Plan 9 from Outer Space

Greetings, my friend. As it's almost Halloween, i thought i'd do a quick review of one of my favourite films of all time, Plan 9 From Outer Space.

Plan 9 is well known as one of the worst movies ever made, and with good reason, it's awful. The acting is terrible, props fall over in the background, the dialogue is painful to hear and is sadly the last film of the legend, Bela Lugosi. Lugosi died before Plan 9 was even thought of, but Ed Wood had footage of Bela, doing very little may i add, that he added in to Plan 9 to have a star. None of the scenes with Lugosi in make sense as they are just shoved in for no real reason and don't connect the rest of the plot. Further scenes were shot with a stand in for Bela. The stand in was not an actor and was much taller than Lugosi, adding more ridiculousness to matters.

Scenes change from day to night, as they were shot at different times in the day or some outdoors and some in a studio, yet are supposed to be one continuous scene. Actors stumble and the shot is left in, 'tombstones' fall over and are obviously fake and of course, we have Criswell.

Criswell is amazing. Really amazing. Behold, his words of wisdom....

"Greetings, my friend. We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. And remember, my friend, future events such as these will affect you in the future. You are interested in the unknown, the mysterious, the unexplainable. That is why you are here. And now, for the first time, we are bringing to you the full story of what happened on that fateful day. We are giving you all the evidence, based only on the secret testimonies of the miserable souls who survived this terrifying ordeal. The incidents, the places, my friend, we cannot keep this a secret any longer. Let us punish the guilty. Let us reward the innocent. My friend, can your heart stand the shocking facts about grave robbers from outer space?"

None of that makes a shit of sense. We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives? No shit!  With that said, it's so incredible. I want it to be my wedding vows.

So this Halloween, if you want the ultimate in chessy horror, choose Plan 9 From Outer Space.