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to find blue
hope
just scratch
the red surface
-- Bettina Davis
May 2002 |
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THE MARS SOCIETY - SAN DIEGO
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"The Earth is the Cradle of Mankind,
but one does
not live in the cradle forever."
-- Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, 1895 |
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THE MARS MOVIE GUIDE
FEATURED IN THE MEDIA
June 2, 2009 -- IEEE Spectrum magazine features an article,
"WAITING
FOR THE GREAT MARTIAN MOVIE",
which mentions the "Mars Movie Guide" several
times.
Its quite a romp, and features a companion
slide show as well.
This is part of IEEE Spectrum's Special Report:
Why Mars? Why Now?
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December 20, 2007 -- The feature story on the first page of the Events section of the San
Diego Reader is an article titled,
"A NIGHT ON MARS -
ENTHUSIASTS OF THE RED PLANET", which talks about our December 2007
TMS-SD Mars Movie Night event, as well as the human
exploration of Mars.
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June 17, 2004 - Check out the San Diego Reader magazine
this week for a feature article on
The Mars Society - San
Diego's monthly Mars Movie Night,
and the
"Mars Movie Guide" called:
"PLANET
CELLULOID - Mars Movie Night".
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TMS-SD MARS MOVIE NIGHTS
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| The THE MARS SOCIETY - SAN DIEGO
hosts a monthly Mars Movie Night, usually (but not
always) on the 3rd
Friday of every month.
We also generally show an episode of a
Duck Dodgers cartoon.
Showtime is 7:00pm at
Studio 106 in
the Golden Hill area just east of downtown San Diego. Admission is FREE, and popcorn is
provided (you can bring snacks or drinks to share). Please RSVP to
Gerry
Williams.
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Friday
July 17, 2009
 | TMS-SD MARS MOVIE NIGHT -- "THE X FROM OUTER
SPACE" (1967)
The spaceship AAB-Gamma is dispatched from FAFC headquarters in Japan to make a landing on
the planet Mars and investigate reports of UFOs in the area. As they near the red planet, they
encounter a mysterious UFO that coats the ship's hull with unusual spores. Taking one of the
specimens back to earth, it soon develops and grows into a giant chicken-lizard-alien monster
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Friday
June 19, 2009
 | TMS-SD MARS MOVIE NIGHT -- "E.Y.E.S. OF MARS"
(1993)
A Japanese/French anime: A young boy and girl attempt to save a human civilization on Mars
before what remains of the planet's ecosystem is destroyed.
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Friday
May 15, 2009
 | TMS-SD MARS MOVIE NIGHT -- "MISSION MARS"
(1968)
Three American astronauts who land on Mars discover the body of a frozen Russian cosmonaut
and a mysterious talking orb.
Also, two Mars-themed episodes of the Disney cartoon series "Phineas and Ferb" Episode 47:
Unfair Science Fair and Episode 48: Unfair Science Fair (Redux)" (2007-2009).
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Friday
April 17, 2009
 | TMS-SD MARS MOVIE NIGHT -- "MARTIAN
CHILD" (2007)
A science-fiction writer, recently widowed, considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative
6-year-old abandoned and socially rejected boy who says he's really from Mars.
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Friday
March 20, 2009
 | TMS-SD MARS MOVIE NIGHT -- "THE ALPHA
INCIDENT" (1977)
A space probe returns to Earth from Mars, carrying with it a deadly organism which has the
lethal potential to destroy all life on Earth. However, it can only kill when its victims are
asleep.
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Friday
February 20, 2009
 | TMS-SD MARS MOVIE NIGHT -- "DAS
HIMMELSKIBET" aka "A TRIP TO MARS" (1917)
From Denmark: A pacifist tale of Professor Planetarios who takes his son to Mars where they
find a vegetarian, white-robed, peace-loving people. The high priest's daughter agrees to
return with them to Earth where their plea for peace is received enthusiastically by everybody
except the villan on duty.
Also screening, THOMAS EDISON'S "A TRIP TO MARS" (1910).
This four-minute black and white film produced by Thomas Edison was the first "movie" about Mars:
A professor discovers that when he mixes two magical powders he has the power to reverse
gravity. Some of the powder falls on him, and he is lifted up, flying through the sky until he
finally falls down on the surface of Mars. He escapes some gnarly-limbed trees only to fall over
a ridge and land on the lip of a giant Martian. |
Friday
January 16, 2009
 | TMS-SD MARS MOVIE NIGHT -- "GHIDORAH: THE
THREE-HEADED MONSTER" (1964)
From Japan: A princess from a small Himalayan country becomes possessed by the spirit of a
Martian (in the American version) and escapes a plane just as it explodes. As this happens a
meteorite falls from the sky containing Ghidorah, the monster responsible for her planet's
destruction. At the same time, Godzilla and Rodan emerge from hibernation and not only attack
Japan, but each other as well. Mothra, along with its twin priestesses, attempt to convince
Godzilla and Rodan to stop their fighting each other and to team up to fight the new monster. At
the same time, the princess is being hunted by a group of assassins who want to kill her so that
her enemies can take over her homeland.
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MARS MOVIE GUIDE
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Updated 12 June 2009
by Gerry
Williams, The Mars Society-San Diego
For listing in CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
For listing in ALPHABETICAL ORDER
For listings of SHORT MARS FILMS
For listings of MARS DOCUMENTARY FILMS
For Mars Movies of the Future - COMING
ATTRACTIONS
Back to THE MARS SOCIETY -
SAN DIEGO Home Page.
"Mr. Nobody"
2009 Canada/Belgium/France (Feature Film, ?? minutes)
Mr. Nobody takes place in 2092 at a time when Mars has become a vacation planet and all humans
have been made immortal thanks to scientific advancement. The story follows a 120 year old man
named Nemo Nobody who is not only the oldest man alive, but also the last mortal human being.
Nobody is preoccupied by the question of whether or not he has lived the right life.
"Watchmen"
2009 USA (Feature Film, 162 minutes)
A group of heroes, forced into retirement a decade before are called together once again to
investigate the murder of one of their own. What they discover an age-old conspiracy to
change the balance of power in a world not different from our own.
"The Flaming Lips: Christmas on Mars!"
2008 USA (Feature Film, 82 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
It's Christmastime, and the colonization of Mars is underway. However, when an oxygen
generator and a gravity control pod malfunction, Major Syrtis and his team fear the worst.
Syrtis also hallucinates about the birth of a baby, and many other strange things. Meanwhile,
a compassionate alien superbeing arrives, inspiring and helping the isolated astronauts.
"War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave"
2008 USA (Feature Film, 85 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
The aliens return to complete their plan of human domination, launching a second wave of
attacks that threaten to destroy what is left of humanity. Sequel to The Asylum's "H.
G. Wells' War of the Worlds" (2005)
"Martian Child"
2007 USA (Feature Film, 106 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
A science-fiction writer, recently widowed, considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative
6-year-old abandoned and socially rejected boy who says he's really from Mars.
"Race to Mars"
2007 Canada (TV Mini-Series, 2 episodes, 186 minutes total) [TMS-SD Library]
In the year 2030, the race to be the first to reach the Red Planet is on - and China is
leading the way. China has stunned the world by leapfrogging over America's long-term plans
and has landed a series of advanced rovers and robotic landers in their quest to make the
most important discovery in history - extraterrestrial life on Mars. Once again, America and
its partners, including Canada, are thrust into a winner-take-all space race - but the stakes
are higher than the race to the Moon nearly seven decades earlier.
"Transformers"
2007 USA (Feature Film, 143 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Dueling alien races, the Autobots and the Decepticons, bring their battle to Earth, leaving
the future of humankind hanging in the balance.
"Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of 'The War of The Worlds' - Live
on Stage"
2006 UK (Concert Video, 111 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
In 1978 Jeff Wayne composed and produced one of the most groundbreaking and best-selling
musical works of all time. In 2006 it was brought to the stage for the first time, playing to
sold-out arenas across the United Kingdom and Australia. It is a spectacular mix of live
music, theatre, multi-media and visual arts on a grand scale. Recorded live at the Wembley
Arena, London.
"Doom"
2005 USA (Feature Film, 100 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Something has gone wrong: A distress call from the Olduvai scientific research station on
Mars forces a Special Ops team to investigate. What they find are creatures from another
dimension, lurking in the darkness, killing off the survivors. Based on the video game series.
"Crimson Force"
2005 USA (Feature Film, 90 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Graveland"
The crew of the first manned mission to Mars crash land on the surface in search of a clean
everlasting power source they believe to be hidden somewhere beneath the ground. However, the
crew find themselves in the middle of a civil war between the High Priest of Mars' royal
guards and the High Priestess' warriors. The crew is divided with one half deciding to help
the High Priest make peace with Earth and the other side with the High Priestess who is
secretly plotting to kill her husband and invade Earth.
"H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds"
2005 USA (Feature Film, 90 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Invasion"
The Asylum presents this modern retelling of H.G. Wells' sci-fi classic, in which civilization
is laid to ruin when a race of super aliens invades Earth.
