Santa Claus Conquers The Martians Review

Hi, guys, I am back to do one final holiday movie review. Sorry I was unable to get his review in before Christmas itself, but I became very busy on the final hours of Christmas and was unable to upload the review until now. But I hope everyone had a very good Christmas and got everything they wanted, and hope that everyone who is celebrating Hanukkah and Kwanzaa are having a good time as well. But anyway, onto the review.

Santa Claus Conquers the Martians is a very odd and outlandish film with many strange and odd things going on in it, but I still find it very entertaining and magical. The movie begins with a cute animation of Santa Claus putting up the credits, and cute little children singing a song of holiday cheer. There is even a typo in the credits that says Custume Designer. But I will guarantee you that this chant will be stuck in your head for many hours to come. We than cut to Santa Claus being interviewed by a news reporter, totally killing off the magic and wonder of Santa Claus. That’s like in Batman and Robin where Batman and Robin, who in the comics like to avoid spotlight and photography, participate in an auction to see which girl they get. Then, there are the martians with car parts glued to their heads that use tickle rays to torture other martians. That would be cool if they had them on Earth, maybe prisoners would give into playful torture rather than painful.

But anyway, an old wizard appears to the martians saying that Mars stinks because there is no Santa Claus to bring Christmas cheer, telling them to go kidnap Earth’s Santa. The only problem is that they can’t tell who is the real Santa Claus because of all the other people dressed like Santa, so they kidnap two children and make them lead them to the North Pole, as they are attacked by a polar bear and, get this, a giant robot. The robot then breaks into Santa’s workshop where it attacks elves and comes face to face with Santa himself. So Santa is kidnapped by the martians, and you would think that he would conquer the martians like the titles says right. No, instead, he just makes the martians all warm inside and they all have a good laugh.Now, you think the movie would end by this point, but instead a bad martian comes loose and attacks the other martians. Then the other martians attack them with Santa’s toys and go totally haywire on him. This is the scene that really stands out like a sore thumb, because it is just one sick, twisted, mad scene. I have never seen anything like it.

Overall, it’s a weird film, but I still think it’s pretty cool. If you are in the mood for something different, and I mean different, I recommend this film, but if you are not, avoid it at all costs. But  I wonder what the remake of this film would be like. What would the effects be like? Who would be the director? I hope everyone enjoyed my review, and I hope everyone has a good New Year. See you in 2010!