Plan 10 from Outer Space

1995 "A woman accidentally discovers the Plaque of Kolob which leads her to discover an insidous alien plot for world domination documented by a disreputable early Mormon prophet."
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A woman accidentally discovers the Plaque of Kolob which leads her to discover an insidous alien plot for world domination documented by a disreputable early Mormon prophet. 'Plan 10 from Outer Space' is an eccentric comedy involving a bizarre relationship between Mormons, bees and extra terrestrials. Shot on an obviously miniscule budget with a largely unknown cast, save for b-grade queen Karen Black, this is the perfect example of an inventive and original script outshining technical shortcomings.

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Marketic It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.
GarnettTeenage The film was still a fun one that will make you laugh and have you leaving the theater feeling like you just stole something valuable and got away with it.
Casey Duggan It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny
Brooklynn There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.
funkyfry Often funny (though sometimes seemingly unintentionally) take on alternate Mormon history has Karen Black as Brigham Young's 28th wife, who turns out to be an alien. She sings and dances in some truly bizarre musical sequences that are somehow likeable. There's also a very elaborate dance spectacle. Weird plot of repressed Mormon woman (Russell, presumably) obsessed with her beefy neighbor who she dreams of riding on his motorcycle onthe sky to outer space. A very cheap movie, done with lots of love for film and a sharp eye for the ridiculous aspects of Mormonism.I've heard a lot of people criticize this movie because they rented it either thinking it was Ed Wood's movie ("Plan 9 from Outer Space") or that it was a sequel to it, not bothering to notice that it was made 30 or so years later. It's a pretty funny movie that may not be quite as unique as its "prequel", but stands on its own. Trent Harris deserves more notice from fans of interesting movies: his film "Reuben and Ed", which has been out of circulation for years (a friend of mine had to pay a ridiculous sum on Ebay for it) is a true classic. My friend tells me that Harris works at a news station (presumably as an editor) in Salt Lake City to earn his living and save money to make his unique films. I think somebody with a few bucks to scrape together (and believe me, this guy doesn't need more than a few) should take notice and get this guy more involved in the business before he gives up out of sheer desperation in the hot Utah sun.
tnh-2 This is a fun little movie. It falls apart a bit at the end, but given that it must have had a budget of about $1.69, it does very well for itself, and at times achieves true strangeness.Basically, it's a science-fiction film about Mormonism. I have no idea how it plays to non-Mormons; but if you ever wanted to sing "Maybe!" during the first verse of "Shall the Youth of Zion Falter," or giggled when the congregation sang "Yoo-hoo unto Jesus" in the old version of "How Firm a Foundation," it's definitely a must-see.With what I can only call affectionate blasphemy, it pays homage to the inventive weirdness of 19th C. Mormonism. Most people know about the polygamy, but if you're not familiar with the background, you might think a lot of the other stuff that gets mentioned along the way was made up for the film. Not so. The Deseret Alphabet exists. God's home planet really is called Kolob, in Mormon theology at any rate. Porter Rockwell is widely held to have been one of Brigham Young's chief enforcers (it's a controversial point), and by all accounts was a very rough customer. Beehives are in fact a characteristic Mormon motif; Brigham Young was very big on them. And the ritual gestures and postures are real, but ... let's not talk about that.The song about Kolob you hear throughout the movie is "If You Could Hie to Kolob," an early Mormon hymn. It's normally sung to the tune hymn geeks know as "Kingsfold," but you can also sing it to the tune of "The Beverly Hillbillies."Some of the details are right -- and funny -- in ways I can't begin to explain, like having characters named Larsen and Talmadge; but I promise that if you were to say "The spaceship looks like a giant flying Liahona," every veteran of Mormon Sunday School would know exactly what you meant. And to my mind the funniest line in the movie is one that goes straight to the heart of the Mormon experience: "Just because it's made up doesn't mean it isn't true!"I'm sure Plan 10 shocked some of the brethren and sistren. Tough noogies. Any robust religion will have jokes made about it by its members. The ones who can't bear humor of any kind are the religionists who secretly fear the jokes might be right.
minimogul Don't let the "exploit" title of the this production fool you. It's funny and a times, even charming. Stefene Russell is quite a find, and the film has a nice, quirky feel about it. Has a lot of cute comments and satire about Utah.
eddy-28 The long awaited sequel to Ed Wood's disastrous Plan 9 From Outer Space. Although Plan 10 From Outer Space is a little better than the first only because this one has no mistakes as the first. This one is more of a Comedy/Scf-fi/Horror Flick. Even though it was made almost four decades from the first, Plan 10 is slightly better. The film includes Robots, The Resurrection of the dead (Again! But without, Tor Johnson, Bela Lougsi, or Vampyria) and a mad woman from Outer Space enjoy it!Ed Wood, your Plan 9 was great, but Plan 10 is your long awaited sequel only if you lived to see it, It might have made you proud!