Movies From Austin (Part 2 of 4) - Plan 9 From Outer Space

Dubbed as the single worst movie in history, I set my expectations rather low before viewing this. Apparently, my appreciation for the 1950's and what they produced in entertainment came to the forefront as a result.

Set in the post-WWII days when people feared anyone would drop the hydrogen bomb, some aliens decide to "visit" Earth. Thing is, us paranoid Earthlings decided to fire at them and not believe that they came in peace. So, in an effort to save the universe from us, the aliens decide to kill us before we kill them... by using the dead.

If that made any sense to you, you're smarter than I am.

The film is pretty much an example of cross-genres that don't work. You know, like Vampire Westerns or white people playing Samurai warriors. This film takes the two most popular film classes of the era and forces them to produce a bastard child that is part chiller-thriller movie, part alien movie, and lower than B-Grade in most respects.

Acting is below average for the most part, special effects were decent given their time, and the sets were pretty much cheaply made in every respect possible. Though you have to appreciate the way they presented the living dead back then. I just wish they didn't cast Vampira, who looks like she was the inspiration for Mortisha Adams.

The only thing that can make this movie better is if there was an option to watch it with the cast from Mystery Science Theatre 3000 making jokes during the movie. It's that bad.