Charles Stauffer An ultra low budget, and a script in need of a major re-write, but gosh darn it if this little gem isn't fun for a change of pace. Just compare this 1960's low budget effort with more modern fare like "The Cat in the hat, or the Jim Cary version of how the Grinch Stole Christmas, and you will get more honest laughs and have a better time by watching this flick instead of some more modern "block busters".This is hardly a perfect film, indeed it is far from perfect, and that's what makes it a charming waste of time.

laticewilliams There is plenty of films that get made that turn out bad. Hollywood has given us lots of mega turds. Every Adam Sandler movie is terrible. Also most films that featured a Saturday Night Live Character are most of the time laugh free. All of them cost millions and most of them could not ring a laugh out of me. Not to mention none of them have one moment that was worth remembering. This is not the case with "Sana Claus Conquers the Martians". It is campy but it is fun. There is plenty of memorable moments. My favorite is when the toy manufacturing machine goes haywire. In this movie the people of Mars kidnap Santa Claus so he can bring the "Child Out" in the children of Mars. Yes its not great cinema but it is entertainingAdults if you don't like it fine but children will. It is made for children that believe in Santa.

Rick Smith The title alone is ridiculous, but growing up in the 70's/80's this was one of those films shown during the holiday's every year and for some reason you watched it. The costumes, set design are very low budget. As an example, the martians are painted green (because that's what martians would look like from the red planet), and the clothing they wear is....you guessed it, green. Including the helmets, boots, etc...Tom Hatten subjected the youth on weekends to this I believe, as a way to prove that holiday films could only get better in the future. If you were a fan of this film when you were young, re-watch it alone before subjecting your children to it so you can remember just how 'good' it was. Unless of course, you wish to cause them pain and regret spending time with you. I suggest if you are a divorced parent, you choose one of the Rankin holiday animated classics if you want something that hearkens back to your childhood.

richieandsam SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha (stop to breathe) hahahahahahahahahaha! Blimey... what a movie! I recorded this off of the TV over Christmas all because the description on the TV guide said "Cult classic, widely known for being one of the worst films ever made". As soon as i read that, i knew I had to see it. J They are not wrong... it was terrible! The story is about the aliens on Mars. Their kids are unhappy, but the Martian parents don't know why. But they have been watching "Human TV" and they think that Santa Claus will cheer them up. So they jump in their rocket ship and travel to Earth to kidnap Santa to cheer up their children. To find Santa they ask a couple of kids where he lives, so they kidnap the children too. Santa now has to try and escape Mars and get back to Earth with the 2 kidnapped children. The acting was so bad that they might as well have been reading off of cards. The only actor that seemed to make an effort was the guy playing Santa... The effects were really really bad... the rocket ships that were flying through space looked like toilet rolls painted and put up on strings. I felt like I was watching Button Moon. There were some entertaining bits in the movie, but only because they were so bad that they made me laugh. The costumes were bad... the Martians clearly were just fellas dressed in tight green Lycra with a tube stuck to their heads. There was a couple of fight scenes in the film too, it seems they didn't even try to hit each other. The fists were heading towards their opponents face and then you saw them just push them away with the fist! I am seeing why this would be one of the worst films made, but i will be honest... it was that bad that it did entertain me. I will give it a generous 3 out of 10. Yet, it is still not the worst film I have ever seen!