Devil Girl from Mars

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Women of Earth, beware! This cosmic vixen has come for your husbands, boyfriends and brothers. Her mission is to bring men back to Mars to mate with a planetful of sex-starved she-devils who need fresh breeding stock to repopulate the red planet. And men, if you don't perform, you might just be incinerated by Chani the Robot or heaved into the atomic pile that powers their ship. A beautifully crafted production, unique special effects, inspired production design, and classy international beauty Hazel Court make this

a true gem of Atomic Age entertainment. Hugh McDermott, Patricia Laffan, Peter Reynolds, Joseph Tomelty, Adrienne Corri, Hazel Court.

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Smoke 'em if ya got 'em before viewing........2007-08-19

This one is England's answer to Ed Wood, the worst director of the worst movies ever made. Mind you, the Devil Girl herself is the main draw here, looking like she has that costume poured onto her. But the plot?

Well, let's see ... Alien ship breaks down and lands in some utterly remote part of the British Isles. Evil Babe spends her time wandering back and forth between the broken ship, and the only pub in town, with its three inhabitants. Her fiendish plan? To take virile men back to Mars for mating purposes, as their own race is, well, dried up.

Ooookay ... and, who's resisting this plan? Rather than long lines of volunteers forming to the right, we have the buffoons from the pub daring to go up against Evil Babe's giant robot, which looks like a mail box, and likes to sadistically fry the opposition, and finally manage to blow up the space-ship that looks rather like a tea kettle, in a blaze of sparklers or something, as it takes off. End of story.

This is one of those flicks that's So Bad It's Good, especially if the weed supply holds out, and quite frankly, suggests a really cool adult film, to my twisted way of thinking. Any producers out there? Honest, I can make a really bad movie...

Nyah, you ditz! Your mistake was landing in Great Britain!.......2007-06-05

Devil Girl from Mars is actually an interesting 50's sci-fi movie that, for the sparse special effects, works well. The movie was based on a stage play and it shows because the only sets that are prominent in the story are the pub inside a Scotish inn and the exterior of Nyah's (said Devil Girl) spaceship.

I won't go into all of the characters since others have done so in their reviews so well. The premise of the story, though, could only work for a British film. If most of the Martian women looked like Nyah and had their dominatrix bitchy 'tudes on full and proud display, Nyah would have found plenty of male recruits if she'd landed in the good ole US of A! Landing in Great Britain, though, was a big mistake. I've seen babes walk into British pubs looking for action and not even get a nibble from the guys. Apparently, they were too busy playing darts and tipping back an ale to bother to notice the ladies. In the U.S., though, Nyah wouldn't have looked out of place in a lot of bars or clubs in some parts of the country! So the idea that she couldn't find some men who wouldn't be willing to be well-treated and serve Martian babes between the sheets seems far-fetched.

I thought Patricia Laffan does a great job as Nyah. She comes off as very haughty and confident, which makes sense, considering she's a lone explorer who bucked the system of her world to come in an experimental spacecraft to a strange world where she's a lone alien and must convince the populace that she's nigh invincible and they are powerless to stop her. To do all that, she's got to have stones, so her attempts to browbeat the humans into recognizing her superiority makes sense.

Hazel Court is quite lovely and definitely is a head-turner. It is also interesting to ponder how the movie would have been if she had been chosen to play the role of Nyah.

The biggest disappointment, though, in the whole thing is Hugh McDermott. What a tool this guy turned out to be (the character)! He tries to off the Martian babe several times, doesn't think things through considering she just showed him how her robot could have vaporized them all, gets into fist-fights with the British escaped convict when they have bigger fish to fry, and attempts to rush her only to be held back by two (very skinny) women when she draws her ray gun on him. I suppose the Brits had to make the American out to be such a weenie because its their film and the British guy into the hero, and I don't mind that, but they could have made Hugh's character a little less annoying.

So, on the whole, a nice flick for an hour or so of entertainment if you're into scifi stuff from the 50's.

Strictly for 50's-60's Sci Fi Buffs.......2007-05-31

It's a great film if you like that type of movie.It's particularly interesting because it's a British production and they seem to take their science fiction like everything else a little more seriuosly.But for me it's just plain fun and nostalgia.I used to watch this movie in the theater as a kid when it would scare me to death.But it's certainly not for any and everyone.But as I said in the beginning for the true science fiction lover it is a classic of the genre.

