Bloody-Disgusting calls Plan 9 From Outer Space “arguable one of [Ed Wood's] only ‘good’ films” [sic], but the general consensus is that it’s one of the worst films of all time. But, um, maybe the remake will be better! Motivated by no logical reason other than the fact that they could have it ready in time of a 09/09/09 release date (well, okay––it is the original’s 50th anniversary, and since the film has lapsed into the public domain a remake can be done for cheap, cheap, cheap), Darkwave Entertainment is planning “a serious-minded retelling of the original story, paying homage to the spirit of Wood’s film without resorting to camp or parody.”
As BD points out, you can watch the original Plan 9 on Google Video, but we think the only way to possibly make sense of this is to watch the above scene from Tim Burton’s masterpiece, Ed Wood. Let’s shoot this fucker!
There’s no way any film about visitors from outer space could be worse than Anna Nicole Smith’s film Illegal Aliens, even if it tried.
Comparatively speaking –if your point of comparison is The Andromeda Strain– I’d say the film-going public and the living art that is American Cinema are absolutely crying out for a remake of Plan 9.
I think it’s a pretty sweet idea to remake Plan 9 from Outer Space.
Plan Nine deals with the resurrection of the dead.
R.I.P. ~ Vampira