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A band of evil Martian invaders led by the wicked, yet alluring Princess Marcuzan (lovely former "Playboy" Playmate Marilyn Hanold vamping it up with lip-smacking cardboard aplomb) and effeminate bald dwarf Doctor Nadir (a gloriously campy portrayal by Lou Cutell) abduct nubile young bikini-clad human babes for breeding stock in order to save their dying race. Meanwhile, hideously disfigured malfunctioning android astronaut Col. Frank Saunders (the hopelessly stolid Robert Reilly) terrorizes the countryside. It's up to dedicated scientist Adam Steele (James "The Pathmark Guy" Karen struggling gamely to keep a straight face) to not only find and fix Frank, but also figure out a way to thwart the Martians. Boy, does this baby possess all the necessary so-utterly-wrong-that-they're-paradoxically-right stuff to rate as one entertainingly awful cinematic abomination: ham-fisted (non)direction, incredibly excessive use of blatant scratchy stock footage, a booming'n'bombastic score, extremely variable acting, groovy reverb surf guitar music occasionally blaring away on the soundtrack at the most inappropriate moments, glaring continuity errors, chintzy dimestore sets, a laughably silly story that's treated with uproariously ludicrous sincerity, ragged black and white cinematography, a gut-busting set piece with the aliens attacking dancing teenagers at a swinging pool party, shoddy (much less than) special effects, a few tacky freeze frames, and a boffo fumbled climactic fight between Frank and grotesque hairy skull-faced mutant Mull the Monster (an uncredited Bruce Glover in a ridiculous shaggy costume). Good'n'cruddy Grade Z fun.
score 8/10
Woodyanders 27 May 2011
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