RiffTrax: Plan 9 From Outer Space (Full FREE Movie)

[@alexewing7264]

You have to respect the loyalty of Ed Wood’s stable of actors for continuing to star in his movies while their careers floundered.

[@dougjb7848]

They probably had some epic wrap parties.

[@Patrick-hm4eg]

Duke Moore (the gun waver). All his movie roles were Ed Wood movies.

[@remysmith8743]

They had careers?? Really?

[@reidmason2551]

@@remysmith8743 Lyle Talbot had been a film and stage actor years prior to showing up in Wood's movies and worked steadily on TV for years afterward. The Wood movies were just paycheck gigs he took in between real acting jobs.

[@KIRA-EL]

Loyalty or just strapped for cash

[@HEDGE1011]

“Future events such as these will affect you in the future.” -Criswell

[@steveharvey2102]

Yeah, but that's all in the past now ;)

[@adrianlee3497]

"So let us reward the innocent. Let us punish the guilty" And Criswell correctly predicts the cancel culture. 🙄🙄

[@Popebug]

@@adrianlee3497 How do you screw up a quote that you just heard?

[@awnaur0no919]

"I'm doin Levytown." --Pilot Jeff Trent

[@gladspooky9455]

That was Criswell's catchphrase. He used it all the time. He knew it was camp.

[@lancerguy3667]

Y'know, as hilarious as the "Stupid minds!" monologue is... I kind of get it. Dude just spent 10 minutes explaining in painful detail how this new invention will inevitably destroy the universe, and the talking earth-monkeys responded with "Sounds like we'll be an even stronger nation than ever!" I think if I were in that position, my brain would snap, too. XD

[@Oppeldeldoc1]

Right now, hearing how dangerous it is and saying "We'll be an even stronger nation!" sounds like both parties and all three news networks.

[@shwahgamer]

My favorite part is that it was the civilian pilot who said they could use it to be stronger. Not the two actual military guys who are just calmly listening.

[@JamaicanCastle]

@@shwahgamer Well, the two Army guys knew that we didn't _need_ more powerful weapons, since our "big guns" were perfectly capable of blowing up the space guys' flying saucers, and we foiled Plan Nine with a couple of handguns.

[@bhmch39]

I actually wrote to Joel in 1993 in Minnesota to ask if they would ever do this movie. See how patience works. Only 28 years later- TADAAAAAA!! ;) ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@planescaped]

I remember Plan 9 always being the holy grail discussed on early internet forums for MS3TK.

[@dougboyko4008]

😊

[@shwahgamer]

My favorite piece of trivia about this movie is the actress who played Vampira was supposed to have lines but she thought they were so stupid she just refused to say them.

[@teresas8173]

As if she didn’t look stupid enough in this atrocious movie, she drew the line at any dialogue.

[@markiangooley]

Finnish combination of stubbornness and common sense, I think.

[@ramseydoon8277]

I wish more actors would follow her example. What an icon of cinematic integrity.

[@shwahgamer]

@@ramseydoon8277 I know right? But also it works well. She plays it like a silent movie star, and her performance is kinda better than some of the other actors.

[@FrancisKnepper]

Their best special effect was Vampira walking- or even breathing- in that corset.

[@MkeKen67]

I can't believe I've lived for 54 years, saw the Ed Wood movie, and finally watched Plan 9 From Outer Space in 2021. And, man, does it live up to its reputation. The ridiculous cockpit set alone (no one even bothered to consult a photo of an actual cockpit??) is worth the price of admission.

[@Du-Masses]

I didn’t notice…what was wrong with cockpit? Other than it having that obscenely funny name!

[@jaywordsman2442]

@@Du-Masses no control panel, steering mechanism, and a shower curtain - that the stewardess gets caught into later on before being propositioned by "Danny"

[@brentwalker3300]

Yeah, it's enormous. Hilarious.

[@Lee.Higginbotham]

Plan 9 hardly lives up to it's reputation as the worst movie ever made. It's actually beloved by many fans of b movies who love it's so bad it's good movies!! Just buy a nice big box of public domain movies from Mill Creek Entertainment and you will really see more worthy contenders!! The Ed Wood movie is what introduced me to Plan 9!! It's classic!! The Bela rant is priceless!! Side kick!! F*** Karloff!! 😂😂😂

[@HungryForTastyFoodAndComicArt]

27th like given, Ken! 😊

[@CamaroAmx]

The filming of Lugosi in front of the yellow house was the last thing Bela ever filmed. And the yellow house was owned by Tor Johnson. . They used a local chiropractor to play Bella’s character (that’s why he keeps the cape over his face).

