Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)

Release date: 1959-07-22
Country: USA
Language: English
Director: Edward D. Wood Jr.
Production Co: Reynolds Pictures
Genre: Horror, Science Fiction
Rating: 4.0/10
Length: 1h 19min

Storyline

In California, an old man (Bela Lugosi) grieves the loss of his wife (Vampira) and on the next day he also dies. However, the space soldier Eros and his mate Tanna use an electric device to resurrect them both and the strong Inspector Clay (Tor Johnson) that was murdered by the couple. Their intention is not to conquer Earth but to stop mankind from developing the powerful bomb "Solaranite" that would threaten the universe. When the population of Hollywood and Washington DC sees flying saucers in the sky, a colonel, a police lieutenant, a commercial pilot, his wife and a policeman try to stop the aliens.

Plot Keywords

camp, bad acting, stock footage, tape recording, crypt, zombie, cult, alien invasion, cult classic, alien, lighting a cigarette, cliche, extraterrestrial, airplane, spacecraft, space travel, stewardess, skeleton, siren, revolver

Short Review

Wood lacked both the dramatic sense to unfold his speculations in action and the technique (as well as the money) to embody, in any plausible way, his spectacular fancies, but their crude approximations vibrate with his stifled exaltation.