Plan 9 from Outer Space

1959, Reynolds Pictures, Inc.

Regarded by many connoisseurs of so-bad-it's-good films as the gold standard, Plan 9 isn't the worst movie ever made (see Warriors of the Wasteland as an example of a "superior" product), but it sure delivers the goods. Scrutinized as deeply and thoroughly as many masterworks, it has a strong cult following. The making of Plan 9, amusingly explored in the comedy-biopic Ed Wood, is as strangely mesmerizing as the film itself. Truly a film for the ages. My score obviously reflects the level of enjoyment, and not the quality of filmmaking.

DKS 12/17/17
Rev 2/23/22

GRUMPY OLD FART-O-METER® Rating:

Almost Nice

 

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