You can download Plan 9 from Outer Space for free from the Internet Archive!
Often billed as the worst movie ever made, and not entirely undeserving of the title, this is a masterpiece of Ed Wood’s making.Bela Lugosi was cast in the role of “Ghoul Man” but passed away before filming really started. So what happens? The producer’s wife’s chiropractor (Mr. Reynold’s was the executive producer) takes over as “Ghoul Man” and holds his cape in front of his face THE ENTIRE MOVIE.
Add to this numerous plot inconsistencies, horrid acting, and masses of stock footage — some of which we see several times and you have a terrible but funny movie.
Reader comment: The Beast of Yucca Flats says: “I remembered when I read your Plan 9 from Outer Space article. The grandson of Tor Johnson (the big guy in the photo you have) sells Subarus at Renick Subaru in Fullerton CA (or at least he did in 2002). His name is also Tor Johnson, he looks a lot like him, and he sold me my car. Sorry if this is some useless info, but I am a Tor fan it was strange to meet his grandson and hear some stories, probably a lot of people don’t recognise the name.”
Reader comment: Shannon the Film Dork says: “I know you were just quoting someone else, but it always pains me to see Ed Wood’s work characterized as “terrible,” even in conjunction with the word “funny.” Yeah, Wood didn’t really know what he was doing on an aesthetic (or even technical) level, but he always had a certain something (more so in Glen or Glenda than Plan 9).
“When you compare Wood’s supposedly terrible work with certain terrible movies of today (Pearl Harbor, Daredevil, and even other B-movies like the SciFi Channel “Original Pictures”), you see that he has a real love of the genre, the medium and the subject. He was emotionally invested in Plan 9, it was going to be his masterpiece, and it shows. He had vision. Just not the technical or aesthetic ability to totally reach that vision.
“In short, Wood was an artist. Evidently an successful artist, as we are talking about him to this day, despite the undoubted presence of even less technically capable filmmakers from that period.
“Okay. I got that off my chest. Thank you VERY much for the heads up on Plan 9’s availability on the Internet Archive. You brought pure glee to my day.
Tor forever!”