[@SamJohnnyVoices]

I heard it was his wife's chiropractor

[@Renshen1957]

@@SamJohnnyVoices I heard that it was Ed Wood’s chiropractor…Tor Johnson was a Wrestler in the grunt and groan circuit.

[@Renshen1957]

There’s only about 2-3 minutes worth of Lugosi’s footage which was for originally another movie plot about vampires. However, models of Flying Saucers, lawn chairs for cockpit seats couldn’t go to waste.

[@amandabourke796]

Wow thanks for that factoid! I love learning weird facts about movies!!! 👍😃

[@sclerismockrey8506]

Tom Mason was Ed's chiropractor AND occasionally attended the Baptist church whose preacher ended up funding Plan Nine. Ed filmed Bela's few minutes of footage not long before Bela passed away, but there was no particular vampire story written for them, no project they were shooting with those scenes, it was just some of Ed's and Bela's ideas as they shot. Bela WAS Dracula to Ed (and everyone else, of course) so the vampire theme was just a given. Then Bela died, and the footage sat in Ed's apartment. Later, when Ed got the funds to make what would be Plan Nine, he knew he could finally use Bela's last footage and thought his chiropractor would be a decent enough stand-in for Bela. Ed also figured the movie as "Lugosi's Last Picture" would help sell it.

[@jonathanriley1107]

I didn't think it possible, but colorization only makes this look more low-budget. Black & white covers a multitude of sins.

[@KaladinVegapunk]

haha yeah it makes it almost pass as just a standard older movie from the era any time i see that cockpit set i just think of the scene from ed wood, "wheres the cockpit set?" youre standing in i!" hahaha just a goddamn chair RLM did a great review of that

[@michaeldion4855]

But those purple uniforms are delicious.

[@willlastnameguy8329]

The part where the guy turned green for a few seconds was kind of cool.

[@Lumibear.]

@@willlastnameguy8329 or 50:30 where the side of the box next to that hi-tech piece of desk equipment that looks suspiciously like a fishing float taped to a road light can’t decide if it’s red or grey.

[@boomboom6577]

In color, it’s just utterly insane. It looks like a stage play or something

[@shrews12001]

i feel like Wood's knowledge of space extended only as far as being aware it existed

[@dougjb7848]

“Look! Up there! It’s space! I’m gonna make a movie about something about space!”

[@10191927]

Space…..there’s lots of it……apparently

[@chuckmesser2202]

Probably true, but he wasn't going to let trivia like that stop him.

[@SomeOrangeCat]

Plan 9 From Outer Space is one of those perfect storm situations. The movie is so damned stupid it's outright entertaining on it's own, while giving the riffers so much material to work with.

[@tjt2383]

That’s what I thought when I saw Rifftrax’s “Face/Off”, I had never seen the movie until they did it and I was just amazed at how ludicrous that whole thing was. I was thinking, if Ed Wood had a $100M budget he could’ve made this!

[@MrRyan-wu4jx]

It’s okay to be outstandingly interestingly bad it’s another to be dull bad. The dull bads are the irredeemable ones.

[@fredferd965]

They probably had a scene where the detective used his gun for a tooth brush....but it got lost on the cutting room floor....shot to pieces.

[@LukeMcGuireoides]

I wish rifftrax could post the more recent big name movies like face off and top gun and the twilight saga. They did some really great work on those and others. I never saw the face off on, unfortunately, but god would I love to

[@schizoidboy]

Here's an irony for you, there are people who would pass up watching the current Oscar nominated films of this year just to watch this movie.

[@TapiocaTwoStep]

I love how Criswell spends ten minutes setting us up for future events and then jumps into talking about something that’s already happened. 🤣

[@NJGuy1973]

We should be interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives!

[@TapiocaTwoStep]

@@NJGuy1973 Remember: future events will affect you in the future.

[@planescaped]

Good lord his narration was so ridiculous.

[@pronkb000]

"...on that fateful day." "In the...future."

[@ZERO_O7X]

"Can your heart stand the shocking fact?"

[@disconnected22]

After watching this so many times, the preponderance of the dialogue really hits me. “Death, the proud brother...”? What the hell does that even mean?

[@graemesmith6721]

In Bela Lugosi's defense, he was wounded in combat during WWI, and also suffered from sciatica, so the heroin may have been a way of dealing with chronic pain.

[@elirien4264]

He wasn't addicted to heroin, but he was dependent on pain meds.

[@jeffreygunn3150]

Morphine

[@BigAL68xyz]

It was not always known how harmful those drugs were. Heroin was once used by dentists as anesthetic.

