Santa Claus Conquers the Martians

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Cast

John Call
as Santa Claus

Leonard Hicks
as Kimar

Vincent Beck
as Voldar

Lelia Martin
as Momar

Victor Stiles
as Billy

Donna Conforti
as Betty

Bill McCutcheon
as Dropo

Christopher Month
as Bomar

Pia Zadora
as Girmar

Leila Martin
as Momar

James Cahill
as Rigna

Charles G. Renn
as Hargo

Carl Don
as Von Green/Chochem

Al Nesor
as Stobo

Josip Elic
as Shim/Torg

Jim Bishop
as Lomas

Doris Rich
as Mrs. Claus

Ned Wertimer
as Andy Henderson

Lin Thurmond
as Children's Announcer

Jamie Farr
as Stobo

Don Blair
as News Announcer

Ivor Bodin
as Winky

Gene Lindsey
as Polar Bear

Glenn Schaffer
as Santa's Helper

Ronald Rotholz
as Santa's Helper

Tony Ross
as Santa's Helper

Scott Aronesty
as Santa's Helper

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• May 03, 2016

  Hailed as one of the worst films ever, it really was.
  

  Sylvester K Super Reviewer
• Dec 31, 2014

  A cult Christmas classic, "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians" concerns Martians and their selfish, perturbed children who have no fun and hope that Santa's goodwill will come to their planet. The Martians come to Earth, kidnap some kids, then Santa, and take them back to their planet. Some of the Martians dislike the idea of letting Santa on their planet, and plot to kill him and the children, but are thwarted time and again. The film isn't inherently bad: it has a logical plot, the performances aren't all that bad, and it's message of letting kids have fun is inspiring. The reason it's so ridiculous is the premise itself. That and the costuming is horrible, like, ridiculously bad. The Martians are all in green-face, the elves are all dwarves, and the Martian children look and sound like practiced wind-up dolls. While this isn't the best bad movie it's rather entertaining and fun for the entire family, even with its constant plot device of children killing alien life forms.
  Spencer S Super Reviewer
• Dec 23, 2014

  "Hooray for Santy Claus!" Extraordinarily awful and hysterically funny, Santa Claus Conquers the Martians is insanity wrapped in a bow. The plot is beyond idiotic; finding that their children have forgotten how to play and have fun, a group of Martians go to Earth to abduct Santa Claus in the hopes that he'll be able to revive their children's spirits. The acting is atrocious, but not as bad as the makeup and costumes, which are horrendous (even for '60s sci-fi). Yet it's all made infinitely worse by how seriously the film takes itself. Though it's terrible in every way possibly, Santa Claus Conquers the Martians is too ridiculous to hate and is just begging to be laughed at (which is actually kind of fun).
  Dann M Super Reviewer
• Dec 20, 2010

  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.
  Aj V Super Reviewer

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