"War of the Worlds"
2005 USA (Feature Film, 98 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
"They're already here!" (and apparently not Martians). Ray Ferrier is a working class man
living in New Jersey. He's estranged from his family, his life isn't in order, and he's too
caught up with himself. But the unthinkable and, ultimately, the unexpected happens to him
in an extraordinary sense. His small town life is shaken violently by the arrival of
destructive intruders: Aliens which have come en masse to destroy Earth. As they plow through
the country in a wave of mass destruction and violence, Ray must come to the defense of his
children. As the world must fend for itself by a new and very advanced enemy not of this
world, it's inhabitants must save humanity from a far greater force that threatens to destroy
it. A Tom Cruise/Steven Spielberg production.
"H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds"
2005 USA (Feature Film, 180 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Pendragon Pictures presents the first authentic movie adaptation of the 1898 H.G. Wells
classic novel. Martians launch a deadly attack on Earth.
"Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars"
2005 USA (Feature Film, 75 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Tom and Jerry mistakenly stow away on the first manned mission to Mars and discover we are
NOT alone ... Martians do exist! The furry duo must join forces with a young Martian girl to
battle asteroid fields, the Martian invasion of Earth, and a gigantic alien robot bent on
destroying anything and anyone in its path.
"The Mars Daybreak"
2004 Japan (Feature Film Series - 10 parts, 850 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Kenran Butou Matsuri", "Kenran Butoh Sai", "Kenran Butousai"
Anime -- based on the PlayStation 2 game "Kenran Butousai". It has been generations since Mars (somehow covered by oceans) was colonized by
Earth, and various colonies have sprung up on its surface and within its seas. The economy on
Mars is in bad shape, and people have begun to find work scarce and life difficult. Gram
River is a skilled mecha worker in one of these colonies, and life seems pretty normal until
a series of events finds him on the notorious pirate ship, the Aurora, and making friends
with its very un-piratey crew - a gaggle of people who oppose the Earth military for
humanitarian reasons. Along the way, he finds out that his old lover is now a pilot for the
military (who naturally want to capture the pirates), and that there are people out to
exploit the fragile relationship between the two planets for their own gain. Of course,
there's also a quest for treasure!
"Close Encounters of the 4th Kind: Infestation from Mars"
2004 USA (Feature Film, 98 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "CE4K", "CE4K: Infestation from Mars", "Infestation from Mars"
A covert military effort is made to bring back a sample of germ-ridden Martian soil, in order
to develop the ultimate biological weapon of mass destruction. A olar flare knocks the
returning probe off-course, where it crashes on a farm in Sandusky, Ohio. An innocent
by-stander becomes infcted with the Martian germs, and turns into a murderous alien hybrid
killing machine.
"Cowboy Bebop: The Movie"
2003 Japan/USA (Feature Film, 116 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Tengoku No Tobira"
Anime -- Set on Mars in the year 2071, a tanker truck is blown to smithereens in the middle
of a busy street, and a deadly viral infection is released with the explosion. The Bebop crew --
Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, Faye Valentine, and Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV - are
instantly after the culprit when the gargantuan reward of 300,000,000 woolongs is announced.
But the case gets stranger and stranger as the cold-blooded Vincent Volaju, who supposedly
has been dead for ten years, seems to be the prime suspect. Meanwhile, Spike encounters the
dangerous Electra, who too seeks the madman. Conspiracies and secrets better left alone are
uncovered, and Vincent's reign or terror is nowhere near over yet ...
"Mutant Swinger from Mars"
2003 USA (Feature Film, 85 minutes)
A "long lost sci-fi film" from the 50's, finally, has been recovered! Martians form Mars come
to Earth for it's most valuable resource ... women! It's up to Rusty Rave to stop them.
"Avenger"
2003 Japan (TV Series, 13 episodes, 25 minutes each, 325 minutes total) [TMS-SD Library]
Years into the future, colonies have been established on Mars. Resources on the dying red
planet are thin, and the domed cities have resorted to a gladiator contest to determine which
of them receive the most rations. Layla Ashley is the representative fighter for Serena City,
Mars. She and Speedy, a doll breeder, run across Nei, a mechanical doll with curious
characteristics. Together they wander and fight their way across the planet, to take revenge
against a man from Layla's past.
"Empire of Danger"
2003 USA (Feature Film, 90 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
A time traveling spacecraft is designed, built and sent into space on a rescue mission to
save a crew lost on Mars. A programing mishap, sends the new crew to an earlier time in the
past, missing the first crew by a few years. Once there, they find that Mars is now being
ruled by a group called the Bararians. It's leader, Giza, is a well-known female warrior
who wants the ship in order to travel through time for her own benefit. Her goal is to steal
the ancient power of Masha, which will make her the one and only ruler of the coveted
Siperion Empire.Sequel to "Lost on Mars".
"Looney Tunes: Back in Action"
2003 USA (Feature Film, 92 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
The Looney Tunes (including special guest appearances by Marvin the Martian and Duck Dodgers
of the 24th-and-one-half Century) search for a man's missing father and the mythical Blue
Diamond.
"Spirit Of Wonder: The Movie"
2003 Japan/USA (Feaure Film) [TMS-SD Library]
Anime -- As young boys, Cooper, Gordon, and Shepherd were enchanted by the theories of life
on Mars published by Percival Lowell. Forming a group club called the "Scientific Boys Club"
the trio will embark upon their long-time dream of traveling to Mars!
"Destination: Mars!"
2002 USA (Feature Film, 80 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
This ambitious production captures the essence of 1950's sci-fi classic films: it comes
complete with Martian Women, Flying Saucers and a 50's typical Doomsday Weapon story line.
It has the look and feel of an actual 1950's movie, and is being billed as a "lost-film"
that has been recently recovered and restored.
"Lost on Mars"
2002 USA (Feature Film, 87 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
The first ship designed to go to Mars is scheduled for a routine planetary space exploration
mission. The mission is drastically changed once Earth receives a strange signal transmitted
by a probe on Mars. Once the three young astronauts land on Mars, they find a device that
sends them spiraling back to a time when the ruthless Siperion Empire controls Mars. Their
only chance of escaping from the past is to find the time device that brought them there in
the first place.
"Project Viper"
2002 USA (Feature Film, 85 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
It was created to live on Mars, now it is loose on Earth. V.I.P.E.R. is the code name
for a terraforming agent that is to accompany the first group of humans to Mars -- it has been
designed to terraform the hostile the Martian environment and leave the planet ready for
human life. There's only one problem ... they never get it to Mars.
"Stranded"
2002 Spain (Feature Film, 95 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Stranded: Náufragos", "Náufragos", "Shelter, The"
The first manned mission to Mars crashes onto the surface of the planet. The astronauts are
faced with a dire situation. With no resources and no time to wait for the rescue team to
arrive, they have just one alternative: three must die so the other two can survive. But who
will live and who will die?
John Carpenter's "Ghosts of Mars"
2001 USA (Feature Film, 95 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
200 years in the future a Martian police unit is dispatched to transport a dangerous prisoner
from a mining outpost back to justice. But when the team arrives they find the town deserted
and some of the inhabitants possessed by the former inhabitants of the planet.
"Armitage: Dual Matrix"
2001 Japan (Feature Film, 90 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Anime -- A sequel to "Armitage III" (1994-1997), a four-part made-for-video Japanese animated
series (that was also re-edited as a two-hour feature, "Armitage: Poly-Matrix",
and shown in the U.S. on the Sci-Fi Channel). It plunges us right into the continuing
tensions between humans and robots in this far-off future society in which a growing
Mars colony seeks independence from Earth and greater rights for robots.
"Blood Red Planet: Orbit into Terror"
2000 USA (Feature Film, 83 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
From beyond the galaxy comes a terror heading toward earth, destroying everything in its
path: a rogue planetoid from the outer reaches of the cosmos itself. After a failed attempt
by the Omega 1 to eliminate the mysterious space entity, the crew of the Omega 2 blast off
as the last hope for mankind. As minutes and seconds tick away, the motley crew discovers
the terrible secret inside the planetoid. They're the only ones keeping the human race from
total extinction! Can the world be saved?!
"Mars and Beyond"
2000 Canada/USA (Feature Film)
In the year 2014, an international team of astronauts is sent to Mars. Officially, their
dangerous mission is to explore the planet most like Earth. But a privileged few know their
real mission is to answer the question: "Are we alone?"
"Martian Successor Nadesico - The Motion Picture: Prince of
Darkness"
2000 Japan (Feature Film, 90 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Sci-fi mecha-type Anime: The Earth is being attack by machines from Jupiter called Jovian
Lizards, the Earth's last hope may be the Nadesico, a highly advanced spaceship created by a
huge corporation. One of the crew-members, Atiko Tenkawa, a chef/pilot turns up to discover
his childhood friend Yurika Misumara is the captain. Yurika has a crush on Akito, but other
crew-members love him too, presenting Yurika with competition. Akito, however, isn't
interested in any of the girls, due to the fact that he's busy cooking and trying to cope
with a past trauma. Soon the crew discovers that the Lizards aren't what they appear and may
have more enemies than they bargained for.