Devil Girl from Mars never blinks!.......2007-04-13

Yup, watched her eyes the whole movie and nary a blink. Oh yes, just as the picture shows, she's wearing a mini-skirt. You'd think her legs would get cold in the sub-zero temperature of mars.

PROS: Just a few shorts here.

1. When you see that ship coming in for a landing pay real close attention. Despite it obviously being a model the landing it self is taken very seriously...it seems to take its gyro movement hours in movie land to stop turning--I guess martians don't use gyro brakes. Very interesting landing. Somesort of braking or manuvering rockets are used for the actual soft landing--the downward thrust is off center and would have made the ship yawl to the left side a bit.

2. Filmed in what appears to be Gothic England style--gives the film a slight classy look.

3. All in all, this film takes itself very seriously, and the arrival of an alien spaceship from another world is just part of the story. Several sub-plots here. It would have made an ok drama without the ships' arrival.

4. When they get back to the ship--after all the other sub-plots start up inside the house--notice the gyros' outer ring in the center of the ship. When it begins moving at the end of the movie it turns from right to left. Apparently some sort of air scoop or ram. Thinking about it, if the special effects people had hollowed the interior out a bit and funneled this air down through the ship, it could have aided the down blast of the engine flames a lot, making them more powerful looking.

5. The Robot; boy, now I've seen it all. Talk about a mail drop - mailbox at the postoffice! Two legs, no flashing lights a couple of dials, and of course the required destuctor ray.

Six. She does have a ray gun and uses it once on the gardner.

7. There is a lot of acting going on in the movie. I'm not sure I can
say it should have been better.

CONS:

1. I'm not sure more money would have helped. I would have liked to said the Devil Girl from Mars acting was a little bit off and might have taken a little something from the movie, but I don't think so. Not, it's not the acting. I think, believe it or not, it was the look of the robot and her cloths taking away from the movie and its intent. She certainly played her part seriously. After all, this long legged cutie is bullet proof.

I think you will enjoy this movie...don't look for the usual campy special effects here, it's more story than shooting. I've already seen the movie half a hour ago and am watching it now as I write this--I'm at the part where everybody is at the space ship. The Devil Girl has told them to come with her and she would show them true power! The suspense is building up, including the music. You can't fault acting here. The door to the ship eases open--the ramp is already down--heavy on the base drums to show it's a serious moment. The people in the movie see it before you do--they all take half a step back and clutch each other and then...and...AND, out waddles this mailbox from the postoffice!
Now get this, the Devil Girl gives this smug glance at the earth people as if say 'Ha! Now you know you're in for it puny humans.'

I've got to tell you, these actors can really act. Yes, that is it, it's the girls cloths and the robot. Had they been re-done this film would have been taken more seriously and a greater success.

So that's it. I give this serious science fiction with gothic and classy overtones four stars with an added star because none of the actors laughted when the robot first showed itself and because the long legged Devil Girl played her part so well.

Normally I would recommend one bowl of popcorn to watch this movie with because most of them do not require much attention, but I feel deep down in this movies' case you must have the full spread. One big salad bowl of popcorn and two hot dogs -- chili, onion, mustard on mine please -- and something to wash it down with. And get ready to study it closer than you thought you would.

This a like a gothic scifi movie.......2007-03-21

I know this movie is not considered great cinema; but much like "Plan 9 From Outer Space", it has alot of quirky appeal. One can suspend critical judgement--after all, every movie has flaws--and just enjoy it. I saw it when I was a child, and watching it now, aside from the enjoyment of seeing it again, of course I can look for details I missed back then.

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Smoke 'em if ya got 'em before viewing.
Nyah, you ditz! Your mistake was landing in Great Britain!
Strictly for 50's-60's Sci Fi Buffs
Devil Girl from Mars never blinks!
This a like a gothic scifi movie

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Starring: Hugh McDermott , Hazel Court , Peter Reynolds , Adrienne Corri , and Joseph Tomelty
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Customer Reviews:

Smoke 'em if ya got 'em before viewing........2007-08-19

Nyah, you ditz! Your mistake was landing in Great Britain!.......2007-06-05

Strictly for 50's-60's Sci Fi Buffs.......2007-05-31

Devil Girl from Mars never blinks!.......2007-04-13

This a like a gothic scifi movie.......2007-03-21

Sci-Fi Classics Triple Feature, Vol. 2 (Devil Girl from Mars / Monster from Green Hell / Rocketship X-M)

