Sadly, Criswell died 17 years before he could see if that prediction would come true. In these books, he predicted that a laser beam would destroy Denver, that cannibalism would become commonplace and that the world would end on August 18, 1999. Eventually, this made him something of a celebrity and even friends with Mae West (who sold him her old luxury cars for as little as five dollars), appearances on The Jack Paar Show and a writing career that included a weekly syndicated newspaper colum and three books, including From Now to the Year 2000, Your Next Ten Years and Forbidden Predictions. At some point, he started filling out dead air on the show by proclaiming predictions for the future. The film begins with Criswell, one of Wood’s friends, playing the narrator, starting things off by saying, “Greetings my friends! We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives!” Jeron Criswell King - The Amazing Criswell - grew up in a troubled family in Indiana where he learned to sleep in a coffin.Īt some point in the mid-50’s, Criswell began buying time on Los Angeles TV channel KLAC Channel 13, selling his Criswell Family Vitamins. Then again, Wood also incorporated stock footage as well as other film he’d shot of Lugosi in the 1:33:1 format, so everything looks cropped improperly.
It was never intended to be seen in a 1.33:1 open matte aspect ratio or on a TV screen. Plan 9 was composed and shot for the 1.85:1 aspect ratio theatrical projection, the predominant widescreen format of its day. If you’ve seen it on TV, you may laugh about seeing the boom mics and pieces of the other film equipment.
Many of the people who think of this as a bad movie have never seen it. Wood and his film were also posthumously awarded the Golden Turkey Awards for Worst Director Ever and Worst Film. I blame the Medved brothers who named it the “worst film ever made” in their book The Golden Turkey Awards. Yet it doesn’t stop trying to be that movie, no matter what. This is a movie that should have had the budget of an epic, yet had the budget of your grocery store visit. There are so many movies worse than Plan 9 From Outer Space.
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