"Mission to Mars"
2000 USA (Feature Film, 113 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Commander Luc Goddard is selected to lead the first manned mission to Mars. Upon setting
foot on the red planet, the team discovers an ancient, dome like structure which appears
to be a beacon. The dome destroys the team and leaves Luc injured. The recently widowed
Jim McConnell leads the rescue mission. When they arrive, they find Luc surprisingly alive,
and he has spent the time alone learning the secrets of the mysterious construct. The
question now becomes: do they enter the dome and answer humanity's oldest question,
perhaps risking their lives in doing so, or return to Earth with what they do know and
return in force with equipment and supplies?
"Red Planet"
2000 USA/Australia (Feature Film, 106 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
In the near future, Earth is dying. A new colony on Mars could be humanity's only hope.
A team of American astronauts, each a specialist in a different field, is making the
first manned expedition to the red planet and must struggle to overcome the differences
in their personalities, backgrounds and ideologies for the overall good of the mission.
When their equipment suffers life-threatening damage and the crew must depend on one
another for survival on the hostile surface of Mars, their doubts, fears and questions
about God, man's destiny and the nature of the universe become defining elements in their
fates. In this alien environment they must come face to face with their most human selves.
"Escape from Mars"
1999 USA/Canada (Feature Film, 100 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Five astronauts make the first manned trip to Mars, in the second decade of the 21st century.
They must battle and overcome inferior computer components, corporate greed and indifference,
their own personal problems, as well as the surprises that the Red Planet has in store for
them.
"Kasei No Waga Ya"
1999 Japan (Feature Film, 104 minutes)
aka: "Mars Sweet Home"
No description currently available.
"My Favorite Martian"
1999 USA (Feature Film, 93 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
The Martian Has Landed - There Goes The Neighborhood! News producer Tim O'Hara gets himself
fired for unwillingly compromising his bosses' daughter Brace Channing during a live
transmission. A little later, he witnesses the crashing of a small Martian spacecraft,
realizing his one-time chance of delivering a story that will rock the earth. Since Tim
took the original, but scaled down spaceship with him, the Martian follows him to retrieve
it. Unfortunately, the electron accelerator is broken and the Martian seeks Tim's help.
Tim and "Uncle Martin" now stay together, but Tim tapes the Alien with hidden cameras for
his story of a lifetime. Ruthless Brace acquires the cassettes after Tim has become a
friend with Martin and decided otherwise. Not only do they now have to hinder the
publication of the material, but also will the (rental) spaceship self-destruct, if not
back in space in a few hours.
"Alien Cargo"
1999 USA (Feature Film, 89 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
To survive a hazardous eight-month voyage to Mars, the crew of an intergalactic transport ship
must sustain life support through an extended sleep state called hypersleep. Two crew members
awaken to discover that something has gone terribly wrong. Something or someone has destroyed
the navigational support systems and set the ship terminally off-course. RTo make matters
worse, a homicidal bio-agent has been unleashed, imperiling the lives of the people on board
... and the very future of mankind.
"Total Recall 2070 - Machine Dreams"
1999 Canada/Germany/USA (Feature Film, 83 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Based on "Total Recall: The Series"
A stunning futuristic thriller about a world so high-tech, man is the only flaw! In the year
2070, the planet Earth is ruled by a single government entity and a conglomeration of
corporations that hold absolute power. The crime rate is virtually nonexistent and the
Citizen's Protection Bureau defends the innocent from unchecked sociotechnological forces.
But when the Bureau partner of Agent David Hume is dramatically gunned down, Hume's
determination to uncover the dangerous truth behind this shocking crime leads him on a
pulse-pounding race through the galaxy!
"Brave Little Toaster Goes To Mars, The"
1998 USA (TV Special, 73 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Thomas M. Disch's underwhelming sequel, based on the book sequel, has our heroes zooming
off to, of all places, Mars.
"Mars"
1998 USA (Feature Film, 91 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
When renegade law enforcement officer Caution Templar receives a desperate message from
his brother Ino, he hurries to Mars. But his brother is dead, and a mystery unfolds that
could rock the sinister Company to its core. With the help of a beautiful woman named
"Doc" Haliday, Caution fights his way to the truth, in a battle that threatens to turn
the Red Planet red with blood ...
"Species II"
1998 USA (Feature Film, 93 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Species 2: Offspring", "Species 2: Origins"
An astronaut gets infected with alien DNA during the first mission on Mars and runs amok
on earth. The surviving team members from the first film team up with a peaceful,
genetically re-engineered Sil to track the monster down.
"Mission to Mars"
1997 USA (Feature Film, 113 minutes)
aka: "Discovery Mars"
Educational video hosted by Charlie Sheen revealing, "Is there life on Mars?"
Authentic never before seen NASA footage supports theories that there is ...
"Rocketman"
1997 USA (Feature Film, 95 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Rocket Man"
Fred Z. Randall is geeky and obnoxious spacecraft designer, who gets the chance to make
his dream come true and travel to Mars as a member of the first manned flight there.
"Lifeform"
1996 USA (Feature Film, 97 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "The Invader"
When the Viking space capsule suddenly returns to Earth from its long ago trip to Mars,
it brings with it an intelligent visitor that is part "Alien" and part "ET". Encased in
armor, it extends a humanlike form from its shell to examine its surroundings and shows
an interest in humans, including a soft caress of a female scientist prior to the Army
killing it. This only enrages its sibling.
"Mars Attacks!"
1996 USA (Feature Film, 106 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
The Martians decide to attack our planet and devastate everything. Why? Because it's fun!!!
They enjoy killing people and destroy buildings; they even play bowling with the statues at
Easter Isles and pose for photos in front of temples as they are blowing up. Will somebody
find a way to stop them or will everyone die in the war with these short, big-brained aliens?
"Mothra"
1996 Japan (Feature Film, 104 minutes)
aka: "Mosura", "Rebirth of Mothra"
A logging and mining company working in Northern Japan disrupts a set of magical seals buried
underground, causing the release of Death Ghidora, an enormous, three-headed monster that had
previously wiped out all life on Mars and caused the extinction of the dinosaurs on Earth.
When Death Ghidora begins sucking the life out of the environment, the only thing that can
save the planet from destruction is Mothra, the giant flying insect.
"Space Jam"
1996 USA (Feature Film, 81 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Swackhammer, owner of the amusement park planet Moron Mountain is desperate get new
attractions and he decides that the Looney Tune characters (including Marvin the Martian)
would be perfect. He sends his diminutive underlings to get them to him, whether Bugs Bunny
& Co. want to go or not.
"Special Report: Journey to Mars"
1996 USA (Feature Film, 120 minutes)
When the world's first spaceship is close to its goal, Mars, the TV-network GNN begins its
live coverage of the last two hours. Then the problems start. The landing-computer
malfunctions, the captain Eugene Slader gets very sick and back on Earth it is discovered
that big financial corporations have an interest in the failure of the mission - and we,
the viewers, can see it all live on television.
"Vampirella"
1996 USA (Feature Film, 86 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Thirty centuries ago on the planet Drakulon a cult led by Vlad kills the Council and escapes
to earth to become the bloodsuckers known as vampires. Ella, daughter of the slain High
Elder, pursues the cult with vengeance in her heart. Shipwrecked for centuries on Mars, she
eventually gets to earth as stowaway on a manned expedition. On present day earth Adam, a
descendant of the Van Helsings, works for PURGE, a paramilitary group dedicated to hunting
vampires. Ella is now known as Vampirella, and must form an uneasy alliance with Adam in order
to locate and deal with their common enemy, Vlad.
"Alien Escape"
1995 USA (Feature Film, 94 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Mars Assault!", "Galaxy Girls"
An alien vessel crashes on Earth and is discovered by Cindy, Shauna and Becky, three friends
beginning what they think to be a casual vacation in the mountains. The alien creatures,
escaping a death sentence on their own world, are motivated only by death, destruction and
a taste for blood. Ultimately, nothing stands in the way of their gruesome carnage except
Cindy, aided by Matt, another visitor from beyond the stars, sent to recover the ship and
bring them to justice. Together, they set out to destroy the ship, though its destruction
could strand Matt on Earth forever.
"Project Shadowchaser III"
1995 USA (Feature Film, 99 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Project Shadowchaser 3000"
It has been 25 years since the ore spaceship Siberia was last heard from. Unfortunately,
it is now on a collision course with the communications station Comstat 5 which is
orbiting Mars. After one successful maneuver to avoid the Siberia, it rams Comstat 5 and
the crew soon finds that the Siberia crew is dead and the reason that it has been missing
for 25 years. But that reason is trying to destroy them all as it destroyed the Siberia
crew.
"Armitage III"
1994 Japan (TV Series, 140 minutes total) [TMS-SD Library]
Anime -- A four-part made-for-video Japanese animated series that was also re-edited as a two-hour
feature ("Armitage: Poly-Matrix") and shown in the U.S. on the Sci-Fi Channel.
(The III in the earlier title is not the mark of a sequel but a reference to "Thirds,"
a special class of cyborg.) A policeman, Ross Sylibus, is assigned to a unit on a Martian
colony, to find that women are being murdered by a psychotic named D'anclaude. He is
assigned a very unorthodox partner named Naomi Armitage, who seems to have links to the
victims. To stir things up more, every victim is found to be an illegally made
third-generation android, built to be almost perfect replications of humans. "Armitage
III: 1-Electro Blood"; "Armitage III: 2-Flesh and Stone"; "Armitage III:
3-Heat Core"; "Armitage III: 4-Bit of Love".