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Nice Leather Space-suit!
Two out of three ain't bad
It's Pretty Good

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Customer Reviews:

Nice Leather Space-suit!.......2003-07-09

This triple feature has something for everyone. First, "Devil Girl From Mars" (worth having for the title alone) involves some pub owners, an escaped convict, a kid, his mum, and some scientists, as they match wits with the bodacious devil grrrrl! She has a weird ship, a cheesey robot, and a cool leather outfit! She wants a man to take back to Mars for breeding purposes. Who wouldn't go?? "Monster From Green Hell" is an epic slab of moldy limburger, starring J.R. Ewing's daddy (on Dallas) Jim Davis. It seems we've sent a rocket full of wasps (???!) into space, only to have them crash, mutate into giants, and start eating folks in "Green Hell" Africa. Only Jim Davis can save us! The "monsters" were snatched from some poor kid's toybox for sure! Enjoyable for it's pure schlock-factor. "Rocketship X-M" Yes, it's Lloyd Bridges as you've never seen him before! He heads a crew on a mission to the moon that goes awry. The ship goes off coarse and heads toward Mars instead! Who knew that Mars was inhabited by cavemen? I was hoping for more devil women!! You'll recognize lots of the cast from other movies like "Kronos", and from the '70s TV hit "Rockford Files" (Jim Rockford's dad). A nice little diversion...

Two out of three ain't bad.......2002-09-01

Another in Navarre's series of public domain titles put together as a budget release. The entire collection is hit or miss. The first film, Monster from Green Hell, is a classic Grade Z feature made by the same people who produced Robot Monster. While the film is not as bad as its infamous predecessor, it isn't very good either. Monster from Green Hell is mostly endless stock footage interspliced with scenes shot in California's Bronson Canyon. The movie appears complete, the framing is good and the sound is adequate. However, the print's picture quality is abysmal. Devil Girl from Mars is a fun, British, science fiction film about a spaceship from Mars landing in the Scottish Highlands. It's similiar in look and tone to Ulmer's Man from Planet X. The print is in excellent condition, appears complete and the framing and sound are good. Rocketship X-M is a Robert Lippert film rushed into production to beat George Pal's big budget Destination Moon to release. Again, the print is in excellent condition. It's a little dark, but, for the most part acceptable. The print is also complete with proper framing and very good sound. The sequences on Mars are sepia-toned. Wade Williams Productions offers this same movie on DVD. Williams modified his version of the film by inserting new special effects shots in place of the stock footage of V2 rockets used in the original print. I understand the original Rocketship X-M no longer exists. Navarre's print appears to be the Williams version. Frankly, considering the quality and completeness of this print it would be silly to spend the extra money for the Wade Williams release. Three stars for two good prints and films out of three.

It's Pretty Good.......2002-08-04

Ok, first check the price. Now you can not expect three movies all carefully restored before being transfered to DVD. Having said that, Devil Girl from Mars and Rocketship X-M came from print that has few, if any distortions, the Monster from Green Hell was pretty poor, but even when it played on TV it never was very high quality. If you are trying to build a collection of old B-rated sci-fi movies, this is a good economical choice. I gave it 4 stars primarily for its low cost, and movies that have many actors/actresses that are early in their careers.

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Product Description

Devil Girl From Mars Nyah (Patricia Laffan), a statuesque, leather-clad woman from another world, lands near a small Scottish town with her trusty robot in tow. It seems that Mars has recently seen a dramatic drop in their male population, and if the Martian species is to survive, healthy men are needed to serve as husbands on the red planet. Nyah has been sent forth to bring Earth men back with her, but the local Scotsmen aren't so interested in going -- and their women aren't about to give them up without a fight. The supporting cast includes horror fan favorite Hazel Court and Hugh McDermott. Includes A Popeye, I Don't Scare Cartoon Frankenstein's Daughter Dr. Frankenstein's grandson possesses the ancestral urge to reanimate corpses and creates a hideous she-monster. She's big, she's beefy, and she's got the most glorious blonde locks you've ever seen! A drive-in cult classic sure to entice most schlock-cinema fans. Includes A Superman Vs The Mummy Cartoon

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