Evento

Plan 10 from Outer Space @ SLIFF

Plan 10 from Outer Space
Trent Harris, U.S., 1995, 80 min.
Sunday, Nov. 15, 6:30 p.m., Webster U./Moore
As part of our focus on indie director Trent Harris -- who's honored with SLIFF's Contemporary Cinema Award -- the fest offers his "Plan 10 from Outer Space," whose playful title self-deprecatingly references Ed Wood's infamous "Plan 9 from Outer Space," often cited as the worst film ever made. After some bruising reviews for his "Rubin & Ed," Harris decided to one-up Wood and show the critics just how bad a film could be with "Plan 10," but he failed in his endeavor: It's a sly and knowing hoot. When Lucinda Hall (Stefene Russell, now culture editor at St. Louis Magazine) discovers a century-old book penned by a mad Mormon prophet, she deciphers the odd artifact and is sucked into a world where spacemen, polygamists, and angels run amuck. Is she deranged or has she uncovered a diabolical plot to change the world led by Nehor (Karen Black), a peeved alien from the planet Kolob? Wired calls the film "a batty, brilliant romp," and Cinefantastique aptly describes it as "'Rocky Horror' meets the Mormons." With director Harris and actress Russell.