20 Terrible Movies You Should See Before You Die

2. Plan 9 From Outer Space

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2ukRYsYPmo

A staple of late night TV, Plan 9 caught the attention of Harry and Michael Medved, whose book The Golden Turkey Awards elevated Ed Wood from obscurity to the lofty position of “The Worst Director Of All Time.”

Structured around footage of Bela Lugosi shot before the actor passed away, Plan 9 tells the story of pompous aliens who resurrect the dead in order to destroy humanity before it can discover ‘Solaranite’, a means of exploding sunlight that will devastate the universe.

With Lugosi, wrestler Tor Johnson and TV host Vampira under their command, the aliens’ plot is curtailed when their space ship catches fire, turns into a flying hubcap and explodes. The End. 

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Ian Watson is the author of 'Midnight Movie Madness', a 600+ page guide to "bad" movies from 'Reefer Madness' to 'Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead.'