[@DragonMaiden77]

People don’t understand how crippling chronic pain can be. Poor guy

[@danielboone8435]

Do i need to see Plans 1-8 for this to make sense?

[@PhilBagels]

It won't help.

[@wadecarmen7501]

🍺 or weed will provide clarity.

[@Eisenwulf666]

Plan 1 is a classic, plan 2 is good but not awesome, plan 3 is a low budget cash grab to keep the franchise going, plan 4 is the surprise re-imagening of plan 1 with Ron Pearlman in the role of a lifetime, Plan 5 ignores all the other movies and is a direct continuation of Plan 1 with Alexandra Daddario in a topless scene, Plan 6 once again reboots the series with a twist : the main characters are teenagers and is full of 80s nostalgia, Plan 7-8 are both directed by Rob Zombie and take place between the events of plan 1 and 2,they are gritty,dirty and incredibly violent for no good reason and we Planheads don't really like them..So pick your poison

[@danielboone8435]

@@Eisenwulf666 well done

[@bchick7598]

Yes!

[@ClanRena]

ed wood production quality makes classic Doctor Who practical effects look like cutting edge technology

[@jonathancarlson6127]

Hey, The Fourth Doctor’s scarf is timeless.

[@ghostrevolver3332]

Even knowing it's a fake gun, the lieutenant recklessly swinging it around STILL makes me cringe nervously.

[@dougjb7848]

(kapow)

[@jonilougy6608]

Omg, right! 😂

[@dougjb7848]

@@jonilougy6608 (p’kew!)

[@dougjb7848]

@@jonilougy6608 (kapwing)

[@jonilougy6608]

@@dougjb7848 😂

[@susansname]

The Old Man stepping off the curb is one of the great editing moments. “Aaaiiiee!”

[@FrancisKnepper]

The stock footage editor deserved a guest star credit.

[@theboombody]

I remember when MST3K was cancelled and my first thought was, "They never had a chance to do Plan 9." Funny how things work out.

[@sarysa]

Which cancellation?

[@Blueskybuffalo]

Wasn’t 12 seasons a lot of chances? 😝

[@sarysa]

@@Blueskybuffalo Season 13 is on the way. They kickstarted an entire streaming service to bring MST3K back.

[@UrVileWedge]

I don't think it was 'Never had a chance' so much as never wanted to. I seem to remember hearing somewhere that one of the impeti behind MST3k was reading the Golden Turkeys rating Plan 9 as the worst movie ever, and Joel Robinson thinking "I know of a lot of movies worse than Plan 9".

[@theboombody]

@@UrVileWedge I know movies worse than Plan 9. I don't know if I'd say I know A LOT though.

[@Commanderziff]

Poor Ed Wood. If he'd been making movies now he'd be headlining late night movie screenings all over the world.

[@arisucheddar3097]

He'd be all over some streaming service or another.

[@LukeMcGuireoides]

In the weirdest way, he really was ahead of his time lol

[@chriscampbell7895]

James Wen

[@MrBlueSkyof1607]

​@@arisucheddar3097Tubi, probably.

[@unclepatrick2]

"Written , produced and directed . The poor guy did not know to spread the blame around"

[@Lee.Higginbotham]

Or share in the accolades!! 😁😁😁

[@planescaped]

If only he had starred in it too. He'd have been the first "black tanktop"

[@svenylford4047]

@@planescaped or, in Ed Wood's case, black camisole.

[@austinteutsch]

I'll say this, that when the flashlight getting scene passed, I can see the sheer genius of Ed Wood. And the horror of the men who financed this movie who doubled as the gravediggers, was straight out of central casting. Never before has a director, producer, writer gotten so much for so little...a perfect bang for the buck!

[@AndreaEssEmm]

Love the cop who keeps purposely pointing his gun at himself. "Does he also eat donuts off his gun?"

[@SomeOrangeCat]

The actor was apparently doing that to see if Wood was paying attention enough to correct him.

[@ajs3994]

Multi purpose tool; Pointer Food Utensil Deadly weapon

[@Jesse__H]

@@SomeOrangeCat Normally I'd say that sounds apocryphal but not this time ... it HAS to be intentional on the actor's part, right? I mean, these are middle-aged men in 1957, _somebody_ on that set fought in the war.

