I have a feeling that Santa Claus Conquers the Martians only missed #1 because of obscurity.

St_Francis_P: I have a feeling that Santa Claus Conquers the Martians only missed #1 because of obscurity.

Primary reason would be that Grinch shiat on a classic short they should never have attempted to turn into a cash cow. Plenty of folks would vote it down simply for that no matter how well made it was...and be right.

St_Francis_P: I have a feeling that Santa Claus Conquers the Martians only missed #1 because of obscurity.

my co-worker has that on dvd, i need to borrow it.

SilentStrider: St_Francis_P: I have a feeling that Santa Claus Conquers the Martians only missed #1 because of obscurity.

my co-worker has that on dvd, i need to borrow it.

Wait...the unaltered, un MST3Kd or Cinematic Titanic version? That poor bastard.

/best Christmas movie

I saw that in the theaters back in 2000. Not great to be sure, but not horible either. Ben Affleck's Surviving Christmas was WAY worse.

It even beat "KISS Saves Santa?"

/or whatever it was called

Glad to see "Deck the Halls" on there. I caught it on FX while waiting for "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" to come on. It was probably one of the worst movies I've ever seen, much less worst Christmas movies.

It was amusing seeing Danny Devito going from that sappy POS to playing a deranged, gun-wielding Frank Reynolds.

Malachilenomade: The English Major: SilentStrider: St_Francis_P: I have a feeling that Santa Claus Conquers the Martians only missed #1 because of obscurity.

my co-worker has that on dvd, i need to borrow it.

Wait...the unaltered, un MST3Kd or Cinematic Titanic version? That poor bastard.

You mean you can get a version out there that ISN'T MST3K or CT?!

Where's the fun in that?

Yes you can. In various "20 public domain movies on 4 discs" DVD sets that I own, I somehow have TWO copies of Santa Claus Conquers The Martians.

/hooray for Santy Claus

Last year, I sent out copies of the un-altered Santa Claus Conquers The Martians with every gift (and most cards) I sent.

This year, is was DVD copies of The Star Wars Holiday Special.

/it's a wonder that I still have friends...

That horrible Mexican movie (also done by MST3K), "Santa Claus", is definitely the worst. Just read the plot summary. It might give you a bit of a headache. Santa is actually from space, but he's Mexican, and he's battling the devil, aided by Merlin. Yeah, it sounds hilarious but actually? It's like watching someone else's 1950s Christmas-season bad acid trip.

Here's one paragraph from the Wikipedia article that really had me laughing... my italics.
"On Earth, the three rude boys plot to capture and enslave Santa. Meanwhile, Lupita continues to wish for a doll. (Despite numerous assurances throughout the film that Santa brings presents to "all good children" he actually reinforces the economic status quo; he will deliver numerous presents to the wealthy Billy, while Lupita, despite her exemplary behavior, has never received a present from Santa.) Lupita and her mother say a prayer and Lupita tells that she has wished for two dolls, one of which she will give to Baby Jesus."

I would say "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians" is actually one of the best Christmas movies, for two reasons. First, nobody watches it except for in the MST3K version, which is hilarious. Second, the intermission in the MST3K version has the excellent Patrick Swayze Christmas song.

For the record, the Santa Claus MST3K is better than the Santa Claus vs. the Martians MST3K.

Santa's laughter mocks the poor.

Santa Claus vs. The Martians is a B-movie made for a few yucks. It's fun to watch in its own way.

I'd rather get punched repeatedly in the balls for 90 minutes than watch that Jim Carrey piece of shiat.

As bad as "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians" is, would anyone here expect a no budget, no stars xmasploitation flick to be more than mildly diverting to anyone over the age of five?

Howard/Carrey's "Grinch"(remember, Ron was still playing "Opie" when the cartoon came out), however, was a big studio, big budget, big director, big star big steaming pile.

That's why it's the worst.

/"Hooray for Santy Claus!"