XoWizIama Excellent adaptation.

Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Bea Swanson This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

Mathilde the Guild Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

Leofwine_draca PLAN 9 is an affectionate indie spoof of the Ed Wood camp classic PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE, made as a modern-day version of the same story. Former Hollywood actor Brian Krause appears and the original film's star Conrad Brooks has a tiny role. Sadly, this turns out to be as mindless and generic as any other indie sci fi horror, with cliched scenes of zombie attacks and gratuitous showering. Fakeness abounds everywhere you look, but the worst thing about it is the sheer level of overacting on display. A so-bad-it's-good classic it really isn't.

martinmcdonough When I heard that Plan 9 From Outer Space was being remade, I was actually kind of excited to see it. Not because I thought it would upgrade the original, but because the original was so bad - without trying to be - it was fun to watch. I think that's why this remake falls so flat. The original was so bad it was good. This one is just plain bad.Spoilers ahead, so read at your own risk.Now, I have to admit that I watched the movie from about the 20 minute mark to the end on 2x speed because it turned into another mind- numbing zombie chase movie. First off, you never see the aliens like you did in the original. The only "alien" you see is just a glowing orb or something in a school. There's no jump-suited aliens discussing the plan and no flying saucers.Second, there's no day/night and then day/night transitions of the police (or anybody) driving down a road. Nor is there any stock footage and the same shots shown over and over just for the sake of scene transition. Third, there's no recitation of the iconic "stupid! STUPID! STUPID!" line. That HAS to be in there somewhere.Basically, This remake can't make up its mind if it wants to be another chapter or take-off of "Night of the Living Dead" or a cross between WWZ and Thundarr the Barbarian. They removed too many of the elements that made the original what it was - a cheap, bad sci- fi zombie alien movie - and just left the mindless zombies to run amuck. Now, to be fair, the original Plan 9 wasn't exactly Othello revisited, so one shouldn't expect this remake to transform it into something that it's not. But I was expecting something that would be mildly watchable either (a) because of improvements or (b) because of its campyness. Unfortunately, it provided neither. The original had a "make a movie on a shoestring budget" feel and look to it. This remake lacks even that.

Stephen Abell To be honest, I cannot believe that somebody had the balls to remake Plan 9 From Out Of Space since this was voted the worst film ever made and boasted the worst dialogue and scenes ever put on celluloid. Even though it flopped it later gained a classic status for its wrongness. I have to say I have a warm place in my heart for it.So when I caught the trailer for Plan 9 I knew I had to give it at least one viewing.The major trouble with the movie is the writer and director John Johnson. When you take on a project such as this one you have to decide what to keep, what to change, what to eradicate, and what to add and it's here where all his problems arise. The original is loved because it is so bad on so many fronts so you have to keep some of these bad issues in the movie as well as add some, though you have to make it humorous to keep your audience. In some of the other reviews, it's been noted about all the fourth wall shout-outs to other films. I believe this to be intentional and in the "bad" mode, though he may have taken it too far. Also, there are lots of similarities to Romero's Night Of The Living Dead and other Zombie films. I believe Johnson took Plan 9 down the zombie road to pay homage to the movie and send up the sub-genre (it's also not a bad thing as there's a lot of Z-lovers out there, so it gives him a ready-made audience - which is what Edward D Wood Jr did). Though he does keep enough science fiction elements to keep it in this genre. For me the Z's took second place, it wasn't about them it was about the annihilation of mankind so we could all be used as cheap fuel.As for the acting, most of it is average, though on Mr Lobo's part I believe this was intentional, and he does gloriously over-act at times. Whereas, Brian Krause is back on form as the male lead role Jeff Trent. Though it's James Rolfe as the policeman that gets some of the better, and funnier, lines and scenes. I found Sara Eshleman as Lucy Grimm a little wooden though again this could have been intentional in homage to the original. If this is the case then she's a good actress as she does wooden well. However, it does make for enjoying the movie a little difficult as it's a great excuse for anything which didn't work too well... it was a homage!It would have been nice for Johnson not to pay homage to the film by trying to add elements to his remake but to make a straight forward sci- fi flick based on the original story. He proved he can add tension and an atmosphere of dread as is shown with the arrival of the aliens themselves. They were a nice twist as they came to the town members as human, they clearly weren't. Johnson even did an okay job with the action when the heroes go after the aliens. If the same mood and quality had been used throughout we might have had a decent film and not this strange homage.On the whole, the movie works and is nicely filmed. I would gladly recommend it as it is a decent "leave your brain at the door" waste of time. It definitely isn't the worst movie out there... that's the original... Though this is at least worth one viewing on a cold and wet night when there's nothing better to do. However, I do believe this film to be of the "Marmite" Syndrome - you'll either like it or loathe it. It made me smile and laugh more than grimace and frown, so I love it.

Michael_Elliott Plan 9 (2015)** (out of 4)A UFO is seen coming into a small town and later that night there is some sort of strange light that causes the dead to come back to life. A group of survivors try to fight off the zombies and make it until morning.As the title and opening scenes clearly suggest, this here is a remake of Edward D. Wood, Jr.'s 1959 film PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE but it actually could have been another remake of NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD. Those looking for a director remake of the Wood might feel cheated as there are some obvious nods to that film but once all the zombie action starts it's your typical George Romero type setting with people trying to stay in doors while zombies are on the outside.With that said, director John Johnson has actually made a good looking movie that at least looks professional unlike so many other low-budget movies out there. I was a little worried that we were going to be getting some poorly made film but that wasn't the case at all. Visually the film was quite good and at least you could tell that there was talent behind the camera in many jobs. I thought the editing was quite good and several of the performances were better than you'd expect.The film also had some nice gore shots. I'm not going to say the work is on the same level of Tom Savini but it's much better than you typically see in these types of movies. There was even some nudity thrown in, which as all horror fans know is pretty hard to find these days. PLAN 9 certainly isn't a masterpiece but it's mildly entertaining. The biggest problem I had with the film is that at 106 minutes it's way too long. The film really could have lost fifteen to twenty minutes.