Santa Claus Conquers The Martians....an appreciation thread

Ho! Ho! Ho!...filled with Christmas Cheer!

 

I just watched James' review of that a few days ago, and.. .what a weird movie!

 

I would buy Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny on DVD without the rifftrax. The only DVD available has the Rifftrax.

 

Christmas Eve 2002 or 2003 I saw this for the first time while flipping channels. I had to stop and watch.

 

Believe it or not, it was released to theaters this holiday season with a 45-minute pre-show:
http://santamartiansmovie.com/
Judging from the trailer on YouTube the print on this release is no better than the usual PD source. The stuff on the pre-show looks far more interesting to me!

 

so as it stands we will never see a great looking DVD of this movie.

 

My memory is that it looked horrible, cheap, and ridiculous even in the theater in 1964.



The Wikipedia entry has a very interesting tidbit:

It has been named one of the worst films ever. A remake has been rumored since 2000 with David Zucker as producer and Jim Carrey attached to play Dropo, though it is currently believed to be in development hell. (!!!)

 

thanks...that's what I was hoping NOT to hear...did not see it in the theater.

 

I wish i had known about this a couple weeks ago. I'd love to see this clunker on the big screen, The Fleischer cartoon and the TV spots are the real gems of this little show. Maybe they'll do it again next year.

 

You can watch this classic for free on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C5WwammH90

Such a great movie. It's a cheap DVD, too.

 

There will be a Kino Lorber DVD and Blu-Ray in stores on December 4.

 

What exactly is the point of Blu Ray on this thing? Short of getting the original elements out of a collectors hands, I don't see it.

 

I agree with you, Jamie. I will stick with what I have. The glitches to me add to the low budget feel of the movie.

 

i love this film.when i get a blu ray player it will be one of my first purchases

 

First episode of MST3K I ever taped. Great memories!

 

did we ever find a decent copy of this on DVD?

 

Nope

 

"What do you want for Christmas, Crow?"
"I wanna decide who lives and who dies."
"Oh, I don't know..."

 

Crow: I'll have to smash your knee-caps if you bastards touch my car

 

I have it - it came with a comic book as well!!

 

Just to prove my true love of MST3K, here is my replica Tom Servo

 

Looked at the beginning of the youtube link of the film, and noticed two things. the credits misspell "Costumes" as "Custumes" and the man responsible was "Ramsey Mostoller"...who did the wardrobe for "Dark Shadows."

"Custumes"...must have been the same optical firm who did the titles for "Rat Pfink A Boo Boo."

 

The Italian height-challenged cast terrified me when I was 8.

Even worst, I remembered being dropped off to see "The Secret of Magic Island." Does anyone remember that one? Even in 1st grade I knew it was lousy. A bunch of rabbits were the stars, as I remember.

 

Now THAT is cool!