good. It really does have tinfoil saucers on strings burning and stock footage galore. Everything about this film is horribly done, from the alien circus costumes, really bad terrible effects that make sets made from Lego child building blocks Oscar worthy, really bad editing where characters in one position are in a totally different one for the next cut, dead leads that are replaced by extras who hold up a cape over their face to hide themselves, the brainless story that makes no sense, to the Solaronite Bomb speech that should go down in film dialogue history for being so mad that it could be true.
Critics panned it and couldn't believe how something this bad could be made. Tim Burton filmed the Ed Wood director biopic for good reason. You have never seen anything like it before and should feel grateful that you never did. Like I said, it's so bad it's good. Make sure to watch the Tim Burton film `Ed Wood'. That is a fantastic watch.
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