[@AndreaEssEmm]

@@Jesse__H It was intentional on the actor's part. There have been numerous behind the scenes stories and facts that say the actor was doing it to see if Ed Wood would notice it and correct it. 😅

[@MkeKen67]

@@AndreaEssEmm - From what I have heard about Ed Wood's directing "technique," he pretty much didn't bother correcting anything. There was another Ed Wood movie where Tor Johnson bumps into a door frame, and Wood declined to do a second take, because he thought it seemed appropriate to Tor's character.

[@classiclife7204]

Imagine seeing the masterpiece "Ed Wood" by Burton BEFORE seeing the original "Plan 9", thinking Burton must have exaggerated its badness for comedic effect, and then finding out that, no, if anything, Burton UNDERSTATED the awfulness. :) Great riffs, guys.

[@keijijohnson9754]

Ha! I know I've done just that. No seriously, I actually DID do just that years ago.

[@LukeMcGuireoides]

Yeah, I believe most people saw the burton film first. Since ed wood is so old now I guess more and more people are seeing plan 9 without having seen ed wood. This was all but forgotten until the tim burton movie, only known among b c and d movie aficionados lol

[@johnbutler4631]

I saw Ed Wood over 20 years ago, and I just had to see Plan 9 after that. Yes, I did underestimate its badness. A great movie is one that seems to yield new gems the more times you see it. This one seems to have inexhaustible layers of ineptitude. It's a gift that keeps on giving.

[@samanthac.349]

I did see the Ed Wood movie before seeing Plan 9. The Burton movie only made me want to see Plan 9. I didn’t until RiffTrax came into being until then we’d have to hunt for movies in stores or wait for it to come on TV. No regrets never seeing the movie without the riffs.

[@nicks1451]

There is nothing funnier in this entire film than the actress's inability to control her laughter when commander Eros says, "Your shtupid minds! Shtupid! Shtupid!"

[@TheRealJabbergeist]

1:07:25 for those curious.

[@svenylford4047]

That's about all I'm going to take from you.

[@davidmata4786]

@@TheRealJabbergeist You're a peach..!!! I was about to go digging it up even at the risk of spoiling what I hadn't seen yet.. LOL

[@MixuLauronen]

There's big Nordic influence in this film: Tor Johnson of Sweden and Maila Nurmi (Vampira) of Finland. As a Finn, I am especially proud of the latter.

[@austinteutsch]

And NO movie ever made spliced so much stock footage into one reel. The blinding perfection of the Wood mind.

[@AnnaKin]

Can't wait for my science test tomorrow! "A ray of sunlight is made out of many atoms!" I'm learning so much! thanks plan 9 for teaching my stupid human mind!

[@ChibiPanda8888]

No kidding, I mean learning so much science from this movie. "We are all interested in the future for that is where we will spend the rest of our lives." NO WAY! THANKS SO MUCH! I HAD NO IDEA! lol

[@MySerpentine]

Did Ed Wood not know the difference between atoms and photons?

[@AnnaKin]

@@MySerpentine he definitely didn't XD

[@jaywordsman2442]

@@AnnaKin the solaranite blew up the sun's rays in outer space despite there not being any oxygen

[@kevincrady2831]

The atmospheric conditions of outer space are able to block video transmissions! Who knew?!

[@michaeljones9301]

My first Live event. Everyone was so happy. There for one reason....to laugh.

[@dsprocks]

When did they do plan 9 live?

[@notme222]

@@dsprocks Back in 2009. It was my first Live event too.

[@Du-Masses]

I sooo want to go to a live event but no one will go with me and I don’t want to be that weird woman alone in the corner.

[@fugithegreat]

Any scenery that is not a piece of plywood with a curtain over the door begins to seem good by comparison.

[@bethanyscarbrough3416]

I like how the first graveyard scene is both at sunset but also really morning

[@dougjb7848]

And also sorta 2pm, somehow.

[@sideshowratt]

The digital restoration is doing a LOT of heavy lifting here. It almost looks like a real movie.

[@Cloudspeaker]

Thank you for doing this movie, I have zero words for how much your team rocks! I have loved horrible movies for decades because of you, and now you are doing my favourite! You rock soooooo hard! Thank you!

[@Cloudspeaker]

Well, that was more than zero. But no where near enough. Thanks!

[@Somstankonit]

Mike, "Questions? WHAT THE HELL ARE QUESTIONS!!!" best line by .0008% guaranteed!

[@PerryCJamesUK]

I like how slightly surprised the stewardess was at seeing a flying saucer.

[@gohawks3571]

She was busy being confused; a cigar shaped saucer😁 How would you reconcile that?!

[@PerryCJamesUK]

@@gohawks3571 hehehehe, She was left wondering what the teacups from outer space looked like in relation to that saucer.