"E.Y.E.S. of Mars, The"
1993 Japan/France (Animated Feature - 80 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "M.O.T.H.E.R."
A young boy and girl attempt to save a human civilization on Mars before what remains of the
planet's ecosystem is destroyed.
"Ultracop 2000"
1992 Hong Kong/Philippines (Feature Film, 86 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Yu Zhou Zu Ji", "Magkasanga Sa Batas"
In the year 2000, Zorbak, the infamous outlaw from Mars, ignores the Universal Treaty that
forbids interplanetary war and goes on a killing spree on Earth. It is up to Nunez and her
fellow Ultracops to stop Zorbak from conquering the Earth.
Mystery Science Theater 3000 - "Santa Claus Conquers the
Martians"
1991 USA (TV Series episode, Season 4 Episode 21, 97 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Martians, upset that their children have become obsessed with TV shows from Earth which
extol the virtues of Santa Claus, start an expedition to Earth to kidnap the one and only
Santa. While on Earth, they kidnap two lively children that lead the group of Martians to
the North Pole and Santa. The Martians then take Santa and the two children back to Mars
with them. Voldar, a particularly grumpy Martian, attempts to do away with the children
and Santa before they get to Mars, but their leader Lomas stops him. When they arrive on
Mars, Santa, with the help of the two Earth children and a rather simple-minded Martian
lackey, overcomes the Martians by bringing fun, happiness and Christmas cheer to the
children of Mars. As only the MST3K can spin it!
"Bad Girls from Mars"
1991 USA (Feature Film, 86 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
And you thought Earth girls were easy! Someone is killing off the female leads of the movie
production "Bad Girls from Mars." The producers feel they should try to finish the film,
even though they're making a lucrative amount from insurance payoffs, so they fly in
European sex bomb Emanuelle as the new lead. Emanuelle immediately begins embarrassing
the producers by leading a wild party life around town. Meanwhile the killings continue,
and detectives try to stop the fiend responsible.
"Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey"
1991 USA (Feature Film, 98 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Bill and Ted are killed by their evil robot doubles, sent from the future by the
megalomaniacal DiNomolos. In order to save the babes and win the San Dimas Battle of
the Bands, they must escape from Hell, challenge the Grim Reaper, meet God, and defeat
the evil Bill and Ted with the help of a Martian(s) named Station.
"Girl from Mars, The"
1991 Canada/New Zealand (Feature Film, 91 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
A young girl who has telekinetic powers also claims to be a visitor from Mars. The girl's
father and a scientist who has befriended her try to discern exactly who she is and what
is happening.
"Martians Go Home"
1990 USA (Feature Film, 89 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Song writer Mark Devereaux accidentally calls millions of green Martians to invade Earth.
No they aren't dangerous, just wise-cracking, intrusive, pain in neck, annoyances. No
one can escape their distracting influence. It's up to Mark to figure out how they
got here, and most importantly, how to get rid of them before they drive everyone crazy!
"Spaced Invaders"
1990 USA (Feature Film, 100 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Martians!!!"
When one saucer of an invasion force has engine trouble, it lands on Earth. It happens to be
Halloween and it happens the invaders are only about 4 feet tall. As the bumbling aliens
wander around the countryside they are taken to be children and they make friends with two
children, one of whom is the daughter of the sheriff. As their troubles mount (it's difficult
for five aliens to conquer a world) they begin to give up their plans of conquest, but then
there is that nasty killer robot.
"Total Recall"
1990 USA (Feature Film, 113-min) [TMS-SD Library]
What is reality when you can't trust your memory. Arnold Schwarzenegger is an Earthbound
construction worker who keeps having dreams about Mars. A trip to a false memory transplant
service for an imaginary trip to Mars goes terribly wrong and another personality surfaces.
When his old self returns, he finds groups of his friends and several strangers seem to have
orders to kill him. He finds records his other self left him that tell him to get to Mars
to join up with the underground. The reality of the situation is constantly in question.
Who is he? Which personality is correct? Which version of reality is true?
"Lobster Man from Mars"
1989 USA (Feature Film, 84 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Finally! The only motion picture that delivers Seafood From Outer Space! Young film student
tries to sell his weird movie to a desperate film producer who is in need of a tax write-off.
The producer screens the film "Lobster Man From Mars". What follows is one of the most
bizarre and funny film within-a-film send-ups: Mars suffers from an air leakage, and send
the dreaded Lobster Man to Earth to steal its air. The plot is foiled by a mad scientist,
a girl and an army colonel. The producer buys the movie, but it makes a huge profit and
the producer is sent to jail, with the film student taking his place as the studio hot shot.
"Over-sexed Rugsuckers from Mars"
1989 USA (Feature Film, 85 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Vacuum cleaners rape women, and one falls in love with a man. They spend time together,
criminals are involved and the film ends with a chase with everyone on shopping trolleys
using groceries as weapons. One good scene to look out for is the sequence where the man
and his vacuum lover are reunited and run into each others arms over a bridge to the tune
of Romeo and Juliet!
"Midnight Movie Massacre"
1988 USA (Feature Film, 85 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Attack from Mars"
Set in the '50s in a movie theatre showing a serial called "Space Patrol," this particular
episode being "Back from the Future." The evil scientist on the serial goes back to the '50s
and his crew members have to chase him. Meanwhile at the theatre, patrons busy themselves
doing strange things. An alien has landed and is eliminating theatre staff and patrons.
"Man Who Fell to Earth, The"
1987 USA (TV Feature Film, 100/140 minutes)
Made-for-TV movie based on the Walter Tevis novel. An extraterrestrial who comes to Earth
on a desperate mission. He is obsessed with his goal but plagued by unrelenting loneliness,
symbolic of all outsiders who find themselves in a strange land filled with strange
inhabitants and customs.
"Invaders from Mars"
1986 USA (Feature Film, 100 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
In this remake of the classic 50s SF tale, a boy tries to stop an invasion of his town by
aliens who take over the minds of his parents, his least-liked schoolteacher and other
townspeople. With the aid of the school nurse the boy enlists the aid of the U.S. Marines.
"Star Crystal"
1986 USA (Feature Film, 94 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Set in 2032, as missions from Earth are being sent to explore Mars. After two groups of
astronauts are mysteriously killed following the discovery of strange artifacts on the
Martian surface, the crew of the SC-37 go in to try and find out what happened. They soon
learn what became of their predecessors when a bloodthirsty space monster begins lunching on
members of the crew. Will any of them make it back to Earth alive?
"Sayonara Jupiter"
1983 Japan (Feature Film, 140 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Bye Bye Jupiter", "Sayônara, Jûpetâ"
In the 22nd Century, the United Earth Federation has begun colonizing neighboring planets in
the solar system. While attempting to extract water from Mars' polar ice caps, a UEF science
team uncovers ancient carvings that describe the crash of an alien spacecraft on the planet
Jupiter several millennia ago. The discovery postpones the initial phase of the Jupiter
Solarization Project, a plan to transform the gas giant into a second sun, providing both
additional solar energy for Earth and making the outer worlds fit for colonization.
"War of the World - Next Century"
1981 Poland (Feature Film, 96 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Wojna Swiatów - Nastepne Stulecie"
Film opens on December 18, 1999, just a few days before the dawn of the new century. A local
reporter, Iron Idem, announces that the Martians have landed. Shortly after that his program
loses its independence: he is given the script telling the crowds how to welcome the invaders.
Then the chaos breaks out: the Martians and police mistreat the populace; things become
violent. Idem's own wife is kidnapped and it seems somebody is trying to reduce his
effectiveness as a reporter. Idem decides to fight back: he illegally broadcasts a message
during the rock concert, but nobody believes him anymore.
"Contamination"
1980 Italy/West Germany (Feature Film, 95 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Alien Contamination", "Toxic Spawn"
A ship pulls into New York Harbor with no one on board. The police find a cargo full of
green pulsating eggs. Upon contact, the eggs explode spreading a green acid like substance
that seeps into the skin and explodes. It is later discovered that the eggs are being
manufactured in South America by a one-eyed Martian that grew from a tiny seed a former
astronaut brought back from a expedition to Mars.
"Sexo Está Loco, El"
1980 Spain
(Feature Film, - 83 minutes)
Four Martian men come to Earth in serach of fertile women to help re-populate their
homeworld. Their first victim is Juanita, who is raped and due to the highly accelerated
gestation period of the Martians is capable of giving birth to 600 babies an hour! But it
turns out that this is just a stage-show being put on at an Atlantic City nightclub - and
even that may not be as real as it seems ...
"Martian Chronicles, The"
1979 USA (TV Mini-Series; 3 episodes, 293 minutes total) [TMS-SD Library]
Earth sends its first manned probe to Mars in 1999, and a jealous Martian murders the two
astronauts when his wife has erotic dreams of meeting them. Members of a subsequent
expedition are hypnotized into believing that they have landed in the childhood community
of their leader and have been reunited with deceased family and friends, and they are
poisoned by the Martians. Col. John Wilder leads a third expedition and learns that a
chicken pox virus brought to Mars by the first two expeditions has almost eradicated the
Martian population. A member of Wilder's team becomes obsessed with protecting Mars from
Earthman and murders some of the others in Wilder's party, before Wilder kills him.
