Well Deserved Praise

The greatest movie ever made..!

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

An ultra low budget, and a script in need of a major re-write, but gosh darn it if this little gem isn't fun for a change of pace. Just compare this 1960's low budget effort with more modern fare like "The Cat in the hat, or the Jim Cary version of how the Grinch Stole Christmas, and you will get more honest laughs and have a better time by watching this flick instead of some more modern "block busters".This is hardly a perfect film, indeed it is far from perfect, and that's what makes it a charming waste of time.

Martians kidnap Santa Claus due to an elder's belief that the Martian children need to experience Christmas and the joys of childhood. This leads to two human children discovering the conspiracy and work to get Santa Claus back by Christmas.This is a bizarre film with a bizarre concept. It's not good at all but if you want a b-grade schlocky film to watch during the holidays, look no further than this. It's for the most part harmless and despite its dumb and schlocky nature, I can understand why some may appreciate this as a guilty pleasure.It's a very low budget film with crappy production qualities, awful looking costumes and special appearances from people in cheap looking polar bear and robot costumes.If you are intrigued by Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, give it a watch. I know some people who like to watch this during Christmas time due to its bizarre nature. It essentially has the same production qualities as an Ed Wood movie but it's a Christmas movie.

This movie is mostly just boring, hence the low rating. However, there are some super lame special effects that make for some unintentional comedy. Basically, martian children are bored and boring. They even need sleep spray to get them to sleep. So the martian council asks some super old guy what to do. The answer...Santa Claus! They don't have one, so they kidnap one! This movie wins points from me because it's such an absurd concept that the fact that it even exists is somewhat novel. You get about what you would expect from this movie. Including (but not limited to) Santa Claus fighting people, lasers, low-budget robots, and one of the worst excuses for a polar bear costume I've ever seen. Seriously, that is one of the most remarkable parts of the movie. Essentially, one of the worst things a movie can be is boring, and man is this movie boring. Almost (not quite) on the level of Gigli. However, humor, however unintentional, saves it from being quite that bad.

The title alone is ridiculous, but growing up in the 70's/80's this was one of those films shown during the holiday's every year and for some reason you watched it. The costumes, set design are very low budget. As an example, the martians are painted green (because that's what martians would look like from the red planet), and the clothing they wear is....you guessed it, green. Including the helmets, boots, etc...Tom Hatten subjected the youth on weekends to this I believe, as a way to prove that holiday films could only get better in the future. If you were a fan of this film when you were young, re-watch it alone before subjecting your children to it so you can remember just how 'good' it was. Unless of course, you wish to cause them pain and regret spending time with you. I suggest if you are a divorced parent, you choose one of the Rankin holiday animated classics if you want something that hearkens back to your childhood.