Originally Posted By DAR It's happening late Friday night on Turner Classic Movies. Plan 9 From Outer Space and Bride of the Monster. Both are among the worst films ever made, but Plan 9 especially has gained cult status as being so bad it's good.
Originally Posted By mawnck If you have not experienced a genuine Ed Wood movie, absolutely do not miss these. Roger Ebert (I think it was) said "How bad is Plan 9? Give a monkey a camera and he will make a better picture." Besides, "Future events like these will affect you in the future!"
Originally Posted By JohnS1 PLan 9 is so bad, it's good. Part of the mystique of this film is that Wood conned Bela Lugosi to be in it. He was semi-retired and a drug addict and needed the money but felt somewhat sheepish about being in such a bad movie. Then, he died halfway through filiming and Ed Wood put some guy in a cape and had him wander around with his face covered, as if Bela was still around. But it is so blatantly obvious which scenes have the real Lugosi and which do not, that it makes the movie even funnier.
Originally Posted By mawnck Bela's scenes weren't even shot for this movie! It was some silent footage that Ed had shot for something else. His stand-in was a chiropractor acquaintance of Ed's who was significantly taller. Bela's movie wife, Vampira (!), hated her lines so much that she refused to say them, so Ed made her character non-speaking.