Colonists arrive on Mars to settle, among them priests seeking God, and a lone Martian
masquerades as the most desired persons of various settlers. Global war on Earth reduces
man's natal planet to radioactive waste, and most of the settlers returned there prior to
the holocaust. Wilder struggles to assemble the remaining humans on Mars, who cope with
their loneliness in different ways and will not leave their piece of Mars, before Wilder
meets a Martian of past or future who tells him the secret of simple Martian life and
convinces him to abandon the Earth lifestyle.
"The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie"
1979 USA (Feature Film, 92 minutes)
Chuck Jones directed some of the funniest shorts in the history of filmmaking, and this
feature-length compilation includes several of his best cartoons, including "Duck Dodgers
in the 24th-1/2 Century" and "Hare-Way to the Stars" -- One of Marvin the Martian's
funniest performance.
"Capricorn One"
1978 USA/UK (Feature Film, 123 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Classic conspiracy tale about the first manned mission to Mars. All appears to be going
well until the astronauts are pulled off the ship just before launch by shadowy government
types and whisked off to a film studio in the desert. It transpires that the space vehicle
has a major defect which NASA just daren't admit. At the studio, over a course of months,
the astronauts are forced to act out the journey and the landing to trick the world into
believing they have made the trip. Meanwhile, a Journalist (played by Gould) is getting
suspicious and every clue he uncovers seems to result in an attempt on his life! The
astronauts are just about to splashdown when a further twist to the tale occurs, leaving
them with no choice but to try and escape ...
"Alpha Incident, The"
1977 USA (Feature Film, 95 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Gift from a Red Planet"
A microorganism from Mars, brought to Earth by a space probe, terrorizes passengers in a
railroad office.
"Alternative 3"
1977 UK (TV-52 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
World ecological collapse; the next ice-age has already begun! Lucky for us, governments
know what to do. Unfortunately it's a conspiracy to end all conspiracies. Vanishing
scientists, dubious space missions, and a freak accident which kills the courier of a tape
containing a secret radio message from an unmanned Mars probe - holds the key. Ruthless
investigative reporters uncover the ominous master plan.
"Man Who Fell to Earth, The"
1976 USA (TV-140 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
David Bowie as Thomas Jerome Newton, a humanoid alien who comes to Earth to get water
for his dying planet. He starts a high technology company to get the billions of dollars
he needs to build a return spacecraft, and meets Mary-Lou, a girl who falls in love with
him. He does not count on the greed and ruthlessness of business here on Earth, however.
"The Night That Panicked America"
1975 USA (Made-for-TV Movie, 92 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
The true story of the night that Orson Welles broadcast his version of H.G. Welles' classic
"The War of the Worlds" on the radio. Designed to be as realistic as possible, many people
were fooled into thinking that an alien invasion was actually taking place.
"Doctor Who: Pyramids Of Mars"
1975 UK (97 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Pyramids Of Mars"
The Doctor and Sarah find themselves in 1911 England, where an archeologist's discovery
unleashes a menace whose evil stretches from ancient Egypt to the planet Mars and threatens
all life on Earth.
"Astronaut, The"
1972 USA (TV Feature Film, 120 minutes)
In the not too distant future the first American astronaut prepares to set foot on the planet
Mars. The world is watching this event live on television. Everything is a success, or so the
world thinks, and he is treated as a hero upon his return. Later, it is discovered that the
mission was a failure and as the astronaut was on Mars he died of an undetermined condition
either due to toxic poisoning due to conditions on Mars or some unknown bacteria native to
Mars. Mission controllers on Earth saw this happening and fed a false image into the "live"
broadcast so as not to panic the public. The "astronaut" who returned to Earth was actually
a double who had undergone surgery so as to look like the real astronaut. Only the wife of
the astronaut began to suspect the man who returned, although looking identical to her husband,
was somehow different. Unfortunately for those who created the hoax, the Russians announced
that due to the American success they had launched their own mission which was now on its way
to Mars.
"Christmas Martian, The"
1971 Canada (TV-65 minutes)
aka: "Martien de Noël, Le"
This is a French Canadian Christmas movie for children. The Martian comes to this small town
in Quebec and becomes friends with the town children. He gives them smarties to get the
children into his spacecraft. This alarms the parents and they decide to kill the alien. The
alien wins them over and they have a great big Christmas party.
"Mission Mars"
1968 USA (Feature Film, 95 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Three American astronauts who land on Mars discover the body of a frozen Russian cosmonaut
and a mysterious talking orb.
"X from Outer Space, The"
1967 Japan (Feature Film, 89 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Uchu Daikaijû Girara", "Girara", "Big Space Monster Guilala", "Gilala"
The spaceship AAB-Gamma is dispatched from FAFC headquarters in Japan to make a landing on
the planet Mars and investigate reports of UFOs in the area. As they near the red planet,
they encounter a mysterious UFO that coats the ship's hull with unusual spores. Taking one of
the specimens back to earth, it soon develops and grows into a giant chicken-lizard-alien
monster that tramples Japan.
"Mars Needs Women"
1967 USA (Feature Film, 83 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Tommy Kirk leads his fellow Martians to Earth on an interplanetary quest for females. Kirk
proves that Martians have impeccable taste when one of his first conquests turns out to be
sexy scientist Yvonne Craig.
"Don't Play with the Martians"
1967 France (Feature Film, 100 minutes)
aka: "Ne Jouez Pas Avec Les Martiens"
Two journalists who cover the birth of quintuplets in Brittany find vis-a-vis a business of
state: the nurse of the hospital was useful herself of their telex to have fun and sent in
Paris a news annoncing the unloading of the Martians!
"Quatermass and the Pit"
1967 UK (Feature Film, 98 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Five Million Years to Earth", "Mind Benders, The"
Workers excavating at an underground station in London uncover the skeletal remains of
ancient apes with large skulls. Further digging reveals what is at first believed to be
an unexploded German bomb from World War II. Missile expert Colonel Breen is brought in
to investigate, accompanied by Professor Bernard Quatermass. When the interior of the
"missile" is exposed, a dead locust-like creature that resembles the devil is found.
It is determined by Quatermass that these "locusts" are evil Martians who altered the
brains of our simian ancestors to eventually lay claim to the Earth. When Quatermass's
suspicion that the missile can reactivate the dormant evil in humans is confirmed, all
hell breaks loose.
"Deadly Diaphonoids, The"
1966 Italy (Feature Film, 99 minutes)
aka: "Diafanoidi Vengono da Marte, I", "Diaphanoids, Bringers of Death", "War of the Planets,
The"
In the 21st century, aliens (weird, green, lights which sometimes manifest themselves as
large clouds of smoke) invade the solar system. Using Mars as their base, they steal all of
Earth's space stations then brainwash or kill the crews. Next stop: Earth, unless Tony Russell
and his crew can stop them.
"Queen of Blood"
1966 USA (Feature Film, 78 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Planet of Blood","Green Woman, The", "Planet of Terror", "Planet of Vampires"
The year is 1990. An alien species makes contact with Earth through radio transmission,
notifying of an imminent visit. Alien ship crash lands on Mars, and a rescue team is
sent out from Earth. Eventually a surviving female is located and brought on to the
human ship. The female is light green with an amazing hair-do. After some unsuccessful
attempts by the human crew to feed her, she is more or less left to herself. While most
of the crew sleeps, the Alien female hypnotizes the astronaut on guard. When the crew
awakens, she is sleeping, and the guard is dead!
"Santo Contra la Invasión de los Marcianos"
1966 Mexico (Feature Film, 85 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Santo Versus the Martian Invasion"
Santo, the masked wrestler, battles Martians intent on taking over the Earth.
"Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster"
1965 USA (Feature Film, 77 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Mars Attacks/Invades Puerto Rico", "Duel of the Space Monsters", "Frankenstein Meets
the Space Men", "Operation San Juan"
When an atomic war on Mars destroys the planet's women, it's up to Martian Princess
Marcuzan and her right-hand man Dr. Nadir to travel to earth and kidnap women for new
breeding stock. Landing in Puerto Rico, they shoot down a NASA space capsule manned by
an android. With his electronic brain damaged, the android terrorizes the island while
the Martians raid beaches and pool parties.
"Robinson Crusoe on Mars"
1964 USA (Feature Film, 110 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
One U.S. astronaut pitted against all the odds beyond this earth! Stranded on Mars with
only a monkey as a companion, an astronaut must figure out how to find oxygen, water, and
food on the lifeless planet.
