The bots pore over expensive christmas catalogs and. I remember watching scctm as a child, and even then i knew it was stupid and bad. Santa claus conquers the martians is a 1964 science fiction comedy film that regularly appears on lists of the worst films ever made. Longconsidered to be one of the alltime greatest bad movies by connoisseurs of cheesy bflicks, the undeniably awful 1964 scifi family extravaganza santa claus conquers the martians found newfound fame in 1991 when it was featured on mst3k, quickly becoming one of the series most popular and beloved episodes. With no fees to sell tickets and live phone and web sales, brown paper tickets is the smartest way to sell tickets for your next event. Jacobson, based on a story by glenville mareth, that stars john call as santa claus. Santa is especially interested in helping lupita lupita quezadas, the daughter of a poor family who wants nothing more than a doll, and a young boy whose parents are so wealthy they never spend any time. Martians abduct santa claus and two human children in hopes of bringing christmas to their planet. Santa claus conquers the martians cinematic titanic wiki. It also features an eightyearold pia zadora as girmar, one of the martian children the film also marks the first documented appearance of mrs. Santa claus, high above the north pole in his cloudborne castle equipped with surveillance devices, has his legion of kidnapped child laborers prepare presents to deliver on christmas eve. Santa claus conquers the martians is objectively a bad movie.
The children of mars are in a funk, so martian king kimar comes up with a solution. Santa clause conquers the martians internet archive. Jacobson based on a story by glenville mareth, stars john call as santa claus, and features an eightyearold pia zadora as one of the martian children. He has been depicted many times in films and television, usually in this capacity. In order to motivate the children, he kidnaps santa claus hoping that the jolly old soul. The ruler of mars, kimar, has decided that the martian children are under the spell of earthian pop culture.
Mst3k 0321 20010418 santa claus conquers the martians. Mike and the bots watch santa claus mess around with a devil while trying to deliver gifts and then sing politically correct holiday songs. Santa claus is a legendary figure commonly associated with christmas. Conversely, the riffs are better in the mexican santa claus movie, but i cant remember a single host segment from that episode. Martians steal children from earth and it is up to santa and droppolikely an unregistered sex offender to save the day. A group of martians arrives at the north pole and kidnaps santa, but the angry martian voldar wants to get rid of him instead. Kinos corrected bluray features a transfer of the uncut version of the film from a 16mm tv print with a smattering of unrelated ephemeral films as supplement. While on earth, they kidnap two children, who lead the group of martians to the north pole and santa. December 24, 1993 comedy central greetings and merry christmas, msties. Santa claus conquers the martians film mst3k fandom.
With trace beaulieu, frank conniff, joel hodgson, mary jo pehl. Santa claus conquers the martians is a 1964 science fiction comedy film directed by nicholas webster, and features an eightyearold pia zadora as one of the martian children. If you have seen santa claus conquers the martians sccm then there is a fair chance the you remember, at the very least, fragmented images of the jolly one interacting with greenskinned people with 1960s futuristics sets, props and costumes. Martians, upset that their children have become obsessed with tv shows from earth which extoll the virtues of santa claus, start an expedition to earth to kidnap the one and only santa. Mystery science theater 3000 mst3k episode 521 santa claus original air date. Welcome to the most complete list of free online streaming mystery science theater 3000 videos.
Santa claus conquers the martians 1964 is considered to be one of the worst movies ever made. Martians, upset that their children have become obsessed with tv shows from earth that extol the virtues of santa claus, start an expedition to earth to kidnap the one and only santa. The biggest, most brightlywrapped gift under the colorful christmas tree is a new digital restoration of the unforgettable 1964 bmovie santa claus conquers the martians, best known as the screen. Martian children have become unhappy watching earth t. This movie has been considered one of the worst movies of all time, but now has a cult following. Santa claus conquers the martians synopsis adult martians kidnap santa john call and two earth children to make the children of mars happy. One of their number doesnt believe their kids need santa and undermines them at every turn.