[@gohawks3571]

@@PerryCJamesUK Oh no😁

[@PerryCJamesUK]

@@gohawks3571 You see? YOU SEE!? You're stupid minds! STUPID! STUPID! (gets punched in the face by a man who has his dinner in the garden at night).

[@gohawks3571]

@@PerryCJamesUK Spelled "Styooopid"😂

[@mrmackee123]

My neighbors just banged on the wall due to my uncontrollable laughter 🤣🤣🤣🤣. This was Great!

[@Patrick_Cooper]

Poor Tor Johnson, he never gets any love... "time to go to bed."

[@KairuHakubi]

It was funny after Mission Hill did that spoof to see there actually was a big bald fat guy in the original

[@makingthemostoutofnothing1256]

It's "time for go to bed"

[@RK-eo8gl]

Atomic Brain rules !

[@bazzer124]

Love the way the gravestones are spaced about a foot and a half apart. Cheers....

[@harryrabbit2870]

AND knocked over frequently.

[@JamaicanCastle]

_"Radar!"_ I love when they make MST3K callbacks.

[@bchick7598]

Oh my God, this is one of the funniest things I've ever seen! I mean with the commentary! I have just never laughed so hard in a long long time! They here! Going Levee town!

[@flixsymmetry]

Saw this at a live event years ago. Took my kids. They grew up on MST3K. We had such a great time. MN proud!

[@kendra_t]

Because I can't read, I thought for a sec you were accusing MST3K of taking your kids.

[@flixsymmetry]

@@kendra_t Haha!! I can see how that could happen. For a moment I thought I mistyped - which happens all too often.

[@Sheffield6688]

Late 2009! :-)

[@sherylnantus9646]

The only thing more perfect than this RiffTrax, is the RiffTrax LIVE where they did the same movie! :D

[@HungryForTastyFoodAndComicArt]

yeppers, the live one was an all-time-best!

[@KairuHakubi]

@@HungryForTastyFoodAndComicArt must be hard to riff the same one twice and still be fresh

[@HungryForTastyFoodAndComicArt]

@@KairuHakubi indeed, that's why I was so impressed!

[@cpcarroll71]

Live ones are always funnier to me. It has more energy and they seem to feed off each other better as opposed to pre-recorded where they are almost too laid back or something. The live reminds me more of seasons 8-10 of MST3K, which are the best in my opinion.

[@KairuHakubi]

@@cpcarroll71 I wanna say Josh Weinstein said he really preferred when the riffs were live and spontaneous, and I can totally see where he was coming from, but at the same time the planned ones have such great timing and they can make obscure references more easily. but that was like, season zero I think

[@Hykje]

Oh -look at those amazing practical effects.

[@Hermititis]

Hmmm...I wonder which is worse: The practical effects of Plan 9 or the CGI of Birdemic?

[@WorldWar2freak94]

@@Hermititis Birdemic. At least Ed Wood did what he could with what he had and it’s enjoyable even without Riffs. Birdemic has way worse effects and the acting, as well as pacing, is so horrible that only mockery can make it bearable.

[@JamaicanCastle]

@@WorldWar2freak94 When it comes to the flying saucers, maybe. But even Ed Wood should've known better than to try to fake Bela Lugosi with someone who looks nothing like him.

[@WorldWar2freak94]

@@JamaicanCastle Oh I agree.

[@SewerTapes]

Is it strange that Mike, Kevin, and Bill have been a regular part of my life for so long now, that my brain immediately associates them as friends, even though I've never actually met them?

[@LukeMcGuireoides]

Ah, the parasocial relationship, as they say. It's fine, as long as you dont become the next Grant Amatto

[@dialamx1]

A similar, yet different, situation for me. They have also been a part of my life for a long time, but my brain doesn't associate them as friends. Instead, due to the years of laughter, my brain associates their voices with a sense of calmness and happiness. If I have Rifftrax, or old MST3Ks, running at night I fall asleep faster.

[@SewerTapes]

@@dialamx1 I also often play Mystery Science Theater and RiffTrax when I go to sleep.

[@SewerTapes]

@@LukeMcGuireoides I Googled Grant Amato expecting to find a story about a stalker who killed the person he was obsessed with. . . nope. Much darker. I need more money to pay the RiffTrax guys, mom! LOL. Sorry to report I'm much more boring than that. The most I'd do is thank Mike, Kevin, and Bill for the years of entertainment if I ever got the chance.

[@LukeMcGuireoides]

😂

[@mr.gunzaku437]

I remember when I first started watching mystery science theater 3000 back when my brothers and I were in our early teens in 1994. A few years after we found Doctor Who and it became a family staple. This show is still a joy all these years later and I'm thankful for every episode! Thank you guys for all the awesome years!

