Plan 9 premiered on March 15, 1957, at the Carlton Theatre in Hollywood, and afterwards went into normal release in July 1959 (retitled Plan Nine from Outer Space) in Texas and a selection of other Southern states. The movie premiered at the Vista Theatre in Hollywood on a double invoice with the Lana Turner motion picture "Imitation of Life" on March 17, 1959, and then instantly vanished from circulation. Batman recovers her heart, and Dr.