"Earth's Greatest Battle"
1964 Japan (Feature Film, 85 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "San Daikaijû: Chikyu Saidai No Kessen", "Biggest Battle on Earth, The", "Biggest Fight
on Earth, The", "Ghidora, the Three-Headed Monster", "Ghidrah", "Ghidrah, the Three-Headed
Monster", "Kingughidorah: chikyu saidai no kessen", "Greatest Battle on Earth, The",
"Greatest Fight on Earth, The", "Monster of Monsters", "Three Giant Monsters: The Earth's
Greatest Decisive Battle"
A princess from a small Himalayan country becomes possessed by the spirit of a Venusian
(Martian in the American version) and escapes a plane just as it explodes. As this happens
a meteorite falls from the sky containing Ghidorah, the monster responsible for her planet's
destruction. At the same time, Godzilla and Rodan emerge from hibernation and not only attack
Japan, but each other as well. Mothra, along with its twin priestesses, attempt to convince
Godzilla and Rodan to stop their fighting. At the same time, the princess is being hunted by
a group of assassins who want to kill her so that her enemies can take over her homeland.
"I Marziani Hanno Dodici Mani"
1964 Italian/Spanish (Feature Film, 90 minutes)
aka: "Twelve-Handed Men of Mars, The"
The adventures of four Martians on earth deliver a enjoying script full of
funny situations.
"Pajama Party"
1964 USA (Feature Film, 82 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Maid and the Martian, The"
Gogo, a Martian teenager, is sent to Earth to prepare the way for an invasion. The first
Earthling he meets, one Aunt Wendy, is a rich widow who runs a dress shop catering to
teenagers. Her nephew, Big Lunk, is a volleyball-loving guy with little interest in
romance, which causes frustration for his girlfriend Connie. Naturally, Gogo meets
Connie and they fall in love. Meanwhile, Aunt Wendy's shady neighbor and his gang
concoct a scheme to part Aunt Wendy from her cash. Also meanwhile, the local motorcycle
gang wants revenge on the volleyball players for ... getting footprints on their beach.
Somehow all the subplots come together at the pajama party.
"Santa Claus Conquers the Martians"
1964 USA (Feature Film, 81 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Martians, upset that their children have become obsessed with TV shows from Earth which
extol the virtues of Santa Claus, start an expedition to Earth to kidnap the one and only
Santa. While on Earth, they kidnap two lively children that lead the group of Martians to
the North Pole and Santa. The Martians then take Santa and the two children back to Mars
with them. Voldar, a particularly grumpy Martian, attempts to do away with the children
and Santa before they get to Mars, but their leader Lomas stops him. When they arrive on
Mars, Santa, with the help of the two Earth children and a rather simple-minded Martian
lackey, overcomes the Martians by bringing fun, happiness and Christmas cheer to the
children of Mars.
"Wizard of Mars, The"
1964 USA (Feature Film, 81 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Horrors of the Red Planet, The"
Four American astronauts, three men and a woman, crash-land in a desert region of Mars. With
an ever-decreasing air supply, the group ventures out into the red planet's terrain. The
group encounters alien terrors as they make their way to an ancient city. There they meet
the highly intelligent "Wizard", who blocks their efforts to escape the hostile planet.
"Battle Beyond the Sun"
1962 USA/Russia (Feature Film, 77 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Nebo Zovyot"
Two Soviet films, "Nebo Zovyot" (1959) and "Planeta Ber" (1962), were reedited and dubbed
into this science fiction adventure yarn about rival space missions to put a man on Mars.
Competing against the Soviet Union, American scientists race to build a spaceship to travel
to the Red Planet. Unbeknownst to all, however, is the fact that Mars contains horrors that
mankind should not disturb. Produced by Roger Corman and re-directed by Francis Ford Coppola
under the name Thomas Colchart.
"Day Mars Invaded Earth, The"
1962 USA (Feature Film, 70 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
After a robotic Martian probe stops transmitting, lead scientist David Fielding takes off a
few days to try and save his crumbling marriage. Gathered in the small house on the grounds
of a huge, abandoned estate, David, his wife Clair and their two kids attempt to enjoy a
belated Christmas and New Years, but they begin to see duplicates of themselves on the
grounds.
"Three Stooges in Orbit, The"
1962 USA (Feature Film, 87 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
The Three Stooges have a show to do, but since the rehearsals require cooking, they manage
to get themselves thrown out of every hotel they can find. They finally find room and
board at the home of the goofy inventor, Professor Danforth, but that home has it's own
problems. Namely, the Professor is working on a new all-terrain, flying, space worthy
submersible. With some persuading, the Stooges agree to help him finish his invention and
demonstrate it to the military. However, the Martians are interested in the vehicle as
well and when they learn of its perfection, they plan to steal it and destroy the Earth.
Like it or not, the fate of the world rests on the courage of Moe, Larry and Curly-Joe.
"Assignment: Outer Space"
1961 Italy (Feature Film, 79 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Space Men"
Astronauts on a secret mission to Mars discover that an unstoppable renegade space station is
speeding toward a defenseless Earth on a deadly collision course. The scientists are faced
with a horrific choice--watch helplessly as their planet is destroyed or risk their lives on
a million-to-one chance to stop the impact. When every option seems exhausted, a heroic
reporter makes a final attempt to save the Earth.
"Battle of the Worlds"
1961 Italy (Feature Film, 84 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Pianeta Degli Uomini Spenti, Il", "Guerre Planetarie", "Planet of the Lifeless
Men"
Men & women in rocket ships near Mars gasp "Inverting ... course ... 180 ... degrees ..." in
high-gee maneuvers. Meanwhile, the offbeat scientist (Claude Rains) shouts at the labcoats
who have invaded his greenhouse (where he spends his time tending flowers and scribbling math
in chalk on the pots): "Back you madmen! I have one advantage over all of you! Calculus!"
Sine waves and music are eventually used to talk to "the outsider."
"Martian in Paris, A"
1961 France (Feature Film, 87 minutes)
aka: "Un martien à Paris"
Come down on the Earth with the assignment to discover what it is that strange matter that
the men call "love", a Martian lets to conquer from one beautiful girl. For how much he is
obstinate myself to resist to the feeling that has inflamed it the heart, and in spite of
the opposition of the father of she and the reproaches of its advanced ones, the Martian to
the end decides to remain on our planet where he has understood to find itself very well.
"Angry Red Planet, The"
1960 USA Feature Film, 83 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
A rocket ship returns from Mars. Contact was lost since the ship arrived on Mars. Now
the crew does not answer any radio messages from mission control. The people from mission
control try to land the rocket ship by remote control and investigate what happened on Mars.
"Nebo Zovyot"
1960 Russia (Feature Film, 77 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Battle Beyond the Sun" (re-edited/dubbed American version), "Heavens Call, The", "Sky
Calls, The", "Sky Is Calling, The"
Two countries race to have the first successful landing on Mars.
"It! The Terror from Beyond Space"
1958 USA (Feature Film, 69 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "It! The Vampire from Beyond Space", "Terror from Beyond Space, The"
In 1973, the first manned expedition to Mars is marooned; by the time a rescue mission
arrives, there is only one survivor: the leader, Col. Edward Caruthers, who appears to
have murdered the others! According to Caruthers, an unknown life form killed his
comrades during a sandstorm. But the skeptical rescuers little suspect that "it" has
stowed away for the voyage back to Earth ...
"World Without End"
1956 USA (Feature Film, 81 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Four astronauts returning from mankind's first mission to Mars enter a time warp and crash
on a 26th Century Earth devastated by atomic war. Our heroes meet with hideous mutant
cavemen, giant spiders, love-struck beauties in short dresses, and jealous old geezers in
sparkly skullcaps as they struggle to save humanity and build a new world.
"Conquest of Space, The"
1955 USA (Feature Film, 81 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Mars Project"
See how it will happen - in your lifetime! A team of American astronauts leave their
space station on the first mission to Mars, but the captains religious beliefs may get
in the way.
"Devil Girl From Mars"
1954 UK (Feature Film, 77 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
An uptight, leather-clad female alien, armed with a ray gun and accompanied by a menacing
robot, comes to Earth to collect Earth's men as breeding stock.
"Abbott and Costello Go to Mars"
1953 USA (Feature Film, 77 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Lester and Orville accidentally launch a rocket which is supposed to fly to Mars. Instead
it goes to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. They are then forced by bank robber Mugsy and his
pal Harry to fly to Venus where they find a civilization made up entirely of women, men
having been banished.
"Invaders from Mars"
1953 USA Feature Film, 78 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Little David MacLean has a problem--all the adults in town begin acting strangely shortly
after he sees strange lights settling behind a hill near his home. As more and more
adults are affected, he must turn to the pretty Dr. Blake for protection. Eventually,
he must confront his fears in the unusual conclusion.
"Robot Monster"
1953 USA (Feature Film, 66 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Monster From Mars", "Monsters from the Moon"
The Robot Monster has been sent to Earth as the advance party of an impending invasion.
Ordered by The Great One to capture several humans, the Robot Monster becomes confused
once it learns more about humans. Ro-Man, an alien that looks remarkably like a gorilla
in a diving helmet, has destroyed all but six people on the planet Earth. He spends the
entire film trying to finish off these survivors, but complications arise when he falls
for the young woman in the group.
"War of the Worlds, The"
1953 USA (Feature Film, 85 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Producer George Pal and director Byron Haskins' landmark adaptation of the H. G. Wells
classic novel that focuses on the invasion of the earth by Martian war machines. The
Martians unchain a direct assault to our planet, with hundreds of invulnerable ships.