[@castlecircle7612]

Those medics carrying the body are so surprised they literally throw the corpse as hard as they can, not drop it, then with the remaining adrenaline they kick the gravestone over. 19:47 BROWN ALERT, that poor guy in the rocket launching jeep. 31:07 Great picture change above the bed guys. 49:13 "So these are the Aliens that are gonna take over the earth" Me, "I need to get my board with a nail in it to defeat them". 1:13:30 grabs the stick and hits him, Done. 2 confirmed boom mic sightings first at 5:07 in the light across the pilots, 2nd 41:29 the Pentagon, boom mic shadows all over the interior saucer scenes. This movie is such a beautiful disaster, i had never seen it, a pleasure to see it with you guys.

[@uthertheking]

Oh yes, time to ball it up in Albuquerque and do a Levittown?

[@danielvandersall6756]

"We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives." Shakespearian.

[@dougjb7848]

Yes. Harry Shakespeare. He ran a bait & tackle shop in my hometown.

[@boomboom6577]

What makes this exquisite is that the actors are actually good. They give it that extra pizazz that takes it from “bad” to “colossal failure on a grand scale.” The sheer commitment and competence of these actors, that’s what really makes this is a glorious catastrophe.

[@HungryForTastyFoodAndComicArt]

👍 👏

[@luisreyes1963]

To this very day, the Academy Awards still haven't presented Paul Marco his honorary Oscar, even posthumously. 👻

[@brianoneil9662]

"The lost roses of her cheeks..." I hear Ginsberg and Barryman convinced Ed Wood to make movies so that they wouldn't be shamed by their comparatively meager attempts at poetry.

[@PerryCJamesUK]

It always makes me cry whenever I am reminded of the partially hidden tomato plant of my wife's lower back.

[@ian_b]

@@PerryCJamesUK That is the most beautiful thing I have ever read. I am in floods.

[@PerryCJamesUK]

@@ian_b Your words make the Dr. Pepper of my tears flow like melted chocolate from the Brussel sprouts of my eyes... Thank you so much...

[@gohawks3571]

Oh you guys😂 Keep it up; maybe you should write a book of humorously bad peotry!

[@PerryCJamesUK]

@@gohawks3571 Bad? (Weeps into a giant bag of pickled onion flavour Monster Munch)

[@mmmmSmegma]

23:38 That outfit always cracks me up. It's so obvious that it was just a random outfit found in a random wardrobe randomly picked out and they said "Here, wear this random shit"

[@luisreyes1963]

Nothing says "alien overlord" like a shopworn medieval costume. 🤣

[@al271987]

This has been a favorite movie of mine for ages, then RiffTrax did it and I was so incredibly happy. It didn’t disappoint!

[@dougjb7848]

I wish Criswell were still around to tell me what’s going to happen in the past.

[@shoresean1237]

The MST alumni have at Ed Wood's masterpiece. It's like Christmas at Disney. Bonus points for using Martin Landau's take on Bela in accent.

[@TheNzFox]

So, an advanced race capable of traveling across space and their plan is to resurrect the dead in very small numbers and over a long period of time, all while flying around in broad daylight. Spooky.

[@luisreyes1963]

Yeah, right. WW2 surplus radio parts & a "Frankenstein" arc lamp really says "advanced alien technology". 🤣

[@JamaicanCastle]

And they had 8 other plans before this one (which I believe) but somehow this was the best one (which I don't).

[@katotheother]

How could they ruin Ed Wood’s artistic integrity by colorizing this classic?

[@thEannoyingE]

Because Wade Williams bought the rights to an old print, despite it being v in the public domain.

[@asorls1]

@@devinreese7704 Better than most of the crap on the sci fi channel.

[@Ammeeeeeeer]

"Ed Wood" and "integrity" used in the same sentence.... 🤣🤣🤣

[@WebeloZappBrannigan]

Thank goodness we had people in the movie industry who spoke out so fervently against going back and ruining old films by changing them.... people like George Lucas.

[@luisreyes1963]

Isn't colorizing an Ed Wood flick similar to polishing a turd? 💩

[@particularbored6072]

That was great, just gonna watch it... _9 more times!_

[@ajs3994]

That's the plan.

[@stefanosprokopis6974]

I plan to watch it 99 times

[@particularbored6072]

@@stefanosprokopis6974 999

[@heatherlowry754]

I love this movie. It started my own interest in B movies, riffing on them with friends, and then discovering MST3K and RiffTrax

[@dogfishrulez]

This was the first Rifftrax I ever watched and still one of the funniest!

