Eric Stevenson These 1950's B-movies just get worse and worse. When I heard this title, I thought it was at least going to be a movie with a lot of fiery action scenes. Instead, I got a boring and pointless movie. It's just amazing how bad the costumes were in this. There is no point in the least to make it look like they're on another planet, or should I say Moon. There's this one monster that appears and appears to just be some guy in a turtleneck sweater with a mask and painted hands. The story is that astronauts discover a new moon on Jupiter and decide to go there. How are they able to go all the way over to Jupiter? Why haven't they tried going to some planet that's much closer seeing as how they have the technology to do that? It turns out these people were from Earth because they're from the lost city of Atlantis. How did they get to this moon? I honestly couldn't tell an actual cheap effect from something that was part of the set. This just seems to be nothing but padding as everything is just too boring and pointless. Outer space is featured relatively little and it looks nothing like another area besides Earth. They get with the women at the end even though it's said they're already married. It's an even dumber looking and acted movie than a lot of other films at this time. 1/2. By that I mean half a star. That's the first time I've used this rating and this deserves it!

timbertrail4444 I just love this movie. I can watch it over and over and get enjoyment out of it. I first saw it in 1956 as a child and watched it many times over the years. The musical soundtrack is so captivating. Susan Shaw is very cute. It reminds me of the early Universal Pictures Horror Movies that I can watch again and again. This movie and The Mole People and Zombies of Mora Tau are my favorites from the time period. Please watch it and see if you agree with me. Many of the current movies cannot hold my interest and I have to force myself to sit through them. This movie has a certain charm and holds my interest. It is a low budget but they did a great job with the funds they had at the time.

Dextrousleftie You know, in spite of how bad this one is I really like it. It's one of my fav of the older MST3Ks, because of the sheer cheese factor and the very funny riffing on this travesty by the SOL crew. The sad thing is they took a few bits of interesting plot(they didn't even know if Jupiter had a 13th moon in the 50s!) and padded it out with the most ridiculous things - bad dancing, loathsome men leering at pretty girls, a really stupid 'monster'(which they never explain the origins of), men smoking and sitting around, an inexplicable cup of poisoned wine, and a sacrifice that never quite happens. The science part of this sci fi movie is almost non-existent. The 'astronauts' don't wear spacesuits; the ship is retarded looking and wouldn't even get off the ground; two levers control every function on the ship; the moon is identical to Earth in every way; the Atlanteans speak English with no explanation; and not only is the trip way too fast when they communicate with Earth there is no time lag whatsoever even though they're millions of miles apart. The Stranger in Paradise soundtrack is so repetitive that it makes you want to stick an ice pick in your ear after awhile so you don't have to listen to it anymore. Lots of padding, male chauvinism, girls in skimpy costumes, and innuendo. Horrible, to say the least. But wonderfully cheesy, which is why its so amusing in spite of all of these defects. MST3K just had so MUCH to work with! The movie isn't dull like so many Corman films, in spite of the padding.

JohnHowardReid Despite inept dialogue, cramped sets, second-string acting, penny-pinching special effects, and time-wasting "B"-picture shuffling, this low-budget, sci-fi yarn is not all that unentertaining. Decided assets include: (1) The plot, neatly combining the Atlantis legend with Theseus and the Minotaur; (2) a bit of effective Minotaur make-up by Roy Ashton; (3) a few flashes of directorial skill by Mr Roth; and (4) not least, a bevy of really beautiful fire maidens led by the very charming Susan Shaw (one of my favorites, I must admit) and the agreeably villainous Maya Koumani.Camp followers will also enjoy the zippy music score comprising a few snatches of Khachaturian's "Saber Dance" with generous excerpts from Borodin's "Polovetsian Dances". If you close your eyes, you can almost imagine yourself listening to the soundtrack of M-G-M's Kismet.True, Dexter makes a wet hero, and Carpenter is even more soppy, but who cares?