Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964)

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• AJ V

  
  I just happened to catch this movie on TV the other night, unfortunately. It's got an interesting story, which may have been the inspiration for Disney's new movie Mars Needs Moms, because in this movie the kids of mars need a Santa. This movie is complete cheese, with bad… More
  I just happened to catch this movie on TV the other night, unfortunately. It's got an interesting story, which may have been the inspiration for Disney's new movie Mars Needs Moms, because in this movie the kids of mars need a Santa. This movie is complete cheese, with bad actors, dialogue, special effects, directing, the works! An interesting bad movie, though.

• Cindy I

  
  In the right company and with loads of "adult" beverages, this one could be a scream. But watch it alone and you'd wish you were dead just to escape a world that would allow crap like this to be produced.

• Robert C

  
  The ultimate Christmas cheese!

• xGary X

  
  Some films are so bad, they're funny. Some films are so bad, they're just BAD.

• Daniel H

  
  Hooray For Santy Claus... err, no. This movie is beyond terrible. Try to cram Plan Nine From Outer Space, The Three Stooges, and some general Yuletide Spirit into a single film, and this monstrosity shambles into being like a man in badly-made Polar Bear costume. Be sure to take a… More
  Hooray For Santy Claus... err, no. This movie is beyond terrible. Try to cram Plan Nine From Outer Space, The Three Stooges, and some general Yuletide Spirit into a single film, and this monstrosity shambles into being like a man in badly-made Polar Bear costume. Be sure to take a lot of eggnog before undertaking this one, and it just might be more entertaining than watching a Yule Log. Be warned: no actual conquering occurs in this film in any way, shape or form. It's "Miracle on 34th Street", only 34th street has been replaced with Mars somehow.

• Lafe F

  
  Bad in a cheap and boring way. Some of the characters were mighty annoying. My favorite sequence was the opening song "Hooray for Santy Claus", which was too awesome. The movie itself is just dumb, and nothing the cult-movie cravers should even consider.

• Luke B

  
  Incredibly crap, but another piece of waste turned classic thanks to the guys at Mystery Science Theatre 3000. Can't help but laugh. One of the best of the bads.

• Kalel J

  
  One of the worst films, period. Santa Claus Conquers the Martians has possibly the most stupidest, idiotic, saddest plot to have ever graced cinema. The story of Santa being captured by Martians only to make the children of Mars happier seems like something in a Nickelodeon cartoon.… More
  One of the worst films, period. Santa Claus Conquers the Martians has possibly the most stupidest, idiotic, saddest plot to have ever graced cinema. The story of Santa being captured by Martians only to make the children of Mars happier seems like something in a Nickelodeon cartoon. There is nothing in this film that even tries to make sense of this plot and to make even some kind of compelling viewing for anyone in the audience. Next to Plan 9 this has got to be one of the worst films ever. See it only for it's example of cinema gone wrong.

• Matthew Y

  
  A ridiculously awesome concept makes for some seriously great bad campy cinema. The zanny and off-the-wall plot is so deliciously wacky that the film can be watched, mocked, and enjoyed to a very high degree. Despite the enjoyment you can get from simply watching the film I highly… More
  A ridiculously awesome concept makes for some seriously great bad campy cinema. The zanny and off-the-wall plot is so deliciously wacky that the film can be watched, mocked, and enjoyed to a very high degree. Despite the enjoyment you can get from simply watching the film I highly recommend watching the MST3K version. It is one of Mystery Science Theaters best works.

• Mark K

  
  If you took a director with an idea to mix sci-fi with Christmas, stir in a couple of D-list actors, and some of your local community theater rep company, (including the lighting, sound and set construction crews) and put them together to do a Christmas story, this would be the… More
  If you took a director with an idea to mix sci-fi with Christmas, stir in a couple of D-list actors, and some of your local community theater rep company, (including the lighting, sound and set construction crews) and put them together to do a Christmas story, this would be the result. It's so incredibly inept and lame, yet you can see it, plain as day: They were utterly sincere! It was somebody's belief that it would be a hit, and it was someone's labor of love. It's like those people on American Idol that can't sing, and are completely deluded, that's how bad it is. Someone ought to have told them. Someone ought to have accidentally lost the negatives. But wait, Santa Claus Conquers the Martians gave life to a really good episode of MST3K; so that's one positive. It has a happy ending, that's two positives. It's really very inoffensive, that's three positives. In fact, it's risen above how bad it is to become a really enjoyable thing to watch at the sheer awfulness. In other words, it really does have some of the Christmas spirit in it: It will make you laugh, or at least you'll be able to fall asleep on Christmas Eve watching it, with visions of really creepy guys in green suits and bad makeup dancing in your head. I give it 10% because it's 100% better than a zero for comic relief. Apologies to the West Minnetonka Community Theater Company for making fun of their sets. (They disavow all knowledge of this film) PS DO NOT show this film to your kids. They may be permanently scarred, and become somewhat Scrooge-like in their later years.

• Sarah P

  
  Wow. I'm not sure what to say. Oh wait, yes I do - I'll never watch this again!

• Marion R

  
  Good enough to make fun of and laugh at with friends

• Patrick D

  
  It's what you'd expect. A great curio, a bad movie. A great bad movie as well.

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