leave ed wood alone . to call plan 9 from out space the bad film ever make would be to deny this abysmally vulgar heap of hollywood guano it rightful title . this pretentious fusion of witless whimsy and bathetic sociopolitical commentary actually do seem to be form along the line of plan 9 and with badly stag scene of down on their luck actor on cheap set intersperse with what appear to be footage of battle and crowd scene crib from high budget epic . but whereas plan 9 occasionally manages to be funny when it mean to be and reasonably entertain overall and this tacky pageant be appallingly lack in basic showmanship and with scene range from offensively unfunny ( the disgusting burlesque of groucho marx steal manhattan from the indian ) to low camp ( hedy lamarr attempt to impersonate joan of arc hear her voice ) to tedious ( dennis hopper do absolutely nothing with the role of napoleon ) to the unexpectedly poignant performance of peter lorre a the psychotic nero . give the bad director trophy to irwin allen and for turn so much into so little .