[@jamesscanlan6240]

Still better special effects than Birdemic.

[@luisreyes1963]

Better EVERYTHING than Birdemic. 😆

[@Interrogame]

Best start to the week EVER

[@francescaa8331]

It's so wonderful they got chance to do Plan 9... iconic movie.

[@adrianlee3497]

Oh this is going to be so good. What a great way to start out the holidays.☺️☺️

[@Palmieres]

1:10:06 "Women are for advancing the race, not for fighting men's battles" 1:14:40 _lady who's there to open doors stampedes everyone like the freaking Hulk_ I guess that's one way to advance... 1:15:04 For some reason "Chief Wiggum" over there still isn't stopping her, choosing to point his "donut fork" towards the candy-wrapped alien and Big McLarge Huge's dad while they're fighting. I love this movie.

[@AndrewGivens]

Slab Bulkhead.

[@Pygar2]

The old Monogram Flying Saucer kit Wood used is available now in a special Plan 9 version, but you'll need a 3/4th inch cube to glue on the bottom to make the Command Saucer...

[@markiangooley]

I didn’t realize that Vampira was actually a blonde woman born in Finland and raised in the U. S., the niece of the runner Paavo Nurmi. She initially created the character for a costume party, inspired by Morticia Addams in the cartoons.

[@Jude300c]

Whelp time to buy some snacks for later!

[@hanschristianbrando5588]

It's remarkable how Tim Burton was able to recreate these scenes so meticulously in the 1996 movie "Ed Wood."

[@RobotoSan]

Love how Ed Wood just threw a bunch of random crap together to make the spaceship sets and costumes: A single construction barrier light behind the Jacob's Ladder* at 1:01:43 A prop ladder glued to the wall, making it almost impossible to climb 1:02:54 Those fabulous get-ups from a production of Hamlet: 47:54 (Plus a redecorated barrier light on Bunny's desk.) Come to think of it, the concept of random crap pretty much sums this movie up. Stock footage, solar gasoline rays, zombies, Officer Kelton, lonely wife, and the stupid government cover-up of stupid aliens trying to communicate with us in increasingly moronic ways. This is the People Soup of movies. *That electric arc thingy to indicate science is happening.

[@Phoenixesper1]

3:12 Fun fact, bela isn't weeping as part of the script. His lawyers had just informed him that his contract is unbreakable but that his doctor said he also only had 3 more days to live. Those my friends....are tears of hope, that he might die before his legacy does!

[@SlapstickGenius23]

It’s pretty sad.

[@mattwo7]

5:13 I just checked if they had Marie Calendar when this was made, it was founded in 1948. Marie Calendar is three decades more and one year less older than I am, which makes it ancient from my perspective.

[@PerryCJamesUK]

None of the Earthlings' long held ideas and notions about their place in the cosmos and the implications of such, were greatly altered, or even questioned, when they came face to face with extra-terrestrials. Just like in real life.

[@joe7923]

And now we have Neil Breen. How time flies.

[@planescaped]

He kinda is a modern Ed Wood, seeing as he takes himself and his movies 100% seriously.

[@john_laser]

Golden Corral doesn't know what's coming

[@michaeljones9301]

Laughing like a madman.....Golden Corral's new slogan....

[@fletchkeilman2205]

I could only hope Golden Corral would have been paid a visit from Tor Johnson.

[@HungryForTastyFoodAndComicArt]

Oddly, considering my love of crap-food, I honestly wish Golden Corral had a franchise here so I could munch-munch.

[@hushicho]

You take that back about Vampira this instant.

[@tims.2717]

"Did he park his car in the fourth dimension?" No, the fifth dimension, actually... The Twilight Zone.

[@theboombody]

Difficult to tell different jokes about the same bad stuff, but they did a good job with that riff.

[@KairuHakubi]

Parking in the fifth dimension can be rough

[@tims.2717]

@@theboombody Not saying that they didn't. I just wanted to make a joke I thought would be funny.

[@TheRogueWolf]

"Submitted for your approval: A parked car."

[@jaywordsman2442]

I'm surprised the riffers did not mention that Trent enters the car from the passenger side

[@Kinnakeeter]

30:54 You know the part where the woman gets woke up by a phone call, if you pay attention to the pictures above her headboard, the one in the middle changes twice: 1st a picture of I think it's a field. 2nd a picture of the woman and her husband and then it changes back again.

