Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.
View MoreGreat story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.
View MoreI didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.
View MoreThe storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.
View MoreThis film is much better than its lurid title and publicity suggest.For one thing, it has a legitimate, though somewhat conventional, dramatic structure a la "Petrified Forest" et al: a small group of people, some with pre-existing personal problems, are confined in one location, when the incursion of a "deus ex machina" puts their problems into a new perspective.For another, it is shot in beautifully lucid black and white. Jack Cox's work here merits comparison with Gregg Toland. The night scenes in particular are skilfully lit, in which respect it puts to shame most latter day colour films.
View MoreJohn Laurie stars in this sci-fi drama of the 1950s variety.The Devil girl from Mars, wearing a suit made from ICI's new "PVC" material, with a cape, mini-skirt and kinky boots, comes from Mars to take men to repopulate a race of super-women (as they generally do).The men resist of course - they are British - a scientist and a reporter in a "gay-look" Hillman Minx, a man on the run, and a whisky-sodden Laurie."She's going all blurry !" screams a woman in this film obviously adapted from a radio play, with a "giant" robot (achieved via film impositioning) and a spaceship that looks just like the impeller/motor assembly from a Hoover upright vacuum cleaner.Devil Girls From Mars, forsooth.
View More*Spoiler/plot- Devil Girl from Mars, 1954. IN a quiet isolated part of rural Scotland, some scientists arrive to investigate a astrological matter near the pub. Trouble starts with spaceships and starship alien crews & robots. *Special Stars- Patrcia Laffan, Hugh McDermontt.*Theme- Plucky Scotish residents can survive anything.*Trivia/location/goofs- English, B&W. Robot- "Chanti". "Nyah" girl in latex PVC material costume. Good spaceship design.*Emotion- A wonderfully campy film with a touch of sexy B&D with the alien "Devil Girl'. The robot and spaceship design are refreshingly new and original. Supposedly the basic script idea was taken from this film and used in an American 50's sci-fi film. Guess which one?*Based On- The Cold War invasion and rocket exploration fears.
View MoreI've wanted to see this film because of the intriguing title and the poster art. It sounds like a film right down my alley. I finally had the chance today when I found it as an offering for Amazon Prime members. It was obviously going to be a low budget film, but I wasn't expecting it to take place in Scotland or be made in England. I was expecting a 'Cat Women of the Moon' type American B-film. The dreary atmosphere at first brought to mind 'The Man from Planet X', a film I thoroughly enjoy. Unfortunately this did not turn out to be as good a movie. The plot here involves a tall, stern, not unattractive woman in leather and a short skirt with a strange hat. She's from Mars and comes to our world in search of male specimens for breeding stock. It seems war has decimated the males of her own world and women are the dominant sex. When I see films with similar plots I imagine legions of male volunteers fighting to go of their own free will instead they show men having to be dragged off like victims; they aren't willing. The movie contained too much pointless dialog for its own good and the direction was poor. On the bright side the cast gave it their best shot with what they had to work with. As might be expected the best scenes were those with the Devil Girl and those with her B-movie budget giant robot. The robot was a like a poor man's Gort. Her spaceship was also pretty neat and the ray gun effects weren't bad. I also thought the explosion near the end was an unusual effect. I'll give this movie a 4 out of 10 for those reasons. BTW-if you have Prime and you watch it be careful. For some reason they offer two versions. One has much better image and sound quality than the other. You'll need to try them both to see which.
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