Editing Ed Wood (section)

====''Plan 9 from Outer Space''====
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[[File:Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959).webm|thumb|thumbtime=103|upright=1.5|{{center|''Plan 9 from Outer Space'', full film; runtime 01:19:03}}]]
In late 1956, Wood co-produced, wrote, and directed his science fiction opus ''[[Plan 9 from Outer Space]]'' (his screenplay was originally titled ''Grave Robbers from Outer Space''), which featured Bela Lugosi in a small role. (Although Lugosi died in August 1956 before production began, Wood used footage he had shot of Lugosi in 1955–1956.) The film also starred Tor Johnson, Vampira ([[Maila Nurmi]]), [[Tom Mason (actor, born 1920)|Tom Mason]] (who doubled for Lugosi in some scenes), and [[the Amazing Criswell]] as the film's narrator. ''Plan 9'' premiered on March 15, 1957, at the Carlton Theatre in Hollywood, and later went into general release in July 1958 (retitled ''Plan Nine from Outer Space'') in Texas and a number of other Southern states.<ref>"James Theatre, Starts Today/Liane Jungle Goddess/Plan Nine from Outer Space". Daily Press. July 3, 1958. p. 8.</ref> It was finally sold to [[Late night television in the United States|late night television]] in 1961, thereby finding its audience over the years. It became Wood's best-known film and found a [[cult following]] in 1980 when [[Michael Medved]] declared this film "[[List of films considered the worst|the worst film ever made]]" in his book ''[[The Golden Turkey Awards]]''.<ref name=":0" />