The invasion takes place all over the world, and all the major cities are destroyed
one after one; even the atomic bomb can't stop them. But, if the humans can't beat
them, who can? Maybe something MUCH smaller than them ...
"Red Planet Mars"
1952 USA (Feature Film, 87 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
An American scientist contacts Mars by radio and receives information that Mars is a
utopia and that Earth's people can be saved if they return to the worship of God.
Revolution sweeps the Earth, including the Soviet Union. But there remains doubt about
the messages being genuine, as an ex-Nazi claims he was duping the Americans.
"Zombies of the Stratosphere"
1952 USA (Serial, 12 episodes, 167 minutes total) [TMS-SD Library]
Security agent Larry Martin, who can fly with an experimental rocket suit, investigates
clandestine visits to earth by a Martian spaceship. Meanwhile, villainous Martians
conspire with a traitorous atomic scientist to blast earth out of its orbit and replace
it with Mars! Can Larry and his cohort Bob Wilson stop the Martians before they complete
their dastardly project? Not a zombie in sight.
"Flight to Mars"
1951 USA (Feature Film, 72 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
A newspaper reporter and a bunch of scientists fly a rocket to Mars just to find out
that Martians look exactly like us. Mars is running low on one of their natural
resources (Corium), and plan to steal the Earth astronauts' rocket and conquer Earth.
The Martian underground helps the Earthmen stop the insidious plan.
"Flying Disc Man from Mars"
1950 USA (Serial, 12 episodes, 167 minutes total; also edited to a 75 minute Feature)
[TMS-SD Library]
A strange craft spying on industrialist Bryant's plant is brought down by Bryant's new
atomic ray. Bryant meets the one survivor ... Mota from the planet Mars! Not exactly
benevolent, Mota enlists the aid of Bryant (a former Nazi) in a scheme to bring Earth
under control of a supreme dictator, for its own good of course, using advanced atomic
weapons. But their attempts to steal uranium alert Kent Fowler of Fowler Air Patrol,
who sets out single-handed to foil the villains. Fist-fights and wrecks in every episode
(black and white serial in 12 parts).
"Rocketship X-M"
1950 USA (Feature Film, 77 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Expedition Moon", "None Came Back", "Rocket to the Moon", "Rocketship Expedition
Moon"
Astronauts blast off to explore the moon. Because of craft malfunction and some fuel
calculations, they end up landing on Mars. On Mars, evidence of a once powerful
civilization is found. The scientists determined that an atomic war destroyed most of
the Martians (who surprisingly look like humans). Those that survived reverted to a
caveman-like existence. Two of the Astronauts are killed while on Mars. The remaining
three Astronauts return to Earth.
"Purple Monster Strikes, The"
1945 USA (Serial, 15 episodes, 209 minutes total) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "D-Day on Mars", "Purple Shadow Strikes, The"
Invasion of America from 50,000,000 miles away! Daring! Thrilling! Weird! Wonderful! A
Martian spacecraft crash-lands near the observatory of Cyrus Layton, designer of Earth's
first spaceship. The survivor, forerunner of an invasion, can assume the form of any
earthman. Calling himself the "Purple Monster," the humanoid invader sets about gaining
control of Layton's rocket project. Opposing him is Craig Foster, former Secret Service
man, who episode by episode tries to thwart the monster's attempts to acquire rocket
components. Will Craig ever suspect that his closest associate is really the monster?
"Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars"
1938 USA (Serial, 15 episodes)
aka: "Deadly Ray From Mars" (recut), "Flash Gordon: Mars Attacks the World", "Space
Soldiers' Trip to Mars"
Flash, Dale, and Dr. Zarkov return from their former space adventures only to find that
their enemy, Ming the Merciless of planet Mongo, has a new weapon: a deadly ray that
crosses space to wreak havoc on earth. Earth's only hope is for our heroes to take off
again and stop the ray at its source on Mars, where they (and a stowaway) must battle
Ming's ally, Queen Azura, who turns her enemies into lumpish clay people. Can they
survive 15 chapters of deadly perils? Find out next week...
Flash Gordon - "Deadly Ray from Mars, The"
1938 USA (Feature Film, 99 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
The Earth is being ravaged by mysterious floods, hurricanes and earthquakes. After
blasting off in a rocket ship, Flash Gordon, Dale Arden and Dr. Zarkov discover that
the source of the destruction is a mysterious ray emanating from the planet Mars.
Flying to the rescue, Flash and his friends must overcome the cruel and beautiful
Queen Azura and the legions of Claymen and Treemen of Mars. But lurking behind Azura's
deadly schemes is the real culprit, Flash's archrival Ming the Merciless!
Flash Gordon - "Mars Attacks the World"
1938 USA (Feature Film, 68 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
As a deadly ray from space hits the Earth, Flash Gordon travels to its source, the planet
Mars, only to find his old enemy emperor Ming of Mongo. With the help of the clay people
and other fantastic creatures, he fights for the freedom of two planets! A 97 minute edited
version of the 1938 serial "Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars".
"Just Imagine"
1930 USA (Feature Film, 109 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
New York, 1980: airplanes have replaced cars, numbers have replaced names, pills have
replaced food, government-arranged marriages have replaced love, and test tube babies have
replaced ... well, you get the idea. Scientists revive a man struck by lightning in 1930;
he is rechristened "Single O". He is befriended by J-21, who can't marry the girl of his
dreams because he isn't "distinguished" enough -- until he is chosen for a 4-month
expedition to Mars by a renegade scientist. The Mars J-21, his friend, and stowaway
Single O visit is full of scantily clad women doing Busby Berkeley-style dance numbers
and worshiping a fat middle-aged man.
"Aelita - The Queen of Mars"
1924 Russia (Feature Film, - 90 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Aelita", "Revolt of the Robots"
Bolshevik propaganda: the comparison between 1921's Russia, and a capitalistic planet
Mars. Engineer Los is building a spaceship to reach Mars. He is in love with Aelita,
the regent, who he met in his dreams. In real life, his wife Natacha takes care of refugees.
"M.A.R.S."
1923 USA (Feature Film, 95 minutes)
Directed by Roy William Neill, a 95 minute silent film shot in Teleview 3-D.
aka: "The Man From Mars", "Mars Calling", "Radio-Mania" (reissue title)
A man dreams that he is having a two way radio communication with Mars from where he receives
various secrets including instructions to transform coal and clay into diamonds. The Martians
are shown as large brained creatures with big ears.
"Message From Mars, A"
1921 USA (69 minutes)
Directed by Maxwell Karger, based on a popular stage play of the time.
"Ship That Was Sent Off to Mars, The"
1921 USA
Sci-Fi directed by Raymond Griffith. No description currently available.
"Himmelskibet, Das"
1917 Denmark (81 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Airship, The", "Ship to Heaven, A", "400 Million Miles From Earth", "Fourteen
Million Leagues From Earth", "Sky Ship", "Trip to Mars, A"
A pacifist tale of Professor Planetarios who takes his son to Mars where they find a
vegetarian, white-robed, peace-loving people. The high priest's daughter agrees to return
with them to Earth where their plea for peace is received enthusiastically by everybody
except the villan on duty.
"A Message from Mars"
1913 UK
Ramiel, the Martian, is sent to visit Earth to cure an arrogant man, Horace Parlan, of
selfishness, which he has observed through one crystal ball.
"A Trip to Mars"
1910 USA (Short, 4 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
This black and white film produced by Thomas Edison was the first "movie" about Mars. A
professor discovers that when he mixes two magical powders he has the power to reverse
gravity. Some of the powder falls on him, and he is lifted up, flying through the sky until
he finally falls down on the surface of Mars. He escapes some gnarly-limbed trees only to
fall over a ridge and land on the lip of a giant Martian. The giant exhales and blows the
professor into the air, then catches him, again and again, until the professor is propelled
back to Earth. After crash landing back in his laboratory, the professor tries to destroy the
powder only to wind up combining them again. The final shot shows the professor sitting on
the floor of his chaotically spinning laboratory. (Note: Some sources claim that this
movie was actually a pirated version of Georges Méliès popular 1902 silent film,
"Le Voyage dans la Lune", but having seen both, this is not the case.)
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"Abbott and Costello Go to Mars"
1953 USA (Feature Film, 77 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Lester and Orville accidentally launch a rocket which is supposed to fly to Mars. Instead
it goes to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. They are then forced by bank robber Mugsy and his
pal Harry to fly to Venus where they find a civilization made up entirely of women, men
having been banished.
"Aelita"
1924 Russia (Feature Film, - 90 minutes)
See "Aelita - The Queen of Mars"
"Aelita - The Queen of Mars"
1924 Russia (Feature Film, - 90 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Aelita", "Revolt of the Robots"
Bolshevik propaganda: the comparison between 1921's Russia, and a capitalistic planet
Mars. Engineer Los is building a spaceship to reach Mars. He is in love with Aelita,
the regent, who he met in his dreams. In real life, his wife Natacha takes care of refugees.
