Plan 9 from Outer Space is a science fiction/horror film written, prouced and directed by Edward D. Wood, Jr. in 1958, and released in 1959 . The film stars Gregory Walcott, Mona McKinnon, Tor Johnson and Maila "Vampira" Nurmi. The film also claims to posthumously star Bela Lugosi through use of archive footage and a brief scene of the actor shot by Wood just before Lugosi's death in 1956, although Lugosi's character is primarily portrayed by chiropractor Tom Mason.