Attack From Mars (1988) Review

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(More customer reviews)Okay, pay attention because this might sound a bit complicated. "Attack From Mars" is set in a Burbank theater in 1956, where a serial called "Space Patrol" is being shown. In that day's episode, "Back from the Future," the evil scientist of the serial goes back in time (to the 1950s) and the Space Patrol gang have to chase him. Meanwhile, an alien has landed at the theater and is beginning to work through the theater staff and unfortunate patrons.
Now, what you have to understand is that producer Wade Williams, a big-time fan of 1950s sci-fi films, was working on a take off of the old television show "Space Patrol" but half way through the production it was clear this film was never going to get released even though it starred (for lack of a better word), the beautiful Ann Robison ("War of the Worlds") and Robert Clarke ("The Hideous Sun Demon") as Dr. Van Buren and Col. Carlyle. So then Williams came up with the bright idea of making a slasher film in which his "Space Patrol" would be what was on the screen.
I am sure this must have seemed like a good idea at the time.
"Attack From Mars" is the video release title for this 1988 release, which was originally titled "Midnight Movie Massacre" (although why the monster needs to be from Mars I have no idea). You could look at the film as a satire of Fifties Science Fiction films, but that would require you to ascribe forethought and internationality to what ended up on the screen. What is happening OFF screen in this film is about as bad as what is ON the screen, with the key difference being the additional of a whole bunch of tasteless gags (that was a pun).
How can the worst movie I have ever seen get 2 stars? Because it is so bad that there is a certain level of perverse pleasure to watching the proceedings. This is a party film where other fun stuff should be going on, because there is no real reason to devote your full attention to what is happening (sell it to your friends as "Plan 9 From Outer Space" crossed with "The Blob"). I have heard about movies being this bad but this is one of the few that I have ever seen that really lives up to the advanced warning.

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