A New Promo Video For 'Grave Robbers From Outer Space'

Written By: Ken Hulsey
Source: Christopher Kahler

It has been just over a year since I first wrote about film maker Christopher Kahler's remake of the Ed Wood classic (?) "Plan 9 From Outer Space." At that time I was questioning Kahler's sanity at making a modern redo of what is, arguably, one of the

worst films ever produced.

Of course, Kahler is not the only director working on a remake of the Wood's sci fi/horror stew, John Johnson, should be ready to debut his "Plan 9" any time now.

Yes, a year ago I questioned their sanity. Today, I say...."hey go for it!" "Why not?" The world could always use a good dose of camp, and how things are going these days, a good laugh or two.

If there was ever a time for a "Plan 9" remake, or two, it would be now.

Now, Kahler's take on redoing "Plan 9" is very straight-forward, stay close to Ed Wood's original as much as possible, but also expand on it in ways that the cult film maker never got a chance to.
The director explains, "There's actually 9 different story lines in our version that intersect throughout the movie and I've been told the script, 'reads more like a Stephen King novel than a 50s Z sci fi movie'. (With the new promo clip) I just wanted to show some of the comparisons between the original and ours for the similarities and differences. I wanted to really stress we haven't strayed away from the original premise even though we've updated a lot."

"The video clip has gotten the ball rolling once again and people really seem to be appreciating that we are sticking closer to the original film without goofing on it. The feedback has been amazing so far and quite humbling to say the least."

Recently the film maker got another rather impressive endorsement for his film, "The executor of Wood's estate personally told me he loves it, which is a huge boost so I think we're definitely on the right track with it."

Indeed, if Wood's people are on board, the rest of us should be as well.

Presently the production has run into a little money trouble, so Kahler has set up an account at Kickstarter, and produced a promotional video to help raise the needed cabbage to keep things rolling.

Here is the clip:



And here is where to donate - KICKSTARTER

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New Stills From Grave Robbers From Outer Space

Written By: Ken Hulsey
Source: Christopher Kahler

Christopher Kahler just sent me a quick e-mail with some brand new publicity stills from his upcoming remake of the Ed Wood classic "Plan 9 From Outer Space" called "Grave Robbers From Outer Space."

Kahler intends to expand on the story from the original by adding a back story for the Bela (Lugosi) and Vampira characters, called Phineas and Mera in the new film, plus other plot points that Wood was unable to.

Kahler's cast includes Kimberly Bendix (as Mera) Dawn Oswald (as Paula Trent), Michelle Shields, (as Officer Jamie), Joel D. Wynkoop (as Eros), Leann Van Mol (as Tanna), and Ron Blair (as Inspector Daniel Clay).

According to the director, "the filming is going even better than expected and everybody has been very pleased with it so far."

Here are the new stills from "Grave Robbers From Outer Space":

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Grave Robbers From Outer Space - New Poster And Casting News

Written By: Ken Hulsey
Sources: Christopher Kahler / Avery Guerra

A couple of months back It was announced that Christopher Kahler was making a 50th anniversary tribute to Ed Wood's "Plan 9 From Outer Space" entitled, "Grave Robbers From Outer Space."

Kahler intends to expand on the story from the original by adding a back story for the Bela (Lugosi) and Vampira characters, called Phineas and Mera in the new film, plus other plot points that Wood was unable to.

Kahler tells us that he has already begun filming his movie, "...some 3 scenes requiring heavy fx have already been completed, and lots of other video fx shots have been getting tested out for the final movie."

The director also hopes that a special online auction will help with the expenses, "We are also stepping into auction territory to help offset production costs throughout the summer by placing the sole Executive Producer title up for grabs on eBay (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180358896633&viewitem=&salenotsupported). "

"This will helpfully cover a portion of flights, hotels, etc while getting the bulk of the movie shot in late June."

Today we also have more casting news:

The very buxom Michelle Shields has been cast as Officer Jamie, a part originally played by Conrad Brooks in "Plan 9."

Also B movie icon Joel D. Wynkoop has been cast as Eros the alien commander.

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Is There Room Enough In This Galaxy For Another Plan 9 Remake?

Written By: Ken Hulsey
Sources: Christopher Kahler / Avery Guerra

To a lot of horror and sci fi movie fans the title "Plan 9 From Outer Space" holds a certain place in their hearts. The movie is considered by many to be one of the worst, if not the worst, science fiction films ever produced. Of course, many of us who are sci fi fanatics, can list some films that may indeed be bigger piles of dung, "Robot Monster" comes to mind at the moment. Regardless, the Ed Wood 'classic' seems like a very unlikely candidate for a remake, yet there are two, count em, two remakes in the works.

Way back in May of last year it was revealed that director John Johnson was making a 50th anniversary homage to the film. Well, now we have Christopher Kahler making his own "Plan 9" remake called, "Grave Robbers From Outer Space."

Kahler is taking on many different tasks for "Grave Robbers", including writer, director and possibly, actor as well. The director, however, still hasn't made up his mind if he wants to step in front of the camera or not, ".... (I)might have a cameo as one of the grave diggers, but I'm definitely not doing this so I can be 'the star' of it, like so many filmmakers tend to do. That just seems to be self serving and ridiculous."

The film maker has also decided to name of couple of the marquee characters that Ed Wood left nameless in his film, "The Bela (Lugosi) and Vampira characters are named Phineas and Mera since neither had names in the original 'Plan 9 From Outer Space'."

Kahler even wants to expand even further on the original story in areas that the original never touched on, for good reasons at the time, "Our version has a back story as to why someone as old as Bela in the original was married to sexy young Vampira. All of that got skipped over since he was dead by time 'Plan 9' started shooting and she refused to have any dialogue."

The director has already cast his female vampire lead. Kimberly Bendix (Photo Above) will be reprising the iconic role that Vampira made....well famous.

Kahler's cast also includes Dawn Oswald (as Paula Trent)(Photo Below #2), Leann Van Mol (as Tanna)(Photo Below #1), and Ron Blair (as Inspector Daniel Clay)(Photo Below #3). Also included in the cast is David "The Rock" Nelson, an ultra-low-budget film maker who fans either love or hate, depending on who you talk to. Anyway, he is a colorful individual, who is certain to make the production interesting to say the least.

I think that Ed Wood would pleased that two film makers are making a remake of "Plan 9 From Outer Space", although I would believe that even he would question the validity of the projects.

Maybe one "Plan 9" was all this universe needed?

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