MARCH IS MARTIAN MOVIE MADNESS MONTH!


It is time to celebrate a March Madness, Martian style, by reviewing films that make use of the red planet. Badmovies.org will be posting a new review investigating the Mars connection each week, and some friends are joining in the fun. To keep up with the updates, please bookmark this page or subscribe to the site's RSS feed. And remember: keep looking up!

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WEBSITEFILM(S) REVIEWEDEXCERPT FROM THE REVIEW
Badmovies.orgGhosts of MarsThe miners have not gone crazy; they are possessed by Martian spirits that were released from an ancient tomb. The Martians are crazy and violent, along with a whole lot of other words that you should never be able to use to describe someone you bring home to meet your mother.
WTF-FilmRed Planet MarsBut things may not be as hopeful as they seem - the now alcoholic Calder, disgruntled with just about everything one could imagine, has made his way to Chris' laboratory with some explosive revelations of his own. He's been running the same kind of radio transmitter from his hiding place in the Andes and claims to be responsible for most, if not all, of the so-called messages from Mars.
Badmovies.orgOver-Sexed Rugsuckers from MarsThe aliens appear to be from somewhere besides the fourth planet, and the vacuum cleaner never sucks a rug, but I must concede the "Over-Sexed" part. An appliance that has any amount of intercourse is bucking the odds.
Badmovies.orgStar CrystalThe heat source display looks like an old Star Frontiers ship deck plan, but with little red and white dots. One moment there are four little red human dots, then a little white alien dot appears and starts chasing the red dots around. It is even more absurd than it sounds, believe me.
WTF-FilmRocketship X-MTo make matters worse, the engines suddenly fail while the rocket is on approach towards the moon, leaving it and its crew stranded and vulnerable to such horrors as meteor storms, chauvinism, and bland comic relief. When the engines are finally restarted, a faulty calculation of the fuel mixture percentages sends the RXM speeding out of control . . .
Badmovies.orgDOOMSarge's speech becomes a jumble of military jargon that borders on talentless parody. That is horribly lazy writing. I mean really freaking lazy. At this point I start cursing at the television.

I understand that cursing at my television is stupid, but I can not help it. Besides, I am not cursing at the TV itself. I am angry at the people inside the TV, and the people who are behind the people inside the TV - the ones that are making the TV people act this way.
WTF-FilmInvaders from Mars (1953)They immediately head to the local observatory to consult with Dr. Kelston, who offers a wild but totally correct explanation for recent events. Martians, aided by their mutant slaves, have landed on Earth and are possessing the common citizenry with explosive radio-control brain implants in a scheme to cease a top-secret government effort to build a new atomic rocket!
Darksider's RealmUltracop 2000During the battle Zorback strikes a mighty blow which cripples Jakka. Jakka, who oddly spits up white foam from his injuries, informs everyone that he is from Mars and they must stop Zorback before he conquers the earth.
Information Geek's ReviewsMars Attacks!The aliens show up and speak in their mumbo jumbo, which Zeigler translates. The machine translation comes up as that they come in peace. Yeah right. The moment a hippie in the crowd releases a dove, they incinerate it and cause mayhem. How many people didn't see this coming? Really! Science fiction movies have told us that most aliens, which are way more advance than us and are really ugly (like Predator for example), have come to kill us!
Cosmic CinemaDOOMSomething has gone wrong at a research facility on Mars. But is it something critically bad? A special-ops force, led by The Rock, is sent from Earth via transmaat portal to investigate. They encounter alien weirdness. A cat and mouse chase ensues as all hell breaks loose; or does it?

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