OK--this film is terrible (I give it a 1) BUT I'd be lying if I didn't say I enjoyed it--for laughs! Lousy acting, TERRIBLE sets (LOVE the cockpit of the plane and the obvious plastic tombstones) and the hilarious "special" effects (the flying saucers were painted pie tins--and it shows). The script is beyond belief! Seriously, did ANYONE think this was written by someone in the right frame of mind? The dialogue was just dreadful. Also the actors were directed all wrong--if they in fact WERE directed. Notice how the police inspector uses his gun to scratch his face, push up his hat, wave in a general direction...and everybody acts as this is perfectly normal.
And Ed Wood...he was no director and had zero talent. I love how shots go from night to day to night again for no apparent reason. And poor Bela Lugosi! He was reduced to doing THIS? He has no dialogue and (before filming was completed) he died. So they got a guy ONE FOOT TALLER than Lugosi to play him by holding a cloak over his face! The other actors are (to put mildly) terrible.
This is not the worst film ever made ("Salo" gets that dubious honor) but it's definitely down there. It should be seen with an audience--it's actually funnier that way.
Among the amusing lines: "You're all stupid stupid STUPID! Don't you see? Don't you see?" "We are all interested in the future for that's where you and I will spend the rest of our lives." "He's dead...murdered and someone's reasponsible!"
And Ed Wood...he was no director and had zero talent. I love how shots go from night to day to night again for no apparent reason. And poor Bela Lugosi! He was reduced to doing THIS? He has no dialogue and (before filming was completed) he died. So they got a guy ONE FOOT TALLER than Lugosi to play him by holding a cloak over his face! The other actors are (to put mildly) terrible.
This is not the worst film ever made ("Salo" gets that dubious honor) but it's definitely down there. It should be seen with an audience--it's actually funnier that way.
Among the amusing lines: "You're all stupid stupid STUPID! Don't you see? Don't you see?" "We are all interested in the future for that's where you and I will spend the rest of our lives." "He's dead...murdered and someone's reasponsible!"