It’s not enough for Plan 9 from Outer Space to be bad, to be truly terrible.
In the years since its release — July 2024 marks 65 years — the film has gone from being considered the worst ever made to so-bad-it’s-good cult status. What a long, strange trip it’s been.
Celebrated and derided often at the same time — often by the same people, filmmaker Ed Wood’s low-budget schlock film holds a very unique place in the minds of many film fans and historians.
For the curious who haven’t seen it, you can watch it here. For those who want more background on the movie, or might be trying to impress film geek friends, Halloween Every Night assembled a few quick facts to shock, stun and bore people you know!
“Can your heart stand the shocking facts about grave robbers from outer space!?” Probably, yeah.