Several of the actors were primarily known for their work on the stage. Martians worried their kids arent happy try to bring santa to mars. Santa claus is not to be confused with the movie santa claus conquers the martians, a much poorer source film that mst3k sent up in 1991 as episode 321. Mst3k santa claus conquers the martians cc woc 1994 08. Definitely qualifies for the so bad its good sweepstakes. Santa claus conquers the martians full movie public domain. The martians kidnap santa claus because there is nobody on mars to give their children presents. While on earth, they kidnap two lively children that lead the group of martians to the. Martians kidnap santa claus, hoping that they can spread a bit of christmas cheer on the red planet. Santa claus conquers the martians public domain torrents. Favorite version of santa claus conquers the martians.
Later, he provide some trivia and acts all jolly as credits roll. Martians abduct santa claus and two earth children in an attempt to bring joy to the children of mars. The wise old martian chochem tells the adults that mars needs santa claus to bring fun and joy to their children. With john call, leonard hicks, vincent beck, bill mccutcheon. Santa claus conquers the martians is a 1964 american science fiction horror comedy film directed by nicholas webster, written by paul l. The santa clause 2 1 hours and 44 minutes movie 2002 scott calvin has been santa claus for the past eight years, and his loyal elves consider him the best santa ever. Santa claus conquers the martians 1991 1 hr 37 min. Join your fellow msties at the wicker park emporium for our presentation of mystery science theater 3000s santa claus conquers the martians, featuring droppo, the laziest man on mars, a very young pia zadora, and the laziest, haziest, swayziest christmas of them all. As such and after learning that there is a often riffedon low budget film called santa claus conquers the martians i decided to create this fusion of the two for fun to create something festive with an edge. It is regularly featured in the bottom 100 list on the internet movie database, and was featured in an episode.
Best of all, this site is updated by mst3k s greatest asset, the fans you. Mystery science theater 3000 mst3k episode 321 santa claus conquers the martians original air date. Santa claus conquers the martians streaming online. December 21, 1991 comedy central santa claus conquers the martians is a 1964 american. Santa claus conquers the martians internet archive. Get it today with same day delivery, order pickup or drive up. Santa claus conquers the martians awful movies wiki. Its christmastime, and that means tradition, and as we all know, theres no tradition like a new tradition. Its sillier than a series of boxes inside boxes where the smallest one is filled with outerspace killerclowns. A christmas classic to bad movie lovers everywhere, santa claus conquers the martians is a ridiculously inept, relatively lowbudget clunker whose clunkiness provides some amusement. The martians then take santa and the two children back to mars with them. Best of all, this site is updated by mst3ks greatest asset, the fans you. In these classic episodes, youll join ordinary guy hosts joel robinson and mike nelson along with robotic. Science fair quality sets, dgrade community theater costumes, dialogue so wooden you could carve a cup out.
Visual lets plays mst3k 0324 master ninja ii duration. In seg 2 jack mentions to having a bit too much to drink the night before and during the credits he plays santa claus and hands out money to the crew. A free showing of the mystery science theater edition. Making manos for children doesnt make it good, it just makes it a bad movie for children instead of a bad movie for adults. Santa claus conquers the martians is a 1964 american science fiction comedy film directed by nicholas webster, produced and written by paul l. The riffs are middling to good, not a bad episode riffwise by any means but not toptier. Santa claus conquers the martians 1964 rotten tomatoes. Club mst3k watch streaming episodes of mystery science. Nelson genres comedy, science fiction audio languages english. I think the host segments in mst3k scctm are better than the riffing. He is said to give toys to the good children and coal to the bad. While on earth, they kidnap two lively children that lead the.
It was filmed in new york state over the course of two weeks on a modest budget. For the episode, see mst3k 321 santa claus conquers the martians santa claus conquers the martians is a 1964 holiday movie directed by nicholas webster. Its just not even close to as bad as ice cream bunny. Poorly conceived, sloppily made, and unfailingly bizarre, this is the ultimate christmas movieriffing classic, which is why cinematic titanic chose to revisit.
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