Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)

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1959 · 1h 18m · Sci-Fi

Directed by Ed Wood

public domain

US public domain — the copyright was never renewed after its initial term.

Aliens resurrect the dead of a California cemetery to stop humanity from inventing a doomsday weapon. Paper-plate saucers wobble on strings, day flips to night between shots, and a chiropractor doubles for a long-dead Bela Lugosi by holding a cape over his face. Earnest, threadbare and weirdly unforgettable.

Routinely voted the worst film ever made, which is its own kind of achievement — nobody forgets it, and everybody finishes it.

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