[@dougjb7848]

Okay, first off, you *clearly* rolled a 20 on your passive observation. Second, I am *convinced* that the middle picture at 31:15 was digitally edited into the film. Its colors and clarity of image don’t match the rest of the background at all.

[@michaeljones9301]

"almost knocked the clipboard off the wall"

[@donovanmedieval]

Yesterday was Vampira's 100th birthday.

[@jeffreyriley8742]

12:40 This could have been some nice satire if they meant it. The guy says he saw a flying saucer and she immediately puts down her cup and saucer!

[@lindaeasley5606]

Can't wait to see this👍 Waiting for the full movie riffing of The Room

[@rifftrax]

Unfortunately you might be waiting for quite some time. Hopefully one day!

[@lindaeasley5606]

@@rifftrax Damn ☹️ Well , maybe someday in the not too distant future

[@theboombody]

I think they still can't get the rights to do a VOD of the Room. You still have to buy the DVD and riff separately. That's one reason I haven't seen it yet. The other reason is Tommy's behind being so visible. I really don't want to see that. Most "just the jokes" riffs I get are for movies I already own.

[@t1p9d]

I like how Bela's wife's funeral was at sundown and the grave diggers don't start filling the grave until the plane is passing over at 4 am

[@pony_bonnyman]

The internal chronology of the movie is cattywampus from start to finish. It's one of the coolest things about it!

[@hevi2866]

They are by law required to wait at least 6 hours before filling it up, to avoid accidental alive burial.

[@troywright359]

​@@hevi2866i didn't know that

[@mikeoyler2983]

"Bela, I don't mean to be rude, but I've got 25 scenes to shoot tonight!"

[@Nickel_The_Wise]

Balling it up and knocking around a whale is enough to cause quite a jolt, you guys, I think I'ma go me Leveytown.

[@NoTimeForLies]

Yes! I've laughed so many times that I've given up trying to go through the mail! It can wait 😂😂

[@faithfulgrl]

🎧 I cannot get enough of this Movie! I had never seen it before Rifftrax. Oh, I knew it. It even had it's fame on "Seinfeld" Everything about this movie is cinematic genius! Ok. I got 🍿my popcorn 🧃my drink 🍫 and my chocolate. My Season is complete. Happy Festivus! & New Year!

[@rodriguez1025]

The house at 7:33 was actually Tor Johnson's home in Sylmar, California. I discovered summer of last year that I lived less than a mile from there until just before I turn twelve.

[@elafimilo8199]

I watched this movie raw with my friends. Holy hell, what an amazing experience. We made a '50s rubber monster movie bingo sheet.

[@AncelDeLambert]

I finally know how CLOSELY Greg the Bunny hews to this movie for their Martian Serum 7 From Mars episode. It's literally the same music. "MINION! Put a pie in the oven!"

[@alcosmic]

Thanks for keeping us entertained as civilization collapses all around.

[@vargkvinnan]

Thanks to "I am poopen in der underbyxor" and the use of an actual swedish word (which caught me off guard) I learned who Tor Johnson is. I'm sure he would have been stoked about that. 🩲

[@Eisenwulf666]

Tor Johnson in the role of a lifetime!

[@RobotoSan]

This is... well, there are no words for... ah heck, I love you guys so much!

[@franklyncheatum2324]

My family is full of MST3K fans and we've been to see several rifftrax special shows in theaters. This one literally had me almost fall out of my seat from laughing! KUDOS

[@carolinehaf21]

Yesssssssss thank you! 🥰 Just watched Ed Wood again so this is perfect! Also watched the Disaster artist and recommend it 👌

[@Patrick-hm4eg]

One of the "milkmen" was Robin in the second Batman movie serial from 1949.

[@strawbarry7834]

Mike, Bill, and Kevin, the sub numbers so far are disappointing. But don't give up! Keep posting as many of these as you can without going bankrupt. The world needs you guys now more than ever. ❤

[@LukeMcGuireoides]

Yes! I wonder if they could post the newer movies like face off and twilight saga and...oh, and the britney spears movie! That was priceless

[@dougjb7848]

It’s like Earl and Chauncey are in a scavenger hunt whose first item was “find a place to dig a grave.” They’re literally standing in a farmer’s winter wheat field FFS! 😂

[@danielboone8435]

i love how the police keep their guns in their hands 24/7

[@SiiriCressey]

Reminder to self: do not drink while the Riffers are setting up for a punchline. Your nostrils will thank you.

[@ChibiPanda8888]

Or eat a mouthful of soup

[@SiiriCressey]

@@ChibiPanda8888 Yup. Pretty much anything with a sufficient quantity of liquid in it.