"Agent Z and the Penguin From Mars"
1997 UK (TV Series, 6 episodes, 25 minutes each)
Ben Simpson and his pals Barney and Jenks form the Crane Grove Gang, a secret society
dedicated to playing ingenious practical jokes in an initiative called Agent Z. The gang are
named after the street where they live (Ben at number 36), which they feel is the dullest
place in the United Kingdom. The arrival of a boring new neighbour, supposed lottery-winner
Dennis Sidebottom and his family, inspires the gang to plot their biggest ever practical
joke: they set up an elaborate plan involving a penguin, an alien from Mars, a spaceship and
a 'message for mankind' carved on a meteorite. These disparate objects are delivered in the
middle of the night to Dennis Sidebottom's garden while he innocently studies the heavens
from his own personal observatory.
"Airship, The"
1917 Denmark (81 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Himmelskibet, Das"
"Alien Cargo"
1999 USA (Feature Film, 89 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
To survive a hazardous eight-month voyage to Mars, the crew of an intergalactic transport ship
must sustain life support through an extended sleep state called hypersleep. Two crew members
awaken to discover that something has gone terribly wrong. Something or someone has destroyed
the navigational support systems and set the ship terminally off-course. RTo make matters
worse, a homicidal bio-agent has been unleashed, imperiling the lives of the people on board
... and the very future of mankind.
"Alien Contamination"
1980 Italy/West Germany (Feature Film, 95 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Contamination"
"Alien Escape"
1995 USA (Feature Film, 94 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Mars Assault!", "Galaxy Girls"
An alien vessel crashes on Earth and is discovered by Cindy, Shauna and Becky, three friends
beginning what they think to be a casual vacation in the mountains. The alien creatures,
escaping a death sentence on their own world, are motivated only by death, destruction and
a taste for blood. Ultimately, nothing stands in the way of their gruesome carnage except
Cindy, aided by Matt, another visitor from beyond the stars, sent to recover the ship and
bring them to justice. Together, they set out to destroy the ship, though its destruction
could strand Matt on Earth forever.
"Alpha Incident, The"
1977 USA (Feature Film, 86 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Gift from a Red Planet"
A microorganism from Mars, brought to Earth by a space probe, terrorizes passengers in a
railroad office.
"Alternative 3"
1977 UK (TV-52 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
World ecological collapse; the next ice-age has already begun! Lucky for us, governments
know what to do. Unfortunately it's a conspiracy to end all conspiracies. Vanishing
scientists, dubious space missions, and a freak accident which kills the courier of a tape
containing a secret radio message from an unmanned Mars probe - holds the key. Ruthless
investigative reporters uncover the ominous master plan.
"Angry Red Planet, The"
1960 USA Feature Film, 83 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
A rocket ship returns from Mars. Contact was lost since the ship arrived on Mars. Now
the crew does not answer any radio messages from mission control. The people from mission
control try to land the rocket ship by remote control and investigate what happened on Mars.
"Aoki Ryûsei SPT Reizunâ"
1985 Japan (TV Series, 38 episodes at 25 minutes each)
See "Blue Comet SPT Layzner"
"Armitage: Dual Matrix"
2001 Japan (Feature Film, 90 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Anime -- A sequel to "Armitage III" (1994-1997), a four-part made-for-video Japanese animated
series (that was also re-edited as a two-hour feature, "Armitage: Poly-Matrix",
and shown in the U.S. on the Sci-Fi Channel). It plunges us right into the continuing
tensions between humans and robots in this far-off future society in which a growing
Mars colony seeks independence from Earth and greater rights for robots.
"Armitage III"
1994 Japan (Video Series 140 minutes total) [TMS-SD Library]
Anime -- A four-part made-for-video Japanese animated series that was also re-edited as a two-hour
feature ("Armitage: Poly-Matrix") and shown in the U.S. on the Sci-Fi Channel.
(The III in the earlier title is not the mark of a sequel but a reference to "Thirds,"
a special class of cyborg.) A policeman, Ross Sylibus, is assigned to a unit on a Martian
colony, to find that women are being murdered by a psychotic named D'anclaude. He is
assigned a very unorthodox partner named Naomi Armitage, who seems to have links to the
victims. To stir things up more, every victim is found to be an illegally made
third-generation android, built to be almost perfect replications of humans. "Armitage
III: 1-Electro Blood"; "Armitage III: 2-Flesh and Stone"; "Armitage III:
3-Heat Core"; "Armitage III: 4-Bit of Love".
"Assignment: Outer Space"
1961 Italy (Feature Film, 79 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Space Men"
Astronauts on a secret mission to Mars discover that an unstoppable renegade space station is
speeding toward a defenseless Earth on a deadly collision course. The scientists are faced
with a horrific choice--watch helplessly as their planet is destroyed or risk their lives on
a million-to-one chance to stop the impact. When every option seems exhausted, a heroic
reporter makes a final attempt to save the Earth.
"Astronaut, The"
1972 USA (TV Feature Film, 120 minutes)
In the not too distant future the first American astronaut prepares to set foot on the planet
Mars. The world is watching this event live on television. Everything is a success, or so the
world thinks, and he is treated as a hero upon his return. Later, it is discovered that the
mission was a failure and as the astronaut was on Mars he died of an undetermined condition
either due to toxic poisoning due to conditions on Mars or some unknown bacteria native to
Mars. Mission controllers on Earth saw this happening and fed a false image into the "live"
broadcast so as not to panic the public. The "astronaut" who returned to Earth was actually
a double who had undergone surgery so as to look like the real astronaut. Only the wife of
the astronaut began to suspect the man who returned, although looking identical to her husband,
was somehow different. Unfortunately for those who created the hoax, the Russians announced
that due to the American success they had launched their own mission which was now on its way
to Mars.
"Attack from Mars"
1988 USA (Feature Film, 85 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Midnight Movie Massacre"
Set in the '50s in a movie theatre showing a serial called "Space Patrol," this particular
episode being "Back from the Future." The evil scientist on the serial goes back to the '50s
and his crew members have to chase him. Meanwhile at the theatre, patrons busy themselves
doing strange things. An alien has landed and is eliminating theatre staff and patrons.
"Avenger"
2003 Japan (TV Series, 13 episodes, 25 minutes each, 325 minutes total) [TMS-SD Library]
Years into the future, colonies have been established on Mars. Resources on the dying red
planet are thin, and the domed cities have resorted to a gladiator contest to determine which
of them receive the most rations. Layla Ashley is the representative fighter for Serena City,
Mars. She and Speedy, a doll breeder, run across Nei, a mechanical doll with curious
characteristics. Together they wander and fight their way across the planet, to take revenge
against a man from Layla's past.
"Bad Girls from Mars"
1991 USA (Feature Film, 86 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
And you thought Earth girls were easy! Someone is killing off the female leads of the movie
production "Bad Girls from Mars." The producers feel they should try to finish the film,
even though they're making a lucrative amount from insurance payoffs, so they fly in
European sex bomb Emanuelle as the new lead. Emanuelle immediately begins embarrassing
the producers by leading a wild party life around town. Meanwhile the killings continue,
and detectives try to stop the fiend responsible.
"Battle Beyond the Sun"
1962 USA/Russia (Feature Film, 77 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Nebo Zovyot"
Two Soviet films, "Nebo Zovyot" (1959) and "Planeta Ber" (1962), were reedited and dubbed
into this science fiction adventure yarn about rival space missions to put a man on Mars.
Competing against the Soviet Union, American scientists race to build a spaceship to travel
to the Red Planet. Unbeknownst to all, however, is the fact that Mars contains horrors that
mankind should not disturb. Produced by Roger Corman and re-directed by Francis Ford Coppola
under the name Thomas Colchart.
"Battle of the Worlds"
1961 Italy (Feature Film, 84 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Pianeta Degli Uomini Spenti, Il", "Guerre Planetarie", "Planet of the Lifeless
Men"
Men & women in rocket ships near Mars gasp "Inverting ... course ... 180 ... degrees ..." in
high-gee maneuvers. Meanwhile, the offbeat scientist (Claude Rains) shouts at the labcoats
who have invaded his greenhouse (where he spends his time tending flowers and scribbling math
in chalk on the pots): "Back you madmen! I have one advantage over all of you! Calculus!"
Sine waves and music are eventually used to talk to "the outsider."
"Big Space Monster Guilala"
1967 Japan (Feature Film, 89 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "X from Outer Space, The"
"Biggest Battle on Earth, The"
1964 Japan (Feature Film, 73 minutes)
See "Earth's Greatest Battle"
"Biggest Fight on Earth, The"
1964 Japan (Feature Film, 73 minutes)
See "Earth's Greatest Battle"
"Biker Mice From Mars"
1993-1995 USA (Animated TV Series) [TMS-SD Library]
The plot of this cartoon is 3 biker mice come to Earth to protect it from the Plutarkian, the
evil that ruined Mars. Nice plot, huh? This cartoon has nice characters design, also the
vehicles. I like Vinnie's bike. It's look good when he rides it. If you like a good cartoon,
watch this one if you have a chance.
"Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey"
1991 USA (Feature Film, 98 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Bill and Ted are killed by their evil robot doubles, sent from the future by the
megalomaniacal DiNomolos. In order to save the babes and win the San Dimas Battle of
the Bands, they must escape from Hell, challenge the Grim Reaper, meet God, and defeat
the evil Bill and Ted with the help of a Martian(s) named Station.
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